Indonesia, Malaysia to form joint research cluster
Collaboration to involve several higher education institutions in both countries, as well as research experts under Malaysia-Indonesia Academic Consortium
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) – Malaysia and Indonesia will further strengthen research collaboration between their higher education institutions (HEIs) and researchers, particularly in areas such as food security, the green economy, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence (AI), reports The Star.
Malaysia’s Higher Education Minister Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the initiative was among the key issues discussed during his meeting with his counterpart, Prof Brian Yuliarto, the other day.
“We have in principle agreed to establish clusters in these fields by identifying experts from Malaysia and Indonesia to work together in developing the identified areas. Both countries possess valuable expertise that should neither be sidelined nor left untapped elsewhere,” he said.
Zambry said the collaboration would involve several identified HEIs in both countries, as well as research experts under the Malaysia-Indonesia Academic Consortium (KAMI).
“We have already begun preliminary discussions, where representatives from Education Malaysia have initiated talks with the Director General of Higher Education here. As a result, we will leave it to the education authorities and teams from both countries. We do not have a timeline at this point, as the research areas will first need to be identified,” he said.
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