Jakarta, Oct. 10 -- Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ferry Juliantono has invited the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) to become a strategic partner for the Red and White Village and Urban Cooperatives (Kopdes/Kel Merah Putih) across Indonesia.

The partnership will focus particularly on the industrial and mining sectors.

Ferry expressed confidence that collaboration between Kadin and Kopdes Merah Putih could become a powerful grassroots economic movement, especially in strengthening the cooperatives' operations in rural areas.

"I believe that collaboration with Kadin will create a stronger movement, particularly in the operational implementation of Red and White Village Cooperatives," he said...