Jakarta, Dec. 23 -- The Ministry of Cooperatives is collaborating with four ministries and one agency to strengthen the role of Red and White Village Cooperatives as the drivers of the people's economy.

The collaboration was formalized through memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed in Jakarta on Tuesday, with the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, the Ministry of Transmigration, and BPJS Kesehatan.

At the MoU signing event, Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono noted that the collaboration with those four ministries and one agency has concrete and strategic scopes.

The minister explained that the cooperation with the Ministr...