The Ministry of Communication and Digital is exploring opportunities for collaboration with the Tony Blair Institute in an effort to accelerate digitalization in the public service sector.
"Mr. Tony Blair came to the Komdigi office with the Tony Blair Institute to discuss how digital transformation in Indonesia can run faster," said Indonesian Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid in Jakarta, Monday.
"Hopefully, we will be ready to provide input or cooperation with the Tony Blair Institute," he said after meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) team.
Kemkomdigi and TBI officials in today's meeting discussed digital transformation efforts, including infrastructure development, increasing human resource capacity, and utilizing new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
"So, the discussion was very broad, then each of our teams and the TBI team will review the various concerns or issues , which ones we will prioritize to become cooperation between the two institutions," said Meutya.
He said that representatives from the Ministry of Communication and Digital and TBI would hold a follow-up meeting to discuss the cooperation that could be carried out along with the mechanisms and scope of the cooperation.