Koperasi, Wadah Utama Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Pengungsi Sinabung di Siosar
Cooperative is a Main Institutions in the Economic Empowerment of Sinabung Refugees
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Kabanjahe, Sumatera Utara (B2B) - Pemerintah Kabupaten Karo diminta mendukung pembentukan koperasi bagi 50 kepala keluarga (KK) pengungsi Sinabung yang akan menempati relokasi pemukiman di Siosar, sebagai langkah awal untuk mengundang kehadiran investor dari Taiwan untuk mendukung pemulihan perekonomian dengan mengembangkan potensi pertanian, kehutanan, peternakan dan ekonomi kreatif di Siosar.
Deputi Bidang Pengkajian Sumberdaya Usaha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) di Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM, Meliadi Sembiring mengatakan langkah penting revitalisasi pengungsi Sinabung adalah dengan membentuk koperasi sebagai inisiasi berbadan hukum untuk mengembangkan potensi perekonomian di kawasan relokasi, sehingga pemerintah dapat mengundang investor Taiwan untuk menanamkan modalnya di Siosar dan sekitarnya.
"Pulang dari sini kami langsung menyusun proposal untuk bertemu dengan investor Taiwan, karena mereka sudah lama menunggu-nunggu, mana proposal ... mana proposal .. karena itulah kami ditugaskan ke sini diutus pak Meliadi Sembiring ke Kabanjahe untuk menindaklanjuti pertemuan pada 13 Maret lalu," kata Asisten Deputi Urusan Penelitian UKM, Karimuddin Daud mengutip pesan Deputi Meliadi Sembiring dalam pertemuan dengan Bupati Karo, Sumatera Utara yang diwakili Sekretaris Daerah, Saberina Tarigan di Kabanjahe, Kamis siang.
Sesuai pesan Deputi Tujuh Kemenkop dan UKM, Kamaruddin meminta Kepala Dinas Koperasi, Perindustrian dan Perdagangan (Koperindag) untuk segera membentuk koperasi sebagai badan hukum bagi pengungsi Sinabung di kawasan relokasi Siosar. Kepala Dinas Koperindag Pemkab Karo, Mulia Barus memastikan butuh waktu sekitar satu bulan untuk membentuk koperasi yang akan dinamai Koperasi Siosar Sinabung.
"Saya diingatkan pak Meliadi agar pengungsi di area relokasi segera membentuk koperasi, karena ada investor dari Taiwan yang berminat untuk mengembangkan agrobisnis di Kabanjahe khususnya di Siosar seperti pengalaman mereka di Bali," kata Karimuddin mengutip pernyataan Meliadi Sembiring.
Asisten Deputi Pengkaderan UKM, Asep Kamaruddin mengingatkan Pemkab Karo untuk identifikasi masalah dan mengenali potensi di Siosar, setelah Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM mendapat tugas mengembangkan koperasi bagi pengungsi Sinabung di areal relokasi Siosar. Koperasi menjadi wadah kegiatan ekonomi untuk menjembatani kepentingan seluruh anggotanya.
"Kalau tidak ada lembaga berbadan hukum seperti koperasi akan sulit mengembangkan potensi ekonomi di Siosar. Jangan sampai berniat baik tapi langgar aturan dan lebih baik lagi apabila mereka, para pengungsi, ada pernah menjadi anggota atau pengurus koperasi," kata Asep.
Kabanjahe, Indonesia (B2B) - North Sumatera´s Karo district government asked to support the formation of a cooperative for 50 families Sinabung refugees who will occupy the area of relocation in Siosar, near the Kabanjahe town, as a first step to invite investors from Taiwan to support the economic recovery by developing the potential of agriculture, forestry, livestock and the creative economy in Siosar.
Deputy Resource Assessment of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of Indonesian Cooperatives and SMEs, Meliadi Sembiring said an important step revitalization Sinabung refugees is to form cooperatives as initiation incorporated to develop the economic potential of in the area of relocation, so the government is able to invite investors from Taiwan to invest in Siosar and surrounding areas.
"We immediately makes the proposal to meet with Taiwanese investors, because they had long been waiting for the proposal that´s why we were assigned here by Mr Meliadi Sembiring to Kabanjahe town to follow up meeting on March 13," said Deputy Assistant Research SMEs, Karimuddin Daud quoting the message of his boss, while meeting with the Karo district government of North Sumatra province, who was represented by the Regional Secretary, Saberina Tarigan in Kabanjahe town on Thursday afternoon.
In accordance messages of his boss, Mr Daud asked the Head of Department of Cooperatives, Industry and Commerce of Karo district government, Mulia Barus immediately formed a cooperative as a legal entity for Sinabung refugees in the Siosar for relocation. Mr Barus ensure it took about a month to form a cooperative to be named Cooperative Siosar Sinabung.
"I was reminded by Mr Sembiring that refugees in the relocation area immediately establish the cooperative, as investors from Taiwan interested to develop agribusiness in Siosar, as their experience in Bali," Mr Daud said quoted Mr Sembiring.
Deputy Assistant Cadre Development of SMEs, Asep Kamaruddin also reminded Karo district government to identify and recognize potential problems in Siosar, after the Indonesia Cooperatives and SMEs Ministry given the task of developing a the cooperative for Sinabung refugees after relocate of Sinabung refugees in Siosar. Cooperative is a forum of economic activity to accommodate the interests of al its members.
"If there is no legal entities such as the cooperative would be difficult to develop the economic potential of Siosar. Do not let the well-intentioned but violate the rules, and better if it was among the refugees who had been a member or cooperative board," Mr Kamaruddin said.
