Our Expertise
Devolving governance from the state to local communities is an increasing trend in forest and natural resource management. Effective local institutions are widely accepted as being key to the success and sustainability of these governance transitions, but there is limited understanding of how different kind of community institutions evolve with community forestry processes.
This Insight discusses the character education policy within the Indonesian education system, which still faces key challenges to improve learning outcomes.
From our diagnostic of the Indonesian education system, we find that education policymakers and stakeholders in Indonesia perceive that character education can solve societal issues related to moral degradation.
The Indonesian government has laid a solid foundation for digital transformation in the 2020–2024 National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN), including efforts to create new unicorns. In addition, the 2020–2024 Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Strategic Plan focuses on developing digital talent and startups (startup companies).
The high youth unemployment rate is one of Indonesia’s development issues. A World Bank study noted that Indonesia’s youth unemployment rate is the highest in Southeast Asia. The 2019 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) found that nearly three-quarters (74.02%) of the unemployed in Indonesia are youth.
In the seminars, SMERU delivers results of its studies and hosts discussions on policy agenda for accelerating digital skills improvement in Indonesia.
