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Digitalization and financial inclusion
ILO and AFTECH join forces to boost financial access for dairy farmers through digital innovation
The ILO and its social partners extend digital financial inclusion efforts to diverse agricultural value chains in Indonesia.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
East Sumba’s seaweed sector in Indonesia is thriving due to enhanced financial access and digitalization
Empowering Indonesia’s seaweed sector in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, the ILO partners with the local government to expand financial access, strengthen financial skills, and drive digital integration across the value chain.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
From paper to progress: Digital transformation empowers rural finance in Indonesia's Central Java province
The ILO supports a rural bank in Central Java, Indonesia in its digital transformation, shifting from manual operations to fully digital processes.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
Digital innovation elevates rural finance and supports local MSMEs in Indonesia's Central Java province
A rural bank in Pati, Central Java, Indonesia with support from the ILO, has enhanced its financial services, empowering clients to manage their finances better, strengthen local businesses and support economic growth.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
ILO boosts efficiency with digital upgrades for Central Java’s rural financial institutions in Indonesia
With ILO support, rural banks in underserved areas of Indonesia improve efficiency, broaden financial access and elevate job quality through digital innovation.
Digital innovation
From tradition to innovation: Digital transformation of dairy farming in Pangalengan
A dairy cooperative in Pangalengan, West Java, is pioneering the first digitally integrated dairy operation with support from the ILO.
ILO Voices | Rural economy
I am reviving patchouli farming in Aceh, Indonesia
In Indonesia, the ILO’s Promise II Impact project is facilitating access to digital financial services and financial training. The goal is to help small and medium-sized enterprises — like that of patchouli oil producer Teuku Razuan — build...
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Enhancing service quality at the national employment services centres through digital finance skills
A deeper understanding of digital finance and wage payments equips public employment services officers with the ability to offer more effective support to their clients, especially small businesses and self-employed workers.
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Empowering Indonesia’s patchouli farmers through financial inclusion
In Indonesia’s Aceh province, patchouli farmers face unstable prices and limited financial access. Through an ILO-led initiative, they gain training, loans, and digital tools to grow their businesses. With financial inclusion and market access, they...
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Strengthen Aceh's patchouli oil sector with digital innovation and financial inclusion
ILO together with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) Office in Aceh, and the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs held a “National Dialogue on Strengthening the Regional Economic Sector through Essential Oil Commodities and Access to...
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ILO, Syiah Kuala University and Financial Services Authority join forces to transform Aceh's patchouli oil sector
Indonesia is a global leader in patchouli oil production, accounting for 80-90% of the global market, with Aceh supplying 70% of this demand. The collaboration between ILO and Syiah Kuala University will focus on productivity improvements but also...
Financial inclusion for SMEs
Indonesian regional development and rural banks strengthen their financial support to SMEs
The ILO supports Indonesian regional development banks (BPD) and rural banks (BPR) in several provinces to provide SMEs a greater access to financial services.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
Indonesian small enterprises transition to responsible digital wage payments
With the help of a responsible wage digitization training programme by the ILO and Apindo, Farid Hidayah and over 100 other small enterprise owners in Central and West Java are learning to navigate this transition, aiming to improve efficiency,...
Digitalization and financial inclusion
Digital application helps optimizing the harvest production of Indonesia's seaweed farmers
East Sumba’s seaweed farmers have been able to improve the way they farm using a digital application developed by the ILO programme that promotes digital technology adaptation at the village level.
Financial skills and literacy improve the livelihoods of East Sumba’s seaweed farmers
The ILO supports seaweed farmers in East Sumba with better understanding about finance and business to boost the local economy and the community’s level of life.
Digitalization and financial inclusion
OJK declares two ILO-supported villages as EKI Village for their financial and technology transformation
The ILO’s financial literacy and digitalization programme have made its targeted villages in East Sumba and Aceh Besar Regencies selected as Financial Inclusion Ecosystem Programme (EKI).
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Digital innovation improves the access of dairy farmers in West Java to financial services
The ILO’s Deputy Director-General concludes her first official visit to Indonesia witnessing how digital innovation benefits dairy farmers in West Java to expand and grow their businesses through better access to financial services.
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OJK, Bank NTT and ILO launch financial literacy programme through EKI Village and Independent Credit programmes in East Sumba
The Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK) of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province and the ILO launched and declared Kaliuda Village, Pahunga Lodu District, East Sumba Regency, as a pilot village for the implementation of the Financial Inclusion...
New employment opportunities for laid-off workers on digital entrepreneurship
ILO digital entrepreneurship training, jointly conducted with Evermos, a social commerce reseller platform, not only provides new digital skills, but also opens a new, inclusive employment opportunity.
A joint study of ILO and OJK reveals the urgent need for digital transformation in rural banks
The ILO and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) launch key findings of their latest study revealing opportunities, challenges and gaps in the development and adaption of digital financial services in banking sector. The key findings support the...