The Community Link #JadiBerkelanjutan Program continued its partnership with BerdayaBareng to launch the Sustainable Economic Empowerment Training Program. This initiative, which has been running since 2022, focuses on women entrepreneurs and persons with disabilities in Eastern Indonesia, specifically in Mamminasata (Makassar, Maros Regency, Gowa Regency, and Takalar Regency), Toraja Regency, Kupang, Samarinda, Balikpapan, and Manado, areas that have historically had limited access to banking and financial services.
In 2024, Bank held a graduation ceremony for selected MSMEs from the second season of the program, which had been running since 2023. The in-person event in Manado was also attended by the Deputy Mayor of Manado and the Department of Cooperatives & MSMEs. As part of the program, Bank visited one of the beneficiaries, Ibu Noni Anace Pangayow, a person with disabilities who successfully increased her monthly income from Rp500 thousand to Rp15 million through the program.
Bank also started the third season with a total 272 MSMEs to take part in the initial training. Furthermore, based on the screening result of the total MSMEs in the third season, a total of 129 MSME participants underwent intensive in-person training from December 9–12, 2024, in Balikpapan, Makassar, and Manado. From the series of trainings, 50 selected MSMEs will receive interest-free loans from Bank. In addition to training, program participants had the opportunity to strengthen their business networks through MSME communities established in the three target regions.