Cimahi, July 17 -- The Ministry of Cooperatives is preparing qualified human resources for the Red and White Village Cooperatives (KDMP) through managerial training and competency certification for 29,830 prospective cooperative managers.

Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono said on Friday that the training and certification follow a series of capacity-building activities focused on character development, leadership, and nationalism.

"The Ministry of Cooperatives is strengthening managerial competency through training as a second preparatory stage. The third stage will be competency certification intended to ensure professionalism standards," he said in Cimahi, West Java.

Juliantono said that the nearly 30,000 prospective managers wo...