The Mechanism of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise's Data Integration in Indonesia for Targeting Social Assistance and Empowerment Programs

Primary Messages

• Developing sustainable livelihood programs for poor and vulnerable people through strengthening the economy of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is currently the government's primary strategy, especially during the Covid-19 outbreak.
• It is necessary to have a beneficiary database that is used and acknowledged by all parties as a basis for providing various assistance such as capital assistance, energy subsidies, tax relief, or other required interventions.
• The Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia has issued instructions to immediately identify micro and small enterprise data to assist various parties, both government and non-government, and to develop an initial database of micro and small enterprises in Indonesia.
• It is necessary to integrate and consolidate data across agencies so that the government, agencies, or other parties can use it to provide assistance or program empowerment interventions.
• Integrated data allows the government to provide more effective and accountable assistance to MSMEs.
• MSME data task force needs to be formed to oversee the mechanism for data collection, updating, and management to ensure that there is a recognized database that is accessible by various parties.