🇫🇷🇮🇩 France–Indonesia Innovation Year 2026 officially launched
A strategic partnership spotlighting tech, sustainability, and human capital cooperation
🪶 The Main Takeaway
France and Indonesia have officially launched the France–Indonesia Innovation Year 2026, a year-long bilateral initiative aimed at deepening cooperation in technology, research, sustainability, and human capital development.
The programme positions innovation as a core pillar of the two countries’ strategic partnership.
🌏 Why It’s on Our Radar
The launch comes as Indonesia accelerates its digital and green transformation, while France strengthens its engagement with the Indo-Pacific.
Innovation Year 2026 reflects a shared commitment to long-term collaboration beyond trade and diplomacy, linking public institutions, academia, startups, and the private sector.
💡 What’s at Stake
🤝 Strengthening France–Indonesia strategic cooperation through innovation diplomacy
🔬 Expanding joint research in health, climate, energy, and digital technology
🚀 Creating new platforms for startups, universities, and innovators from both countries
🌱 Supporting sustainable development aligned with global climate and SDG agendas
📸 The Big Picture
The France–Indonesia Innovation Year 2026 will feature a series of flagship events, innovation forums, exhibitions, research collaborations, and business-to-business exchanges across both countries throughout the year.
The initiative builds on existing cooperation in higher education, science, and technology, while opening new channels for co-creation and knowledge exchange between French and Indonesian ecosystems.
🌐 The Regional Stakes
For Southeast Asia, the programme highlights Indonesia’s role as a regional innovation hub and a key partner for European engagement in the region.
It also reinforces ASEAN’s growing importance in global innovation networks, particularly in the digital economy, green technology, and sustainable infrastructure.
🏠 Why This Hits Home
Innovation Year 2026 is not just symbolic diplomacy. For Indonesia, it offers practical opportunities: skills development, research funding, startup exposure, and access to European innovation networks.
For France, it deepens ties with a rising middle power shaping Southeast Asia’s future.
🔎 Beyond the Headlines
🇫🇷🇮🇩 A bilateral innovation initiative anchored in a long-term strategic partnership
🌏 Positions Indonesia as a bridge between Europe and Southeast Asia’s innovation ecosystems
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