Mahabalipuram, 18 June 2023. India's G20 Presidency held the Women20 (W20) Summit, in Mahabalipuram, 14-17 June 2023, India. With the theme Women Led Development Transform, Thrive, and Transcend, this meeting discussed several agendas related to women's empowerment attended by delegates from G20 member countries. On this occasion, the Indonesian Women20 Committee (W20) delegation specifically conveyed best practices regarding the Sispreneur Program which is carried out on an ongoing basis in Indonesia.
The W20 Indonesia committee present at this Summit included the Head of the W20 Indonesia Delegation, Giwo Rubianto Wiyogo, and the Chair of the W20 Indonesia 2022, Hadriani Uli Silalahi. The Indian Summit also held the handover of the leadership baton from the Indian Presidency to the Brazilian Presidency as the leader of the G20 in 2024.
Giwo Rubianto Wiyogo, "On behalf of the W20 delegates I am very grateful to W20 India, especially Dr Sandhya Purecha for planning the W20 program from last year to this summit. Of course, we appreciate the close coordination between W20 India and Indonesia. I am also proud of all the W20 delegates who successfully concluded the Communique by consensus. Hopefully, in the 2023 G20 Leaders Declaration, we will see more commitments made by the government for women, which will be supported by advocacy programs formed by the W20 Secretariat."
Hadriani Uli SIlalahi said that during the previous W20 Indonesia Presidency, the Indonesian delegation emphasized the importance of focusing on rural women and women with disabilities. Meanwhile, at the W20 India Summit, the Indonesian delegation kept their promise to ensure that this legacy was carried over to this year's communique. Furthermore, her party will ensure that the action plan formed will include concrete steps to demonstrate the progress made by each country.
Uli said, "The Indonesian W20 Committee is very proud because one of the W20 Sispreneur programs can be recognized and given high appreciation at the G20 forum, especially Women20. In addition, the Indonesian delegation was asked to provide a presentation as well as best practice from the implementation of the W20 Sispreneur program which has strengthened the existence of MSMEs as a support for the Indonesian economy. Best practices from Sispreneur are not only limited to increasing women's empowerment but also at the same time showing that the role of formidable MSMEs will also support the Indonesian economy. The resilience of MSMEs in Indonesia has proven to be able to maintain the country's economic stability during several global economic crises, both during the 2008 financial crisis, as well as the crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from that, we are also collaborating with HSE University to advance the intensity of education between Indonesia and Russia in the scope of research, scholarships, and collaborative projects for Indonesian women."
Co-Chair of W20 Indonesia 2022, Dian Siswarini added, W20 SISPRENEUR is a collaborative program between the engagement group of Women20 (W20) and Sisternet. This program is a solution for Indonesian women in maximizing digital and technology. W20 also provides opportunities to go to market at the international level for W20 SISPRNEUR winners. It is hoped that the local products of Indonesian womenpreneurs can be increasingly recognized and make Indonesia proud at the W20 Summit India. Through Sisternet, the W20 Sispreneur program managed to attract more than 1,000 participants consisting of womenpreneurs who are domiciled in West Java, East Java, Sumatra, Central Java, DKI Jakarta, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, Banten, Kalimantan, to Sulawesi. The winners managed to increase their turnover by up to 30% after participating in this program.
The W20 India Summit explained in detail the W20 Sispreneur program starting from the initial process, namely selecting participants, the incubation process with assistance from experts from several countries supported by Womenpreneurs Indonesia Networks, to judging and providing business capital as appreciation for the 10 best MSMEs in the form of business capital with a total IDR 300 million and online assistance with MSME experts and global business advisors has also been carried out.
In addition to providing Best Practices, the W20 Indonesia delegation also had the opportunity to bring in several assisted MSMEs that have been successful and have become winners of the W20 Sispreneur program. They are Thekla Odelia Caramia (fashion), Nani Nurhasanah (education services), Shinta Paramarti (fashion), Ani Puspitasari (food processing). The four assisted MSMEs are selected by the W20 India committee.
A total of no less than 200 participants who were delegates from 17 countries also attended directly at the W20 Summit in India. They came from Indonesia, Italy, Turkey, Argentina, South Africa, Japan, the United States, England, Korea, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, Russia, Australia, Germany, and Mexico.