Government Prepares Creative Talent Through Digital Talent Scholarship

RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - The Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Creative Economy, has launched the "Digital Talent Agency (BDT) 2026" training scholarship. This program emphasizes the government's commitment to training creative talent capable of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to boost work productivity.

According to a press release received by RRI VOI from the Ministry of Creative Economy, BDT 2026 is an intensive, multi-level digital competency program that combines technical and interpersonal skills development based on a global industry curriculum. This program aims to increase the capacity of creative economy practitioners through self-paced online learning using a global standard curriculum developed by Dicoding.

"The Creative Economy Agency's Digital Talent Program is designed to address the skills and talent gap while ensuring participants have competencies aligned with technological developments, including AI. Through the 2026 BDT Program, we aim to bridge industry needs with the availability of competent digital talent," the Deputy for Digital Creativity and Technology at the Ministry of Creative Economy, Muhammad Neil El Himam in Jakarta on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

This collaborative program with Dicoding Indonesia carries the theme "Productivity with AI Bootcamp," which aims to strengthen digital talent as a key to better preparing the nation's AI talent pool. The 2025 National AI Roadmap White Paper states that 36 percent of Indonesia's human resources require new training, with 30 percent requiring upskilling and 22 percent requiring complete retraining.

"With all of Indonesia's potential, we can become a leader in Southeast Asia in accelerating AI capabilities for productivity. We sincerely hope that BDT 2026 will produce superior and competitive creative talent in AI mastery, thereby increasing their productivity in advancing Indonesia's 17 creative economy subsectors," Deputy Neil said.

Meanwhile, Dicoding CEO, Narendra Wicaksono, stated that the long-standing collaboration with the Creative Economy Agency (BKRAF) has been ongoing since 2016 and has resulted in an economic impact of IDR 306 billion, 15,168 IT certifications, and 215,000 digital talents receiving skills development.