Chairman of the Government Digital Transformation Acceleration Committee Luhut Binsar Panjaitan is now targeting Bali for the expansion of government digital transformation implementation, following what he described as a successful rollout in Banyuwangi.
“Bali is one province among many, but we chose Bali. There are eight regencies and one city here. Earlier you heard about Banyuwangi, which will serve as a model example,” Luhut said in Denpasar on Thursday.
He called on Bali’s governor to mobilize regents and mayors to immediately begin socialization efforts and data collection so that all residents in Bali can obtain a Single Digital Identity.
This Single Digital Identity will later be used to digitize social assistance distribution. Luhut expressed confidence that, in the future, social aid (bansos) distribution will become more targeted.
“I believe this will make Indonesia more transparent and more efficient. I have reported to the President that in October this year it will be launched nationally,” he said.
From the government’s side, under the Government Technology initiative an AI-based government digitalization program more than 27,000 government applications will be integrated into a single unified system.
With this integration, citizens will be able to independently verify their identities through just one application, similar to when Indonesia developed the PeduliLindungi app during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee estimates that the objection period in Banyuwangi will be completed next week, allowing the program to proceed in Bali.
The rollout will also be conducted in parallel in other regencies and cities, with a target that by April 2026 at least 200 regencies/cities will be participating.
“So by the national launch in October 2026, we hope that around 150 to 200 million Indonesians will already have a Single Digital Identity,” Luhut said.
Bali Governor Wayan Koster responded by assuring that regional governments across Bali will immediately hold coordination meetings and move forward with data collection.
According to Koster, integrating thousands of government applications into a single platform is a positive step to ensure better data management. He encouraged regents and mayors to begin implementation without delay.
A trial of social assistance distribution based on Digital Public Infrastructure will be conducted in Bali’s eight regencies and one city. Nationally, this marks the second pilot project after Banyuwangi, East Java.
Luhut confirmed that the plan will be implemented in the near future. He chaired a closed-door coordination meeting at the Kerta Sabha Building on Jalan Surapati 1, Denpasar, on Thursday (26/2/2026), attended by Governor Koster and regents/mayors from across Bali to discuss technical preparations for the digital
social assistance trial.
“Bali is one province among many, but we chose Bali. There are eight regencies and one city here,” Luhut reiterated after the meeting.
He noted that currently there are 27,000 digital applications across government institutions from regional administrations to ministries — which have been operating separately. The government is now consolidating these thousands of applications into a single AI-based integrated system to improve effectiveness.
“Banyuwangi has become a model, and I believe this will make Indonesia more transparent and more efficient,” Luhut said, accompanied by Koster.
He targets the nationwide launch of the digital transformation program in October 2026. Before that, a digitalization trial will be conducted in 200 regencies/cities by April 2026.
“We hope that 200 million Indonesians will already have this digital application,” said the former coordinating minister.
Sources : AntaraBali, DetikBali
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