Empowerment of Cooperatives and MSEs: From Provision of Facilities to Incubation

Following the enforcement of Law No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation (“ Job-Creation Law ”) in 2021, the government has issued Regulation of the Government No. 7 of 2021 on Ease, Protection and Empowerment (collectively referred to as “ EPE ”) for Cooperatives and Micro-, Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises (“ Regulation 7/2021 ”), which entered into force on 2 February 2021 [1] and which simultaneously repealed and replaced the following legal frameworks: [2]