“The agreement is to be used as a legal basis for the Trade Ministry and Kadin to improve ease of doing business for Indonesian business communities,” said Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita during the signing ceremony in Jakarta.

Kadin chairman Rosan P. Roeslani said the simplification for businesspeople, including for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to become members of Kadin was important because under Presidential Decree No. 17/2010, all businesses were required to become Kadin members.

Rosan said Kadin had finished revamping its membership information technology (IT) system to accommodate a database of 65 million members. He added that Kadin currently had 324,000 active members.

Under the newly signed MoU, any firms that have business permits (SIUP) and registration certificates (TDP) registered under the ministry will automatically become a member of Kadin. They will be given membership cards (KTA) for free.

He said Kadin would talk to the Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry about Kadin membership for MSMEs and cooperatives, even without legal establishment documents because the small firms rarely had such documents.

Rosan said as Kadin members, businesspeople could easily channel their complaints or difficulties to the government.  (bbn)

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