CIEL, supported by Partnership and Community Development Program (Program Kemitraan dan Bina Lingkungan) at PT. Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (PKT), conducted three-day-training program for small enterprises with theme “Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Management.
PKT is the biggest fertilizer industry in the world, located in Bontang, West Kalimantan. This company runs community development program as its social responsibility to the surrounding communities, due to their support to the company. This company shares 1% of its profit for funding the program.
The training program was one of the Partnership and Community Development Program™'s activity, which was the collaboration between CIEL and PKT. This program was conducted for small enterprises in surrounding communities of PKT, to motivate and help them in developing their businesses. It consisted of three modules: (1) Motivation and Creativity, (2) Entrepreneurship and Business Plan, (3) Management Principles for Small Enterprises.
This collaboration was started in 2007 and is going to be a routine activity for CIEL in helping small enterprises in Kalimantan. The latest was held in Bontang (February, 17-19th 2008) and Samarinda (March, 17-19th 2008). There were 42 small enterprises in Bontang and 25 enterprises in Samarinda, who attended the training.