JAYAPURA, PAPUA – The Central Mamberamo Regency Government utilizes the special autonomy funds allocated to Central Mamberamo Regency in accordance with the technical guidelines and mandates of the Special Autonomy Law, one of which is through the people’s economic empowerment program.
One of the people’s economic empowerment programs carried out by the Central Mamberamo District Government through the Central Mamberamo District Office of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises is the Development and guidance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Head of the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Office of Central Mamberamo Regency, Aruam Pagawak, S.Pd., M.Si., said that for the 2024 fiscal year, funds of more than Rp 2.9 billion have been channeled from the Special Autonomy fund in 2024 and to help the community of micro and medium enterprises.
Aruam Pagawak said, the funds disbursed are business capital for Indigenous Papuans in Central Mamberamo Regency who are Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, “We provide this business capital to 147 beneficiaries who are Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, we give one person IDR 20 million,” said Aruam.
With this business capital, Mimro, Small and Medium Enterprises are expected to be even more active in developing their business and so that the business activities they carry out can support the economy of their respective families.
In addition to business capital for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the Central Mamberamo District Cooperative and Small and Medium Enterprises Office according to Aruam Pagawak also allocated funds of approximately Rp 600 million for 15 cooperatives consisting of:
- 10 church-owned or church-managed cooperatives under the Bogo area GIDI Klasis,
- 5 cooperatives managed by the community.
“We provide funds for one cooperative of more than Rp. 35 million and we hope that with this assistance for both cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the community’s economy can grow and have income through business activities carried out and thus assistance to cooperatives managed by the church, it is hoped that the church will have income through cooperatives that have been formed, “This cooperative is also ours from the Office of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises which formed and helped take care of the notary deed of establishment in 2022 and besides that, we also provided capital assistance and until now the cooperative that was formed has been running and this year we are again providing assistance with the hope that the church has a business in the economic field in supporting services in the church and helping the economy of the congregation,” said Aruam Pagawak.
The cooperative formation and development program through the church according to Aruam Pagawak received a positive response and welcome from the church, because this assistance from the Government really helped the church in overcoming the difficulties they faced both related to services to the congregation and for activities carried out both in the church and in the clasis, “They (the church, Red) hope that the Government will continue to pay attention and of course we from the agency also continue to monitor every cooperative that we have formed and fostered so far, for cooperatives we have helped twice, namely in 2022 and this year 2024 and thus we have also helped the community of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises from 2022 to 2024,” he said.
Aruam Pagawak said the assistance, support and guidance provided by the Mamberamo Tengah District Government through the Office of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises made business actors more active in running their businesses, so that progress began to be seen.
In addition to business capital assistance, the Office of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises of Central Mamberamo Regency, annually provides training and mentoring to small and medium enterprises and cooperatives, “This year we also provide assistance for tools for making tofu and there are four units that we will provide to four groups that will pursue the business of making tofu, so the assistance we provide is all for indigenous Papuans and the funds come from the Special Autonomy fund, “he said.
