One of SMERU’s missions is to support measures to increase the capacity of the central and regional governments, society, academics, development partners, and the private sector to promote the formulation of research-based policies.

It is also for this reason that SMERU set up SMERU Learning Centre, which helps organizations and individuals improve their capacity to conduct socio-economic research and use evidence-based results in policymaking. Please visit https://smeru.or.id/id/slclab to find what training will be held this month.

In this issue, you can also read about research on high-tech and high-touch approaches for teachers and students, SMERU's involvement in supporting the Strategic Coordination Team for Development Facilitation Reinforcement, and articles written by SMERU's junior researchers.