Asia Centre has played an active role in advancing digital security and online resilience in Indonesia, working in close collaboration with a diverse range of partners, including civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, learning centres, community-based platforms, and underrepresented groups. Its initiatives seek to empower youth advocates, women’s groups, and other stakeholders to navigate digital spaces safely, promote online safety, and counter cyber threats, thereby fostering inclusive and secure digital participation across communities.
These activities, initiated in 2024 in partnership with Google Asia and the Pacific and sustained throughout 2025 into early 2026, have received encouraging feedback from partners and participants. Key comments indicate an improved awareness and understanding of both human-centred approaches and the practical application of protective measures, including the use of emerging technologies, when engaging within the digital sphere.
During the 2025–2026 programme period, the first Digital Security Training – End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) was held in Jakarta. On 29 August 2025, Asia Centre, in collaboration with Jaringan GUSDURian, successfully organised a national-level onsite Digital Security Training for End Beneficiaries (DST-EB). The session was attended by over 50 young religious activists from across Indonesia who are members of the GUSDURian Network. The training aimed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to identify digital threats and protect their online presence, providing practical insights into privacy, online safety mechanisms, and relevant digital tools.
The first Digital Security Training – Training of Trainers (DST-ToT) was held on 30 October 2025 in Bali, in eastern Indonesia, organised by Asia Centre in collaboration with GUSDURian and Institut Sains dan Teknologi Nahdlatul Ulama, Bali. The session brought together 30 participants, including ICT, STEM, and fintech practitioners, youth activists, and indigenous community leaders, enhancing their capacity, including facilitation skills, to deliver inclusive digital security training within their communities.
On the same day, a Digital Security Training – End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) was held in Bali, organised by Asia Centre in collaboration with GUSDURian Bali and Institut Sains dan Teknologi Nahdlatul Ulama. The session engaged 30 youth activists and STEM practitioners, equipping them with essential knowledge and practical skills to identify cyber threats and strengthen their online safety and digital resilience.
These 2025 activities built on Asia Centre’s earlier efforts in Indonesia. Since 25th September 2024, the Centre has delivered Google-supported Digital Security Trainings to over 140 youth advocates, women’s groups, and civil society organisations both in district and national levels across Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali, including a session incorporating Indonesian Sign Language to ensure accessibility. Partners included Indika Foundation, Law Faculty of Universitas YARSI, Social Movement Institute, SAFEnet, and Yayasan Wisnu.
In early 2026, Asia Centre expanded its digital security initiatives in Jakarta. The first DST-ToT session of the year engaged 20 participants from diverse civil society, youth, and community-based organisations, further strengthening online resilience and the capacity to deliver inclusive digital security training.
21 January 2026, Asia Centre, in collaboration with joint partner networks, successfully organised an onsite Digital Security Training – Training of Trainers (DST-ToT) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The session was attended by 20 participants, comprising representatives from civil society organisations, advocates, and independent journalists. The training aimed to equip participants with the knowledge, practical, and facilitation skills required to identify digital threats and safeguard their online presence and accounts, while strengthening their understanding of privacy, online safety mechanisms, and relevant digital security tools, which they can subsequently share with their communities.
On 23 January 2026, Asia Centre, in collaboration with Penabulu Foundation, successfully organised an onsite Digital Security Training for End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) in Jakarta, Indonesia. The hybrid session was attended by 26 participants from the Foundation and aimed to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify digital threats and protect their online presence and accounts. The training also provided practical insights into data privacy, online safety mechanisms, and relevant digital security tools
In February 2026, Asia Centre delivered two online, Digital Security Training – Training of Trainers (DST-ToT) national sessions in collaboration with the Ladies in Tech Network. The first session, held on 3 February, brought together 21 participants, including advocates, members of the technology community, education enthusiasts, and representatives of the Indonesian diaspora living overseas. A second session followed on 6 February, engaging a further 25 participants from similar backgrounds.
Both sessions were designed to strengthen participants’ digital competencies and enhance their capacity to promote online safety and digital resilience within their respective networks, while enabling them to cascade their newly acquired knowledge to wider communities.
On 12 March 2026, a national-level Digital Security Training – End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) session was conducted virtually in partnership with Amnesty International Indonesia. The session was attended by 38 individuals, including Amnesty staff, civil society representatives, activists, and advocates, and focused on equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to identify digital threats, such as scams, and to protect their online presence and accounts. The training provided an exchange of best practices and practical insights into data privacy, online safety mechanisms at the institutional level through Project SHIELD, and relevant digital security tools, including the emerging use of AI.
On 23 March 2026, a national-level Digital Security Training – End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) session was conducted in Indonesia in partnership with the Women Church networks, BPD PERUATI JABODETABEK. The session was organised as part of a digital wellbeing workshop in conjunction with International Women’s Day and was attended by 36 participants, including prominent priests, representatives from church networks, and youth activists. It focused on strengthening digital security awareness, with particular emphasis on scams, phishing, and doxing, and on enhancing online resilience through human-centred advocacy within their communities.
On 31 March 2026, a hybrid Digital Security Training – End Beneficiaries (DST-EB) session was conducted in eastern Indonesia on Sumba Island in partnership with STT GKS, the Theological College of the Sumba Christian Church. The session, attended by over 90 people on-site and via zoom is 8 participants, including theological college educators, prominent priests, church members, youth, and ICT advocates, marking the first time they had received formal digital security training. It was designed to strengthen digital security awareness and enhance online resilience within their communities.
