Success In 2021, This Year's Comminfo Repoints Buleleng To Hold A Digital Talent Schoolarship

Kominfo appointed Buleleng to carry out "Digital Talent Schoolarship" (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics has appointed the Buleleng Regency Government, Bali, through the local Communication, Information and Statistics (Kominfosanti) Office to resume the "Digital Talent Schoolarship (DTS) 2023".

"In 2022, we have implemented the same program and have succeeded according to the designed goal, so next year (2023) will be re-appointed through the Yogyakarta Kominfo Human Resources and Research Development Center (BPSDMP) which oversees the Bali region," said Head of the Kominfosanti Buleleng Public Communication Management Division, I Putu Suryada Santhi, in Singaraja, Buleleng, quoted by Antara, Sunday.

He said the certainty of the district at the northern tip of the Island of the Gods was again appointed as the executor of DTS had been conveyed during the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for the Mapping of Regional Potential for DTS 2023 Planning in Yogyakarta on 22-23 September 2022.

"This is an extraordinary thing because Buleleng is the only district/city in Bali that is trusted to implement the DTS program from the Ministry of Communication and Informatics of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.

Suryada explained that the Buleleng Regency Government through the Kominfosanti Service, which of course synergizes with related regional work units (SKPD).

The DTS program makes the people of Buleleng Regency better understand digitalization, both for business actors (MSMEs), ASN, the new young workforce and other general public.

"We see and observe that public interest (following DTS) in 2022 is quite high, almost all types of DTS training schemes," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of BPSDMP Kominfo Yogyakarta Dr. Christiany spotha said that the Yogyakarta Kominfo BPSDMP, which is in the provinces of Bali, Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, had completed mapping the areas in each district/city.

"Our team has been around to implement regional potential mapping for approximately three months and finally on the islands of Bali, Yogyakarta and Central Java," he said.

In mapping this area, there are four things that are emphasized, including commitments (support) from local governments, potential participants in the regions, implementation locations in the regions as well as supporting facilities and infrastructure for the implementation of DTS.

Christiany dutha explained again, the DTS scheme in 2023 is divided into five schemes, namely "Digital Entrepreneurship Academy" (DEA) for MSME players, vocalsal School Graduate Academy (VSGA) for the new young generation, Thematic Academy (TA), Fresh Graduate Academy (FGA) for new graduations, both SMA/SMK/Diploma and Bachelor and Government Transformation Academy (GTA) for ASN (State Civil Apparatus).