Indonesia accelerates downstreaming through BRIN-Danantara R&D

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and state-run strategic investment holding Danantara are stepping up joint research efforts to accelerate the country’s downstream industrial push and strengthen national technological capabilities. In a statement issued in Jakarta on Monday, BRIN Head Arif Satria outlined three research pathways to Minister of Investment and Downstreaming and Danantara CEO Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, focusing on grassroots innovation, strategic state firms, and faster foreign technology transfer. He said BRIN aims to help achieve the government’s 8 percent growth target through innovation for MSMEs, Red and White Village Cooperatives, the Red and White Fishing Village initiative, the Free Nutritious Meals program, and other grassroots initiatives. The second pathway targets research and development support for Danantara’s strategic state-owned enterprises (BUMN) in aerospace, shipbuilding, defense and energy. “I came ...