The directive was conveyed by BRIN Head Arif Satria after a gathering with President Prabowo on the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Monday.
“The President instructed that BRIN should provide its support to several strategic industries,” he stated.
According to him, there are a number of strategic industries that require analysis and growth support to preserve productiveness, competitiveness, and sustainability, to allow them to proceed to take in labor.
He additional outlined that the sectors of focus embody the meals {industry}, agro-industry, power {industry}, and a number of other forms of manufacturing {industry}, comparable to clothes, textiles, footwear, and electronics.
These industries are thought of to be extremely labor-intensive, thereby requiring stronger analysis to preserve their contribution to the economic system.
Satria famous that Indonesia has a aggressive benefit within the footwear and garment sectors, whereas the electronics {industry}’s self-reliance nonetheless wants to be strengthened.
He added that the dialogue with President Prabowo additionally coated analysis support for the protection tools {industry}.
He affirmed that his company has created a number of improvements with the state-owned aerospace firm Dirgantara Indonesia, together with the N219 plane, which is prepared for elevated manufacturing based mostly on authorities orders.
In addition, he continued, BRIN is at present making ready to improve the manufacturing of seaplanes in collaboration with Dirgantara Indonesia, in addition to working with state-owned protection firm Pindad to support the event of protection tools and the automotive sector.
As for the meals sector, BRIN will improve strategic partnerships with state-owned palm oil firm Agrinas Palma Nusantara, state-owned meals firm Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, and state-owned fishery firm Agrinas Jaladri Nusantara to speed up innovation downstreaming.
The BRIN head added that his company may even synergize with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology for the consolidation of nationwide analysis and innovation.
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Translator: Fathur Rochman, Raka Adji
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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