Government invites private sector to create digital talent ecosystem

The government continues to encourage the private sector to contribute in shaping the digital talent ecosystem in Indonesia, Chief of the Presidential Staff Moeldoko stated.

“From the target of the development program of 100 thousand digital talents in Indonesia, currently, around 60 thousand digital talents have been created. The government really lauds the cooperation of the private sector that supports the formation of a digital ecosystem in Indonesia,” Moeldoko noted in a statement here, Wednesday.

The statement was delivered by Moeldoko while visiting the Huawei Indonesia Headquarters, Jakarta, Tuesday (May 10).

According to Moeldoko, the government is committed to supporting the national digital talent development. One manifestation of that commitment is to intensify vocational education.

“Hence, the government also continues to encourage other innovations from the private sector, especially in shaping digital talents in Indonesia,” he remarked.

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei Indonesia in October 2020 to develop 100 thousand digital talents in Indonesia.

Moeldoko emphasized the importance of cooperation between the government and the private sector, including Huawei Indonesia. This is because by 2030, Indonesia requires nine million qualified Human Resources (HR) with advanced digital technology expertise, such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and 5G to the Internet of Things.

Meanwhile, Huawei Indonesia CEO Jacky Chen praised the support of the Presidential Office (KSP) to develop a digital ecosystem.

“We really laud the guidance and advice by Moeldoko to us to support digital transformation in Indonesia. Going forward, Huawei wants to contribute more to Indonesia as part of Huawei’s commitment ‘I Do’ to create value in order to build Indonesia, which is 5G-oriented, digital, and green,” he affirmed.

Huawei, through the ASEAN Academy Indonesia, has actively held various trainings, seminars, comparative studies, certifications, and competitions designed to enrich insight, deepen understanding, and increase mastery of leading technologies.

Indonesia will bolster digital technology utilization in 2023 to strengthen the domestic trade ecosystem, Economic Deputy at the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN) and National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti earlier stated.

“Digital technology utilization is (meant) to improve economic productivity, especially to strengthen national logistics and digital technology utilization, bolster business competition, and improve consumer protection,” she noted.

During the 2022 CSIS Global Dialogue, held online on Thursday, she remarked that digital technology utilization is also expected to boost Indonesia’s economic productivity that has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rapid developments in digital technology during the pandemic has been deemed to proffer several benefits, though it also led to several types of jobs disappearing.

The nation must utilize digital technology and adopt a digital logistics system to ensure smoother flow of goods, Widyasanti emphasized.

International trade policies will be more open and will be directed toward increasing the export of goods and services with high added value in order to bolster economic productivity.

With this openness, cooperation between nations in implementing digital technology for trade is expected to materialize and facilitate the flow of basic necessities.

Source: Antara News

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