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Google for Indonesia 2021: Grants for IT Training and Micro Loans for Women

This year's event is more focused on supporting economic recovery in Indonesia

At this annual Google for Indonesia event, Google announced its microfinance partner Kiva and a $2 million grant to INCO as a form of support for economic recovery in Indonesia. same as last year. This grant is provided through Google's philanthropic arm Google.org and will help INCO train 10 Indonesians through the Google IT Support Certificate program on the platform. Coursera.

Managing Director of Google Indonesia Randy Jusuf said, the Google IT Support Certificate is the most sought after professional level career certificate on Coursera. This program provides job-ready skills and a great foundation for starting a new career as a system analyst, database administrator, network engineer, IT specialist, or technician help desk.

"Google's support for INCO will help empower the younger generation to take advantage of the many job opportunities in this rapidly growing digital economy," he said, Thursday (2/12).

As an illustration, this program is designed to improve skills quickly without the need for a bachelor's degree or previous experience in the IT field, data analytics, project managementand user experience design. This program is taught and developed by Google employees working in the field and can be completed in approximately six months on Coursera.

Upon completion of this certification, participants will have the ability to: understand the core concepts for all IT Support work, including troubleshooting, customer service, networking, systems administration, operating systems and security; know how to assemble a computer, write support documentation effective, route paths and subnets, manage software; and immersive experience working with Linux, Cloud Computing, and Command-Line Interfaces.

As a grantee from Google.org, INCO partnered with the Plan International Indonesia Foundation to provide IT Certificate scholarships through a program called INCO Academy - Work in Tech for 10 thousand people. Scholarships will be prioritized to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria; aged 18-29 years, especially women; affected by Covid-19; economically disadvantaged; persons with disabilities; and single mother.

In addition, Google.org will help facilitate the volunteer efforts of Google employees and provide non-financial donations to assist program participants as they undergo online courses.

The second initiation is the latest information on the Small Business Resilience Fund which was launched in 2020 through a partnership with Kiva, a US-based international non-profit organization. given to a microfinance partner that has been appointed, namely Komida (Cooperative Mitra Dhuafa).

Later, Komida will distribute these funds to women entrepreneurs of MSMEs in various remote areas as business loan capital with low interest. The average loan amount given to members is Rp. 3 to Rp. 20 million for 50 weeks.

Managing Director and Founder Komida Slamet Riyadi said, since it first started operating in 2004, Komida has a vision of becoming a microfinance cooperative that provides financial and non-financial assistance to low-income women to help them quickly build a better household income, thereby improving children's health and education. -his son.

"We hope to reach 3 to 4 thousand MSMEs, especially women micro entrepreneurs in 13 provinces," said Slamet.

Nevertheless, there are a number of conditions that must be met by prospective borrowers, one of which is that the borrower must be a woman and low income, domiciled in the Komida area, and form a group of five people with adjacent houses.

As of now, more than 4 thousand Komida staff have served more than 810 thousand low-income members in 324 branches. Total member savings have reached more than Rp721 billion.

Resurrection 2022

At the same time, Google is back bringing Rise 2022 to help students build skills relevant in the IT world. This program is specially designed by Google and runs with full support from GoTo, Traveloka, and Deeptech Foundation.

This program is affiliated with Independent Campus - Certified Independent Studies (SIB), equivalent to 20 credits which take place online for 20 weeks or +900 hours of study, to be precise during February-July 2022. The best 3 thousand participants will be selected to be part of the program. Rise 2022.

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While following Rise, participants will explore one of three career-oriented skill options, namely Machine LearningWith TensorFlow, Mobile Development with Android, or Cloud Computing with Google Cloud, under the guidance of experts engineer world-class Indonesian technology and startups. Global certification facilities from Google will also be provided free of charge, covering one of the three learning paths above.

Other skills that participants will learn are soft skills and English language skills. Participants will be taught about critical thinking, digital branding & interview communication, time management, professional communication, adaptability, idea generation and MVP planning, as well startup valuation. To improve English language skills, participants will study spoken correspondence, expressing opinionand business presentations.

At the end of the program, participants will work on a final project or capstone project in groups, where the 15 best teams will receive funding and further development to become a startup. These best teams will receive incubation funds from Google and Dikti of up to 140 million rupiah, mentored by mentors from related industries, and mentoring from Bangkit partner universities during July to December 2022.

In the previous class, Google announced that 490 graduates of the prestigious Awakening program had found work in related fields. More than 2.500 young Indonesians have completed the Merdeka Campus program after undergoing 700 hours of courses in the field of machine learning, computing cloud, and Android mobile development.

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