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Hopes high for creation of national research body
A law on the national system of science and technology, enacted Tuesday by the House of Representatives, allows the government to set up a national research body to better integrate local research institutions.
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A law on the national system of science and technology, enacted Tuesday by the House of Representatives, allows the government to set up a national research body to better integrate local research institutions. (Shutterstock/Chinnapong)
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ocal scientists are hopeful that the government will establish a national research and innovation body that can strengthen the nation’s capabilities in science and technology.
A law on the national system of science and technology, enacted on Tuesday by the House of Representatives, allows the government to set up such a body in order to better integrate research institutions.
“[We would like to] set up a body that could integrate all research institutions in Indonesia, including those from ministries or other institutions,” Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir said after a House plenary session to pass the bill into law.
Nasir said the details of the body had not been finalized, with presidential approval pending.
“President [Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo] would decide whether the body would be under the coordination of a ministry or an [entirely] independent body,” Nasir said.
The law stipulates that the President should create a national research and innovation body in order to integrate research, assessment, development, invention and innovation systems.
Meanwhile, the academic community is coordinating with the Cabinet Secretariat in determining the function and task of the body, Indonesian Political Science Association (AIPI) secretary-general Chairil Abdini said.
