BDT 2026 Programme Launched to Enhance AI Utilisation Skills
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Creative Economy is implementing the Badan Ekraf Digital Talent (BDT) 2026 programme to recruit digital talents and enhance their abilities in utilising artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
At the press conference inaugurating BDT 2026 in Jakarta on Tuesday, Deputy for Digital Creativity and Technology at the Ministry of Creative Economy, Muhammad Neil El Himam, stated that the programme is designed to help industries meet their needs for workers skilled in digital technology.
“The BDT programme is an intensive, multilevel digital competency training that combines in-depth technical skills, hard skills, and interpersonal abilities, soft skills, based on a global industry curriculum,” said Neil.
He explained that the BDT programme is being run because, according to the Asia Pacific Digital Skill 2023 study, around 73 per cent of workers do not utilise digital skills.
Data from the Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia in 2023 also shows that 53 per cent of companies find it difficult to recruit workers with digital technology skills.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communication and Digital estimates that Indonesia will need up to 12 million digital talents by 2030, but only around 9 million digital talents can be prepared.
Neil stated that the BDT 2026 curriculum covers materials on application development, software, and games, as well as web usage on platforms.
The training activities in this programme include practical AI classes for productivity enhancement, classes on using generative AI, and workshops on AI usage. All three learning stages are conducted both online and offline.
“The hope from this programme is to ensure that the talents in Indonesia have the capabilities so they can remain relevant to industry needs,” said Chief Executive Officer of Dicoding Indonesia, Narendra Wicaksono.
“And of course, it can increase productivity, including how our industry can run better and compete at a global level,” he added.
Registration for the BDT 2026 programme participants is open from 13 April to 31 May 2026. The programme is free and open to the public.
BDT 2026 is targeted to be followed by 2,200 participants, including young developers who want to create applications and enhance their digital skills.
Neil said that the implementation of the BDT programme is part of efforts to accelerate the growth of the creative economy sector as a new engine of national economic growth.