What happened
A draft presidential regulation seen exclusively by Reuters and reported on 22 June 2026 lays out Indonesia's national AI adoption roadmap from 2026 to 2029, directing all ministries and regional governments to embed AI in priority programmes — starting with the $15 billion free-meals programme. The regulation targets 'economic growth through development, facilitation and use of AI especially in the president's priority programmes' and projects a 12% GDP uplift ($366 billion) by 2030. The draft has not yet been formally enacted.
Why it matters
As the world's fourth most populous country and Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia's adoption of a state AI roadmap creates a significant new AI governance and procurement landscape. The mandatory AI-integration directive for all ministries will generate large-scale public-sector AI procurement, with governance, transparency, and accountability obligations for vendors supplying AI to the Indonesian government. As a draft, it signals imminent binding obligations and is consistent with Indonesia's parallel push for ASEAN joint AI governance frameworks.
Action needed
Monitor for formal enactment of the presidential regulation. AI vendors and public-sector technology providers active in Indonesia should begin mapping their offerings against likely procurement requirements and prepare for governance/accountability provisions that typically accompany such roadmap instruments.