Webinar “Becoming an Inclusive MSME”

Disability employment is a mandate of the Constitution number 8 of 2016, therefore job providers should start to add insight regarding the recruitment of persons with disabilities and an inclusive work environment, to realize the mandate of the Constitution number 8 of 2016 related to workers with disabilities. In an effort to make this happen, DNetwork Indonesia launched the Aku Mampu Digital Business program in collaboration with the Clevio Coder Camp. In this program, 16 participants with disabilities participate in regular mentoring about becoming a business consultant to take part in internships at MSMEs (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises). Hopefully through this program people with disabilities can improve their skills and have internship experience in MSMEs so that in the future they are ready to enter professional work. In addition, through the internship program, MSME actors will have experience in working with people with disabilities.

To provide insight to MSMEs on the recruitment of persons with disabilities and an inclusive work environment as part of the Aku Mampu Digital Business Program, DNetwork Indonesia and Clevio Coder Camp held a Webinar session on realizing MSMEs that were Inclusive. The webinar took place on February 18, 2022 and was attended by 21 MSMEs from several regions in Indonesia. In this webinar, it is explained how the initial steps that MSMEs can take in recruiting persons with disabilities and how to work with various types of persons with disabilities. At the end of the event, participants were directed to register their MSMEs for those who wish to open internship opportunities for 16 disabled participants who are currently participating in the Aku Mampu Digital Business program. Thus, in addition to gaining insight through webinars, participants of the Inclusive MSME Webinar can also work directly with persons with disabilities.

Dian Parwati Ningsih, a Deaf Friend, who is currently participating in the SAMA internship program from the collaboration between DNetwork Indonesia and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH), is happy to undergo the internship process at Hotel Indigo Seminyak, Bali. This internship is Dian Parwati Ningsih's first experience in participating in a job interview and made it an inspiration for her future when she looks for work. The communication barrier with her colleagues that she experienced when she first entered work did not become a problem in her internship process as a Culinary Staff at Hotel Indigo Seminyak, Bali. Dian felt this awkward feeling only a few days after learning to interact with colleagues through communication using short writing on paper or cellphones.

Since starting her internship in November now, Dian has felt quite comfortable doing her job as a Culinary Staff at Hotel Indigo Seminyak, Bali, even Dian's colleagues are very open in guiding and also adjusting to communicating with her as a disabled worker at Hotel Indigo.

Dian's current internship program is such a good experience for her for work preparation when Dian completes her final year of education at SLB Negeri 2 Denpasar.

Thank you DNetwork Indonesiafor facilitating Dian started from the work preparation workshop stage to the current internship stage, this program is very helpful in enriching her insight and experience in the workplace, especially in the Hospitality department 😊

In commemoration of International Disability Day, supported by the Financial Services Authority (OJK), DNetwork held several pieces of training for people with disabilities in the field of content writing, photography, and freelance career building training. Through this training, it is expected to improve the ability of people with disabilities in the digital world so they can compete in the digitalization era and can take advantage of online platforms for business development and promotion. By having proper content writing and photography skills, people with disabilities will be able to do it. This event took place offline and online from December 1 to December 10, 2021.

The face-to-face training started from December 1 to December 7 2021 at Annika Linden Center, Jalan Bakung Number 19 Denpasar Kesiman Kertalangu. This training, in collaboration between DNetwork and Annika Linden Center, conducted 3 days of photography training which was attended by 15 persons with disabilities from 1 December to 3 December 2021, followed by 2 days of content writing training which was attended by 15 participants as well. All participants who took part in the face-to-face training are domiciled in Bali and very enthusiastic about participating in the training to develop their skills in photography and content writing.

Three days webinar starting from December 8 to December 10, 2021, which discusses Creative with Mobile Phones, Social Media, and Freelance Job Opportunities for Disabilities. For three days this webinar was attended by 82 persons with disabilities from all over Indonesia, including participants who had attended face-to-face training from December 1st to 7th, 2021. We hope that after participating in these 3 webinar sessions the participants will have creative ideas in using mobile phones and social media for business development and have the knowledge to look for opportunities to work freelance so that they can compete in this digitalization era.