The Communication and Information Technology Ministry has said it will support Indonesia’s priority agendas at the G20 forum.
“Indonesia, through the Communication and Information Technology Ministry, will prioritize three issues in the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) (meetings),” spokesperson for the ministry, Dedy Permadi, said in a press statement released on Friday.
Apart from holding the G20 Presidency, Indonesia has been elected to lead the first Digital Economy Working Group, he noted.
At the Digital Economy Working Group meeting, the ministry will bring up three priority issues: connectivity and post-COVID-19 recovery, digital skills and digital literacy, and cross-border and trust-based free data flow, he informed.
“These three issues are expected to highlight the unequal digital economy landscape and can encourage concrete collaboration among the G20 member countries to create a more inclusive, secure, and sustainable digital economy ecosystem for the global world,” Permadi remarked.
The discussions on the issues will aim to support the overall priority agenda of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency, the spokesperson said. One of the priority agendas proposed by Indonesia during the Presidency is digital transformation, he noted.
The three priority agendas of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency comprise the global health architecture, digital and economic transformation, and energy transition, he said.
The majority of G20 member countries have expressed support for the agenda and priority issues raised by the Indonesian Presidency and DEWG, he added.
Indonesia’s Presidency of the G20 is expected to encourage real collaboration between member countries to create a more equitable and sustainable digital transformation, Permadi said. This collaboration will entail joint efforts to recover and reinforce resilience together, he added.
Digital transformation is expected to diminish the digital divide, both in terms of access to connectivity, people’s digital skills, and the use of cross-border data, he informed.
Digital transformation is also expected to bolster economic resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, he added.
Source: Antara News