ICT for identifying knowledge in remote areas

Trends of the global Information Communication Technology (ICT) in remote areas will become a strongly affect in the direction of policies in ICT. The government of Indonesia should response to such external dynamic. Three activities havet to be carried out by the government, namely: developing the local knowledge, long distance learning and creative industries. All those are knowledge-based products. To achieve that, Indonesia has to integrate ICT systematically. Results of several studies on ICT in the rural areas shows that several initiates on ICT for rural areas has been conducted in Indonesia, among others are an information of the value added product through the Industrial Tree information, held by LIPI, Community learning and Training Centers held by NGO, and capturing indigenous knowledge for developing small scale industries.