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TOP REPORT

1. Jakarta Naturale
Market, a space to
promote UMKM.
2. Visitors are
coming to the open-
ing of Jakpreneur
program in Thamrin
10, Central Jakarta.
Credits
Dharma W.

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possess medium-level of education: lem. The businessmen are too lazy to The UMK were struggling in those ar-
30% of them were vocational school complete them because they are ei- eas by 37 and 27 percents each.
(SMK) graduates and 27% were high ther lacked of education and under-
school (SMA) graduates. standing, or they dont want to face the The Launch of Jakpreneur
bereucracy,” she added.
The Need to Upgrade The economic sencus in 2016 The assistant of Jakarta’s Eco-
showed that the total of unincorpo- nomic and Finance Secretary, Sri
The director of UKM Center at Uni- rated UMKs in Jakarta was 96%. With Haryati said that Pemprov DKI would
versity of Indonesia, Nining Soesi- those, they had difficulties in having take care of the development of UMKM
lo, said that UMKM sectors are in- the access to raise fund—the problem in Jakarta. Various programs and le-
deed the big contributor in Indonesia’s they often get in UMK sectors. gal products were made to help pro-
economy. While it is also positive that Besides the funding access, they moting the UMKM, including ways to
the UMKM sectors become the place also need to win the competition. The ugrade them.
of work to the poors, the UMKM sec- competition they are in is not merely “For us, (conducting) the pro-
tors had several problems to face. It between the fellow business but also grams to the development of UMKM
tends to be stagnant, as almost all of between the flooding, imported prod- is an implementation to the vision
the practitioners of the UMKM fits in ucts which limit the market. “Most of of DKI Jakarta: Maju Kotanya Baha-
UMK, and 60% of them are in the in- the products in the markets are im- gia Warganya—Making a developed
formal sectors. ported. The consumers tend to choose city for happier people. As more peo-
“(The UMKM) is surviving, but it them instead of the local’s, so that’s ple are getting involved in the UMKM,
tends to be stagnant, not upgrading,” make it the problem,” said Nining. the more the economy will grow—the
said Nining. One of the conditions for According to the data of Jakarta’s happier the people will be,” said Sri in
the UMKM to upgrade is to formal- BPS, the main problems in UMK sec- a discussion at a public service mall.
ize the business, by completing the tors are this kind of competitions is- She continued that Pemprov DKI
business’ legalities. “That’s the prob- sue and the funding/liquidity issues. had partner up with both the city’s Re-