Politics · Indonesia · 1 hr ago
Indonesia Plans National Talent Committee to Reform Civil Service Careers
Indonesia is preparing a national system to move civil servants into roles where their skills are needed.
The plan addresses problems including reliance on open recruitment, uneven talent across government agencies and employee data kept in separate systems.
A proposed National Talent Committee would map talent and plan leadership succession.
It could also recommend appointments to senior leadership posts to the president.
The reform has four parts: new rules, the committee, clearer career paths and a shared national talent database.
The database is intended to standardize and connect information from existing government systems without transferring ownership of the data.
The changes aim to make talent comparisons and appointments more objective across agencies.
The government is preparing the framework, but no implementation timetable is stated.
Indonesia is preparing a National Talent Committee as part of reforms to manage civil service careers and talent mobility.
The committee is intended to map national talent, plan succession and recommend appointments to senior leadership positions to the president.
The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform has outlined four policy pillars, including new rules, career-path reforms and a national talent database.
Officials say fragmented talent data and uneven opportunities across agencies have hindered objective comparisons and movement of civil servants.
- Who
- Indonesia’s Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform is preparing the reforms. The proposed committee would manage civil service talent.
- What
- The government plans a National Talent Committee as part of a national talent mobility system.
- When
- The policy brief was presented on November 11, 2026.
- Where
- Indonesia.
- Why
- To improve civil service talent management and enable skilled officials to move to sectors and agencies that need them.
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- Proposed committee
- National Talent Committee (KTN)
- Policy pillars
- Four
- Senior roles
- The committee would propose appointments to middle- and top-tier senior leadership positions to the president.
- Database sources
- SIASN, agency personnel systems (SIMPEG), performance data and LHKPN
- Law cited
- Law No. 20 of 2023 on the Civil Service
What people are saying
Talent mobility has not been managed as one national cycle. There is not yet a single regulatory, institutional, position and data architecture to fully implement Law No. 20 of 2023 on the Civil Service.
The National Civil Service Talent Committee plays a role in preparing leadership talent.
Validated data makes talent comparisons, matching and risk flagging objective.