Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

What Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia does

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia is a state ministry of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, established under Peraturan Presiden No. 62 Tahun 2021 and restructured under Peraturan Menteri Kebudayaan No. 1 Tahun 2025. It is the sole national authority responsible for the preservation, development, and advancement (Pelestarian, Pengembangan, Pemajuan) of Indonesian budaya (culture), stewarding 12 UNESCO World Heritage items and overseeing cultural heritage protection, film regulation, and museum operations. The ministry serves Indonesian citizens (general public), regional governments (provinsi, kabupaten/kota), cultural institutions (museums, sanggar, cagar budaya), komunitas budaya, adat communities, and foreign counterparts through bilateral cultural diplomacy.

The ministry's core technology stack is an integrated cultural data and policy platform architecture operated by Sekretariat Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan: DAPOBUD (Data Pokok Kebudayaan) as the national reference dataset; SPKT (Sistem Pendataan Kebudayaan Terpadu) as the unified data integration layer established under UU No. 5 Tahun 2017; PPKD (Pokok Pikiran Kebudayaan Daerah) with Monev monitoring/evaluation; IPK (Indeks Pembangunan Kebudayaan); Dana Indonesiana cultural funding platform; and SIDAKBUD supervision system. Supporting infrastructure is delivered through SPBE electronic-based government systems under Pusat Data dan Teknologi Informasi. The ministry operates 23+ Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan (Wilayah I–XXIII) plus Lembaga Sensor Film and Museum dan Cagar Budaya units, and delivers public-facing communications through kemenbud.com, YouTube (BudayaSaya), Instagram (@kemenkebud), TikTok, X, Facebook, and Lapor whistleblower integration.

The business model is non-commercial: the ministry is funded through the Indonesian state budget (APBN) with accountability tracked via SAKIP (Rencana Strategis 2020–2025, Perjanjian Kinerja 2021–2025, Laporan Kinerja 2012–2023). Go-to-market combines direct public communication, field-level bimbingan teknis dan supervisi (technical guidance and supervision) to regional governments, event-driven international convening (CHANDI 2025), bilateral diplomatic partnerships, and a Mitra SPKT partner network of contributing komunitas, perguruan tinggi, lembaga, and individuals. Recent strategic priorities include three new UNESCO inscriptions in 2025, international cultural diplomacy expansion, AI-for-Culture exploration, and the new Laboratorium Penerjemah dan Promotor Sastra capacity-building programs.

Name

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Legal name

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

Website

https://kemenbud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia is the Indonesian state ministry responsible for preserving, developing, and advancing national budaya, operating integrated cultural data platforms (DAPOBUD, SPKT, PPKD, IPK, Dana Indonesiana) and serving citizens, regional governments, cultural institutions, and foreign counterparts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Cultural Affairs Administration

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Indigenous & Community Cultural Institutions (THAJADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democratic Governance & Public Administration Reform (BPADAGAJ), Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL), Governance, Public Financial Management & Service Delivery Reform (BPADAEAD)

Keywords

• Cultural policy administration
• Heritage preservation services
• National cultural advancement
• Public cultural data systems
• Cultural diplomacy programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Jakarta Pusat

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government budget allocation (APBN): Kementerian Kebudayaan is a Pemerintah (government) ministry funded through the national Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) state budget. Operational accountability is documented via SAKIP (Sistem Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah) including Laporan Kinerja (Performance Reports) 2012-2023, Perjanjian Kinerja (Performance Agreements) 2021-2025, and Rencana Strategis 2020-2025. This is not a commercial revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia is the Indonesian state ministry mandated under UU No. 5 Tahun 2017 tentang Pemajuan Kebudayaan to formulate and execute national cultural policy. It delivers cultural preservation, development, and advancement programs, operates integrated cultural data platforms (DAPOBUD, SPKT, PPKD Monev, IPK, Dana Indonesiana), and manages international cultural diplomacy for the Republic of Indonesia.

