Yogyakarta, 28 July 2018—the Community Entrepreneurship Academy (AKM) of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Fisipol), UGM held a National Dialogue as a closing of the cloning stage for its participants. This National Dialogue was open to the public and it was attended by national figures such as the Minister of Manpower, M. Hanif Dhakiri, the Regent of Kulon Progo, Hasto Wardoyo, the Director of Labour Market Information, Roostiawati, the Head of the Yogyakarta Special Province Regional Manpower Office, Andung Prihadi, and the Head of the Lembang Vocational Training Center (BLK), Aan Subhan. The National Dialogue was held at the Mandiri Auditorium in Fisipol, UGM on Saturday (28/7). Carrying the theme “the Role of Sociopreneur in Building National Resilience”, the main objective of the event was to instill positive impacts of the AKM program not only to the participants and target villages, but to the wider public as well. The Dean of Fisipol UGM, Erwan Agus Purwanto, stated that the AKM program demonstrates Fisipol UGM’s support to solutions that address Indonesian economic issues through the sociopreneur movement. “In order to provide students with entrepreneurship skills, we have prepared a startup incubation program,” Erwan said in the opening remarks he delivered during the National Dialogue.
The Community Entrepreneurship Academy (AKM) is an innovative program that provides university students with adequate skills and knowledge to become agents of sociopreneurship (social entrepreneurship). The AKM Program consists of three stages. The first stage, cloning, was carried out in July 19 – 28, 2018. Prior to the initiation of the incubation stage for the participants, a Studium Generale was held by inviting a number of speakers with extensive experience in the field of sociopreneurship to deliver their general perspective regarding the world of sociopreneur. During the incubation period, the AKM program also held a national defense training along with the Indonesian Military (TNI) in order to physically and mentally prepare the participants to directly go on field.