UK Science and Innovation Network summary: Indonesia
Published 31 July 2024
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1. Science and innovation landscape in Indonesia
Indonesia is now the largest Southeast Asian economy and a member of the G20. Traditionally an agrarian economy, Indonesia is transitioning towards more services and manufacturing employment. These efforts have been promoted by strong government intervention. Indonesia actively pursues industrial policies to increase the capacity of its enterprises, which are mainly state-owned, in order to compete globally. In Indonesia, the government is the main contributor to research and development, with the private sector accounting for around 20% of spending. The majority of funding focused on scholarships for post graduate degrees, maximizing the demographic boost of Indonesian youth. In 2021, Indonesia centralized R&D under the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).
For the past 5 years, the Indonesian government are focused on investing in and enhancing innovation as a means of economic development. With digital-based economic transformation being one of the main priorities of its 2022 G20 presidency, Indonesia has promoted various innovative public–private partnership (PPP) financing models for key digital infrastructure projects, such as data centres, submarine cables, and satellites. The current government is also working on regulations for ethics and safety on Artificial Intelligence, development and implementation of cloud computing, construction and utilisation of national data centres as well as implementation on 4G networks.
2. UK-Indonesia partnership on science, technology and innovation
UK- Indonesia cooperation on science and innovation has developed since Newton Fund and GCRF, initiated in 2014. Both funds has increased capacity in science and innovation in Indonesia, foster research collaborations between UK and Indonesian researchers on development topics including health, sustainable energy and food security. And create collaborative solutions to development challenges and strengthening innovation systems. The Newton Fund and GCRF funding provided for the first time, a pathway for science and innovation between UK and Indonesia and lead the way for the International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF) partnership with Indonesia and the wider Southeast Asia region alongside the UK.
The Indonesian government priorities are focused on capacity building, researcher mobility, research funding management, joint S&I partnership particularly in life science (AMR, bioengineering, and precision medicine), IT communication (data, Artificial Intelligence), biodiversity, climate change, and renewable energy.
Science and Innovation Network contacts
Science and Innovation Network Indonesia
British Embassy Jakarta
Jl. Patra Kuningan Blok L5-6
Jakarta Selatan, 12950
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