Product overview

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia operates a platform-of-systems architecture centered on the integrated SPKT (Sistem Pendataan Kebudayaan Terpadu) cultural data platform, which is fed by the DAPOBUD (Data Pokok Kebudayaan) reference data application and feeds downstream sub-systems including Dana Indonesiana (cultural funding), PPKD and PPKD Monev (regional cultural planning & evaluation), IPK (cultural development index), SIDAKBUD/DAK (cultural supervision), and the Cagar Budaya utilization licensing portal. Alongside these data systems, the Ministry also delivers the SAKIP government accountability portal, the Info Budaya Indonesia public cultural knowledge base, flagship programs such as the CHANDI 2025 international cultural forum and the Laboratorium Penerjemah & Promotor Sastra programs, and a portfolio of regulatory/legal products (Undang-Undang and Peraturan Menteri Kebudayaan) governing film, cultural heritage, museums, and cultural advancement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Info Budaya Indonesia: Information portal showcasing Indonesian cultural heritage (traditions, arts, music, dance, culinary, crafts) on the Ministry's website.
• CHANDI (Culture, Heritage, Art, Narrative, Diplomacy, and Innovation)
• SAKIP (Sistem Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah)
• DAPOBUD (Data Pokok Kebudayaan)
• SPKT (Sistem Pendataan Kebudayaan Terpadu)
• PPKD (Pokok Pikiran Kebudayaan Daerah)
• Dana Indonesiana
• IPK (Insentif Pemajuan Kebudayaan)

Products and services

• SPKT (Sistem Pendataan Kebudayaan Terpadu) An integrated cultural data system managed by the Ministry that consolidates Objek Pemajuan Kebudayaan (30 categories including language, manuscripts, traditions, performing arts, traditional sports, etc.), Cultural Heritage (Cagar Budaya), cultural human resources, cultural institutions, and cultural infrastructure from ministries, agencies, and communities across Indonesia into a single data platform.
• DAPOBUD (Data Pokok Kebudayaan) Web application for integrated cultural data collection managed under the Ministry to inventory and integrate cultural data from regency/city, provincial, to central government levels; serves as the cultural reference dataset feeding downstream systems such as SPKT, Dana Indonesiana, PPKD, IPK, and SIDAKBUD.
• PPKD (Pokok Pikiran Kebudayaan Daerah) Document management portal for the compilation, synchronization, and authentication of Regional Cultural Thought Papers (Pokok Pikiran Kebudayaan Daerah) by provincial and regency/city governments, tracking document status (Belum Menyusun, Sedang Menyusun, Belum Disahkan, Sudah Disahkan, Sudah Memutakhirkan).
• PPKD Monev Monitoring and evaluation module for PPKD implementation that tracks synchronization between Regional Cultural Thought Papers and regional development planning documents, including recapitulation tables, provincial/city score ratings, and borang identification forms.
• Dana Indonesiana Cultural funding platform listed as a service in the Kemenbud portal that channels government support for cultural advancement activities, integrated with the broader DAPOBUD ecosystem.
• IPK (Indeks Pembangunan Kebudayaan) Cultural Development Index sub-system accessible from the Kemenbud services menu; an index/measurement tool linked to DAPOBUD for tracking cultural development progress.
• Cagar Budaya (Cultural Heritage Utilization Licensing) Cultural Heritage utilization licensing portal operated under the Ministry for managing permits related to use of Indonesia's cultural heritage sites and objects.
• SIDAKBUD Cultural supervision sub-system linked to DAPOBUD for oversight of cultural activities and DAK (Dana Alokasi Khusus) cultural fund utilization at the regional level.
• SAKIP (Sistem Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah) Government Performance Accountability System portal for the Ministry, including the LAKIP (Laporan Akuntabilitas Kinerja Instansi Pemerintah) reports, strategic plans (Rencana Strategis), and performance agreements (Perjanjian Kinerja) for the Directorate General of Culture and its 23+ regional Cultural Preservation Centers (Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan).
• Info Budaya Indonesia Public cultural knowledge content section of the Kemenbud website covering Indonesian cultural heritage, traditional performing arts, music, dance, culinary, and crafts (Batik, Wayang, Angklung, Borobudur, Tari Saman, Gamelan, Tenun Ikat, Reog, Keris, etc.) with cultural statistics (12 UNESCO World Heritage sites, 1,340+ ethnic groups, 718 regional languages).
• Laboratorium Penerjemah Sastra & Laboratorium Promotor Sastra Programs launched by the Ministry to build capacity in literary translation and literary promotion for Indonesian literature, aimed at expanding the reach of Indonesian literary works domestically and internationally.
• Regulatory / Legal Products (Undang-Undang & Peraturan Menteri Kebudayaan) Portfolio of laws and ministerial regulations governing cultural affairs, including UU No. 33/2009 (Film), UU No. 11/2010 (Cagar Budaya), UU No. 5/2017 (Pemajuan Kebudayaan), PP No. 66/2015 (Museum), PP No. 87/2021 (Pelaksanaan Pemajuan Kebudayaan), PP No. 1/2022 (Register Nasional & Pelestarian Cagar Budaya), and Permenbud No. 1/2025 (Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kementerian Kebudayaan).

