The initiative was highlighted throughout a gathering between Minister Brian Yuliarto and BRIN Head Arif Satria in Jakarta on Friday.
“We will work together through a collaborative team, including in drafting research proposals in line with the president’s directives,” Yuliarto mentioned in a press release issued in Jakarta on Saturday.
Satria echoed the view, emphasizing that aligning research agendas is essential to guaranteeing the effectiveness of innovation-driven nationwide growth.
“Communication must be seamless. There should be no gaps in research stages between institutions, where one party is nearing completion while another is just beginning,” he mentioned.
As a concrete step, the ministry and BRIN are making ready a joint launch of the nationwide research agenda, which is able to function a collaborative mechanism for formulating and funding strategic nationwide research.
The two establishments have additionally agreed to strengthen the mixing of nationwide research monitoring and information methods towards a real-time platform.
Through this method, research actions in universities and research establishments will be monitored in a extra built-in method, supporting data-driven policymaking and enhancing effectivity in research funds administration.
The assembly adopted up on President Prabowo Subianto’s directives to concentrate on nationwide strategic points, together with waste administration, vitality safety, and vaccine growth.
The growth of research infrastructure was additionally mentioned, together with using high-performance computing to help cross-sector information evaluation and research collaboration, in addition to efforts to strengthen worldwide cooperation in strategic applied sciences.
The assembly additionally addressed human useful resource growth, notably the significance of building clear profession pathways for researchers inside universities.
The transfer is predicted to enhance nationwide research productiveness whereas strengthening the contribution of upper schooling establishments to the innovation ecosystem.
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