Central Jakarta, Kominfo – The Ministry of Communication and Informatics seeks various things to strengthen an inclusive, empowering and sustainable digital ecosystem. One of them is initiating meeting and cooperation forums as a forum to stimulate multi-stakeholder collaboration.
“In this year’s G20 forum, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics led the discussion of digital economy issues through the Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) with an agenda to strengthen an inclusive, empowering and sustainable digital ecosystem,” said Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Mira Tayyiba at the Merdeka Economic Forum which took place virtually from Central Jakarta, Monday (28/02/2022).
As a leading sector in digital transformation, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics has compiled a Roadmap for Digital Indonesia 2021-2024 which includes four strategic sectors, namely digital infrastructure, digital government, digital economy and digital society.
“In the digital infrastructure sector, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics has built more than 340,000 KM of a national fiber optic backbone combined with 9 satellites, a microwave link network , as well as the provision of a number of base transceiver stations (BTS) at the last-mile level ,” explained the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.
In the digital government sector, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics continues to support the practice of e-Government and One Indonesia Data. “Currently, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics is building a number of National Data Centers that allow interoperability and efficiency in data management,” said Secretary General Mira.
Considering the potential of the digital economy to restore the national economy, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics has developed various special priority programs in the pillars of the digital economy.
“In it, the priority program is designed to support the development of digital startups, digital SMEs and the development of digital talent,” said the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.
Secretary General Mira Tayyiba explained that the Ministry of Communication and Informatics continues to pursue the development of Digital Startups in Indonesia through the startupdigital.id program. The program is intended for beginners in the startup industry.
“The startupdigital.id program consists of various sub-programs, namely Beta School, the National 1000 Startup Digital Movement, startupstudio.id, HUB.id, and the Indonesia Game Developer Exchange (IDGX),” he explained.
Beta School is a provision of basic knowledge related to startup business concepts and models. Then, the National Movement for 1000 digital startups, which is a mentoring program for prospective startup founders and creates a minimum viable product .
“Startupstudio.id. is a coaching program for early-level startups in developing marketing products and number of customer acquisitions. Furthermore, there is also HUB.id. Business Matchmaking program that brings together startups with potential investors. Meanwhile, the Indonesia Game Developer Exchange (IDGX) is a mentoring program for business growth and promotion to increase the capacity and quantity of Indonesian game developers ,” said Secretary General of the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.
The Ministry of Communication and Informatics also encourages the digitization of MSMEs through the MSME empowerment program to the digital stage of active selling and scale up , the National Movement for Proud Made in Indonesia and onboarding MSMEs to go digital .
In order to answer the need for digital talent in the digital society sector, Secretary General Mira Tayyiba stated that the Ministry of Communication and Informatics organizes several non-formal and formal education programs. In non-formal education, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics facilitates digital capability training from the basic level through the National Digital Literacy Movement (GNLD), the intermediate level through the Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) and the advanced level through the Digital Leadership Academy (DLA).
“In formal education, we also provide a master’s degree scholarship program and facilitate the transformation of the Yogyakarta Multi Media High School (STMM) into the Digital National University Institute (IDN-U),” he said.
According to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, the roadmap is implemented through various enablers , including human resources, regulations, policies, funding and incentives. Quoting the words of the author of the book How to fix the future and observer of the digital world, Andrew Kean, Secretary General Mira Tayyiba invites all parties to strive for an inclusive digital ecosystem for all humans to carry out their rights and obligations in socio-political, social, cultural, and of course economic aspects. .
“Being human in the digital world is building a digital world for humans. With this spirit, we invite all parties to collaborate and establish synergies in building Indonesia’s digital economy in order to create a connected, more digital, more advanced Indonesia,” he said.
The Independent Economic Forum was attended by the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, KH Ma’ruf Amin; the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs, Teten Masduki; Deputy Minister of BUMN I, Pahala Nugraha Mansury; Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Shinta Widjaja Kamdani; and the Founder & CEO of Pintu, Jeth Soetoyo. (hm.ys)
Source: Ministry of Communication and Information