KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesia’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has introduced the Klinik UMKM Bangkit programme to help businesses recover from severe floods in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

MSME Minister, Maman Abdurrahman said the clinics are designed as one-stop service centres with three main pillars: access to financing, support for marketing and local product purchases, and assistance to restart production, speaking at a press conference in Jakarta, last Monday.

The initiative aims to help affected MSMEs secure working capital, continue selling their products despite market disruptions, and restart production quickly after floods damaged shops, equipment and supply chains.

To provide financing, the ministry has coordinated with 16 banks, six credit guarantee agencies, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Bank Indonesia, and the national alms agency Baznas to widen loan and guarantee access for affected entrepreneurs.

For marketing and local product purchases, the ministry has partnered with 22 companies, including Lazada Indonesia, Shopee, Tokopedia, Grab, GoTo, Blibli, Indomaret, Alfamart and AEON, covering e-commerce, logistics and retail networks.

He said the partners are expected to help absorb MSME products from the three disaster-hit regions, keeping local trade moving and preventing prolonged income losses among small business owners and workers.

“Our target is that within the next one to six months, a closed-loop economy can be created in the affected areas.

“Economic circulation must first be strengthened locally so that supply and demand can grow together within those regions,” Maman said.

The Klinik UMKM Bangkit will be set up at eight locations: Banda Aceh, Pidie, Pidie Jaya, North Aceh, Aceh Tamiang, Central Tapanuli, Medan and Padang.

The clinics are scheduled to start operations early next year, according to the ministry.