Head of the Cooperatives, Micro Enterprises and Industry Office, Endang Surjasri, said that Pacitan has the potential for economic development from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (UMKM) sector. This is because Pacitan has tens of thousands of SMEs that can be developed. "On the micro-enterprise side, we have data on 27 thousand UMKM, in the future I hope that the 27 thousand UMKM will become potential, from the old data (27 thousand UMKM) if it is really like that, it will really be an extraordinary economic potential for Pacitan." said Endang when confirmed by the media crew, recently. However, Endang said that the tens of thousands of UMKM are data that are not yet active and tend to be irregular.
"It turns out that we saw that it wasn't active when we got there, so we are trying to revise it, and with the help of the Coordinating Ministry of Cooperatives, where the Coordinating Ministry of Cooperatives conducts a census of UMKM, where the data is detailed, it becomes active because it is directly online with the Ministry of Cooperative data that can be accessed and become capital. our basis for the development of UMKM in Pacitan," he explained. Because, without a strong database, Endang said it would be difficult for his party to contact the UMKM.
"Suppose I want to meet a person who produces agate, who sells this type of food, it doesn't exist yet, so the basic data for UMKM in Pacitan is not regular, this is my homework as well as my friends from the Department of Cooperatives and Cooperatives," said the former Head of Balitbangda Pacitan. Endang believes that UMKM in Pacitan will continue to grow if the Government also continues to encourage them to move together. "This is an extraordinary potential, if we encourage them a little, they will move together, actually from the capital side, for example, UMKM have one problem, the government is also no less able to provide access to capital, such as through KUR or the cooperative service, only for revolving funds. We are trying to revise the rules, so that they can be aligned in the UMKM sector," he concluded.
