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Indonesian Village Cooperatives to Expand Services Through Partnerships
Indonesia’s KDKMP cooperatives plan to partner with state-owned companies and financial institutions to offer services in villages and urban wards.
The partnerships are set to cover rice, cooking gas, subsidised fertiliser, sugar and other basic goods, as well as banking, small-scale loans, delivery services and non-prescription medicines.
The government describes the cooperatives as infrastructure for delivering public support, including food aid and subsidies, rather than as supermarkets.
Construction has been completed on 26,569 cooperative units, according to the government.
Officials are coordinating the placement of managers to help the built cooperatives begin operating.
The aim is to make basic goods, financing and public services easier to access for people in rural communities.
Indonesia’s Village/Urban Ward Merah Putih Cooperatives will partner with state-owned companies and financial institutions to provide goods and services in local communities.
The planned services include staple foods, subsidized fertilizer, 3-kilogram LPG, banking, microfinance, logistics and over-the-counter medicines.
The government says the partnerships are intended to speed up the cooperatives’ operations.
Construction has been completed for 26,569 cooperative units, and the government is coordinating the placement of managers.
- Who
- Village/Urban Ward Merah Putih Cooperatives, state-owned companies and financial institutions.
- What
- The cooperatives will partner with organizations to provide essential goods and public services.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Villages and urban wards in Indonesia.
- Why
- To speed up cooperative operations and improve residents’ access to essential goods, financing and public services.
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- Cooperative units
- Construction completed for 26,569 units
- Rice distribution
- Cooperation with Perum Bulog for SPHP rice
- LPG
- 3-kilogram LPG to be supplied with Pertamina Patra Niaga
- Banking
- Services through Himbara banks
- Microfinance
- Ultra-micro financing through PNM
- Logistics
- Services with Pos Indonesia
What people are saying
This cooperative is not a supermarket, but government infrastructure to support the distribution of subsidies, food aid, 3-kilogram gas, fertilizer, financial services, electricity payments, and various other community needs.