jpnn.com, SENTANI - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko attended the 2021 Papua Tech Festival, which was a breakthrough of the Ministry of Communication and Information in collaboration with the Inspirational Young Papua (PMI) movement.
This event, which was held in Sentani, Jayapura, on Thursday (28/10), aimed at training a number of young Papuans about digital startups.
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The festival was held online and offline.
"I welcome the Papua digital talent event because it can be an input for the national talent ecosystem," said Moeldoko in his remarks, as published on Friday (29/10).
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A special staff member of the President, Billy Mambrasar, concurred.
He said that President Joko Widodo welcomed the digital start-up training, which was the first in Papua.
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"A thousand digital startups and Inspirational Young Papuans are ready to create in the digital field," he said.
The Ministry of Communication and Information has been actively traveling to various regions in Indonesia to provide training as well as talent cultivation and capital through the 1,000 Digital Startups Movement, Beta, and several other activities.
All of these activities are now included in a movement called startupdigital.id, and the 2021 Papua Tech Festival was the first event of the movement.
The 2021 Papua Tech Festival raised the theme of "Supporting the Nation's Digital Talent Management and Ecosystem".
The event was held on Thursday (28/10) at 10 a.m. East Indonesia time and was attended by hundreds of young Papuans online, with limited invitees who participated in person.
There were two core activities, namely the launch of the "Papuan Talent Management" page and the training on digital literacy, digital economy, and digital startups.
The coordinator of the PMI movement for the Mamta region, Moses Rawar, hoped that through the tech festival, a thousand new startups would be developed in Papua by 2025.
The Director of Regional Planning, Special Autonomy, and Regional Autonomy Advisory Council of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Valentinus Sudaryanto Sumito, also suppoted the event.
"The government is serious in helping Papuan human resources to be more knowledgeable, skilled, professional, independent, physically and mentally healthy, and competitive," he said. (gir/mcr20/jpnn)
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