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Indonesia youth entrepreneurship initiatives

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In late July 2026, Indonesia’s 2026 the Ministry of Education and Culture wrapped up concluded the Entrepreneurship Skills Education (PKW) PKW program in Jepara, delivering two‑month training youths in batik design, sewing, business management and digital marketing. Simultaneously, state oil firm Pertamina opened its launched the Pertamuda Seed & Scale competition, inviting competition for university teams to develop energy‑related startups. A week later, the energy‑startup teams. The Ministry of Social Affairs later highlighted the broader impact of youth‑focused programmes. The Sekolah Rakyat initiative reported that over 43,000 disadvantaged students had earned hundreds of awards, while the and Student Company project saw more than a thousand high‑schoolers projects, which together have reached tens of thousands of disadvantaged students and helped launch 45 student‑run firms, generating significant revenue. over 800 micro‑enterprises. On 3 August 2026, 2026 Deputy Minister of Creative Economy Irene Umar said Indonesia aims for an reaffirmed the government’s aim of raising the entrepreneurship rate of to 10‑12 % of the population to reach developed‑country status, noting the current rate is just below target. She cited population, citing the Prestasi Junior Indonesia (PJI) programme, which programme that has trained more than two million youths since 2011, 2011 and its the Student Company track that now reaches involves over 18 000 students and has created 845 micro‑enterprises. Upcoming cohorts will focus on circular‑economy, health, climate change student‑run firms. Commissioner Tulus Santoso urged the use of TV and local resources. Industry leaders, including HKI chair Akhmad Ma’ruf Maulana, radio to counter misinformation and boost participation in the 2026 Economic Census. Economist Adhitya Wardhono warned that many projects the new stimulus for the electric‑vehicle battery ecosystem must be paired with policies that raise domestic industrial productivity, lest Indonesia remain stalled without fast, consistent regulatory certainty, urging merely an assembly hub. Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa announced a 400 trillion‑rupiah liquidity injection and the president creation of a Debottlenecking Task Force to streamline clear investment hurdles, targeting a 6 % GDP growth rate by year‑end. Industry leaders continue to call for faster, consistent regulatory reforms so investor interest entrepreneurial projects can translate into factories, production, exports and jobs.

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