Jakarta (ANTARA) - Sakuranesia Foundation looked into opportunities for educational and cultural cooperation between Indonesia and Japan based on the Kyoto industry-academic collaboration model.
In a statement issued in Jakarta on Tuesday, Sakuranesia founder Tovic Rustam said that Kyoto's industry-academic collaboration model provides valuable insights for the realization of practical engineering education in Indonesia.
"In particular, Kyoto's unique approach in combining traditional industry with innovation can be applied in the development of education programs in Jember," he explained.
He said that the details of the concrete cooperation program will be finalized in 2025, with plans to develop education programs that utilize Kyoto's knowledge of international industry-academic collaboration and student exchanges between the two countries.
In connection with this, Sakuranesia, as an education and cultural foundation in Indonesia, held a meeting with related institutions in Kyoto. The meeting was facilitated by PT Star Up and held at the Kyoto Impact Hub. Deputy head of the start-up promotion department of the Kyoto Knowledge Industry Creation Forest, Yuki Kanayama, and Impact Hub advisor, Ghoki Nishitani, also joined the meeting.
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The meeting discussed an open innovation platform with a co-creation concept called KOIN. The platform is managed by the Kyoto Knowledge Industry Creation Forest.
Through the platform, Tovic said, University of Jember (Unej) students can gain Kyoto's knowledge about industry-academic collaboration to develop educational and cultural exchanges between the two countries.
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"What is interesting is the alignment between KOIN's co-creation philosophy and Sakuranesia's vision of sustainable Asian development," he said.
By combining Impact Hub Kyoto's experience in supporting international start-ups and the University of Jember's engineering education program, Tovic is hoping to build a new model of Indonesia-Japan cooperation.
