Alam Ganjar Accommodates Volunteer Aspirations In Makassar Regarding Access To Research Funds

Ganjar Pranowo's son, Zinedine Alam (two right), during a discussion with a number of volunteers in Makassar City, South Sulawesi. (ANTARA/HO-Documentation)

The son of the presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo, Zinedine Alam, accommodates a number of aspirations expressed by volunteers in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, including the issue of access to research implementation funds for science and science.

"This has become a must and is important for the state to prepare budget allocations to develop more optimal research in order to create new things for the advancement of a country," said Alam Ganjar in Makassar City as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 6.

Alam gave an example in a number of developed and developing countries, the budget for research funds has been prepared by the government with a fairly large value.

According to him, the results of the research will later be used as a basis for making new breakthroughs in creating new and useful things for the country.

Based on data from the UNESCO Institute, the amount of research budget allocated by the Government of Indonesia is still very low, namely around 0.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, when compared to several neighboring countries, such as Thailand 0.5 percent, Malaysia 1.3 percent, and Singapore 2.1 percent.

This then became a problem because many young researchers were hampered in carrying out their research because they had difficulty getting access to adequate research, resulting in obstacles in developing their research in Indonesia.

"I am watching how research data in Indonesia is not one door. In fact, there are often different research data in the same scope," said Alam, who is also the Head of Strategy at the Semarang Global Shapers under the World Economic Forum.

Alam said the importance of integrated one-door research data would make it easier for researchers to obtain information.

"Later, there will be one data, where one data is used for all state institutions. The data will be integrated, so that there is no overlap and difference in data between institutions. If later there is a problem, it will be easier to evaluate because the access is one door," said Alam.

The meeting was attended by a number of volunteers from Ganjar Pranowo, such as Ganjarist, Sahabat Ganjar, Garuda Millennial, Srikandi Ganjar, Banteng Muda Indonesia, and the youth of the millennial generation and Generation Z.