Jakarta, Aug. 27 -- The Cooperatives Ministry has intensified collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) to advance the Red and White Village Cooperatives program by leveraging digital technology.

To this end, Cooperatives Minister Budi Arie Setiadi hosted Komdigi Ministry officials in a meeting held in Jakarta on Tuesday (August 26).

As quoted in a press release here on Wednesday, the minister underlined that both ministries are aligned in pursuing the program's optimal implementation through digitization, notably by utilizing the Village Cooperatives Information System microsite, or Si Kopdes.

"Our collaboration is aimed at digitizing cooperatives in Indonesia, especially by strengthening the digit...