IMDI 2024 Rises: Digital Skills Increase, But Empowerment Is Still A Challenge

Head of the Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) Kominfo Hary Budiarto (photo: Youtube screenshot)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has re-launched the Indonesian Digital Community Index in 2024, which shows that the value of the 2024 National IMDI is at 43.34, up 0.17 from 2023.

With this increase, Head of the Human Resources Development Agency (BPSDM) Kominfo Hary Budiarto said that digitalization-related programs in all regions in Indonesia were going well.

"Starting from infrastructure, then how can people use and utilize digital technology, then empower and open up potential work to become a community," said Hary in his presentation at the Launch of the 2024 IMDI on Tuesday, September 10.

This report sees the value of the four digital pillars, including infrastructure and ecosystems, digital skills, empowerment, and also work.

From the report, it can be seen that the pillars of digital skills have the highest score of 58.25. Hary explained that it shows an increase in people's ability to use applications or use devices that lead to digital technology.

Then followed by the pillars of infrastructure and ecosystem by 52.7 in the second position. This means that Indonesia still has a blank spot area or about 40 percent of areas that have not been connected.

On the other hand, the work pillar occupies the fourth position with a value of 38.09 and is followed by a pillar of empowerment with a value of 25.66.

According to Hary, the small value of empowerment is where programs carried out by the provincial and district/city governments have not empowered the community, so they cannot yet use the equipment to increase the regional economy.

"So this is still our common record so that people can be more empowered so that our digital economy can be better," said Hary.