Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said he wanted to build a digital government, but acknowledged that achieving this was not an easy thing.
“I also want to quickly build digital government but this is also not easy,” said President Jokowi in Jakarta, Wednesday, at the launch of the “Digital Generation Acceleration Movement” which was also attended by SOE Minister Erick Thohir, Minister of Education and Culture Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim, Minister of State for State Secretary Pratikno, Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate, Narasi TV founder Najwa Shihab and other related officials.
He said he had ordered the Minister of Communication and Information to build digital infrastructure as soon as possible. “If we don’t catch up, then we will be getting further, even though there are opportunities and opportunities,” said President Jokowi.
According to the President, Indonesia’s digital economy will grow when digital infrastructure, digital talent, digital government, and digital regulations are ready, so that an ecosystem of digital society is built in Indonesia.
President Jokowi also said that Indonesia is lucky to have Nadiem Makarim as Minister of Education and Technology because he has experience in technology companies.
“There is Mas Nadiem, we are very lucky, I always ask questions that are answered very quickly, ‘How is this? I don’t want only 1-2, 1,000 – 2,000, I want millions. Merdeka Campus is the answer, how? That’s what the Minister said earlier,” said President Jokowi.
Especially at this time, according to the President, the world’s big companies are competing to build Metapherse.
“Facebook that turned into Meta, Epic Games, Roblox, Microsoft, all of them entered there, so we need to prepare a strategy for our country. Our country needs to prepare a strategy so that we are not far behind by other countries,” said President Jokowi.
President Jokowi also considered that he only had 2 years to accelerate the digital generation.
“I convey to the Minister of SOEs and others as well, we don’t have much time to pursue it. The time is only 2 years, the most difficult thing is preparing digital talent in large numbers, bringing in mentors who have good qualifications,” added President Jokowi.
In addition to strengthening digital talent, President Jokowi also mentioned the need to provide strong funding.
“In the waiting room, I said this cannot be BUMN alone, the private sector must also join this Red and White (Fund). Then INA, the Indonesia Investment Authority also came here so that we would be more prepared to use large funds to accelerate the processes that I mentioned earlier,” said the President. (rma/bbs)
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