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 new UNESCO inscriptions achieved in 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi (Kemendikbudristek)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 August 2025Kemendikbudristek is the parent/legacy ministry from which Kementerian Kebudayaan was separated under Perpres No. 62 Tahun 2021. SPKT and DAPOBUD continue to reference Kemendikbudristek governance; the two ministries cooperate on data, technology, and education-culture alignment.
• BRIN (Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional / National Research and Innovation Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRIN hosted the Memorial Lectures and Pidato Kebudayaan titled 'Mendefinisikan Ulang Identitas Keindonesiaan dan Penguatan Kinerja Riset Kebudayaan' on 18 December 2025 at Auditorium Soemitro Djojohadikusumo, Gedung B.J. Habibie, Jakarta, with Menteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon reaffirming that Kebudayaan research is key to redefining Indonesian identity.
• CHCSC (Cultural Heritage Conservation Science Center) and NRICH (National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage), South KoreacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMuseum dan Cagar Budaya of Kementerian Kebudayaan partnered with Korea Selatan's CHCSC and NRICH to deliver the On-site Technical Training Program (OTTP) on 25-29 August 2025 in Jakarta, advancing bilateral heritage conservation science capacity building.
• Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn 14 June 2025 in Den Haag, Menteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon and the Dutch Minister agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on the repatriation of Indonesian cultural objects (benda budaya) and cultural diplomacy through a strategic partnership.
• Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Syria (وزارة الثقافة)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn 4 September 2025 in Denpasar, Indonesia and Syria agreed on a series of cultural cooperation initiatives following bilateral talks between Menteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon and the Syrian Minister of Culture on the sidelines of CHANDI 2025.
• Government of France (Ambassade de France en Indonésie / Embassy of France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMenteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon received a courtesy visit from the French Ambassador on 12 June 2025 in Jakarta to discuss cultural cooperation.
• Universitas Udayana (Udayana University)moderateImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-hosted the CHANDI 2025 seminar 'Digital Heritage & AI for Culture' on 5 September 2025 at the Auditorium Gedung Pascasarjana Universitas Udayana, Bali, with Wamenbud Giring Ganesha.
• Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) BalimoderateImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerISI Bali hosted the CHANDI 2025 seminar 'Future of Intangible Cultural Heritage' on 5 September 2025, contributing academic and curatorial expertise on intangible heritage strategy.
• MSI (Masyarakat Sejarawan Indonesia / Indonesian Historians Society)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized Seminar and Rapat Kerja Nasional (Rakernas) MSI 2025 with Kementerian Kebudayaan and UPI in Bandung on 14 December 2025, themed 'Reinventing Indonesia' with Menteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon in attendance.
• UPI (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia / Indonesia University of Education)moderateImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCo-hosted the Seminar and Rakernas MSI 2025 in Bandung on 14 December 2025 alongside MSI and Kementerian Kebudayaan.
• SERUNI (Solidaritas Perempuan Untuk Indonesia / Women's Solidarity for Indonesia) Kabinet Merah PutihminorGTM or Marketing PartnerJointly organized 'Warna Budaya: Mewarnai Nusantara dengan Budaya' on 23 May 2025 in Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, as part of Kementerian Kebudayaan's cultural agenda with the Red-White Cabinet women's coalition.
• YPBI (Yayasan Pengrajin Bambu Indonesia / Indonesian Bamboo Craftsmen Foundation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosted Hari Bambu Nasional 2025 on 1 December 2025 in Cibinong, Bogor, with Menteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon delivering a keynote on the philosophy of bambu.
• Universiteit Leiden (Leiden University Library)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerMenteri Kebudayaan Fadli Zon visited the Leiden University Library on 14 June 2025 to review Indonesian collections and advance manuscript digitalization and documentary heritage collaboration.
• Sekolah Indonesia Den Haag (Indonesian School The Hague)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerVenue and partner for the 'Verleden-Heden' exhibition and symposium opened by Menbud Fadli Zon on 14 June 2025, promoting Indonesian arts education among the Dutch-Indonesian diaspora community.
• Museum Musik IndonesiamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerMitra SPKT partner contributing to cultural data collection since 2009, documenting the historical trajectory of music in Indonesia and the world.
• GSMS (Gerakan Seniman Masuk Sekolah / Artists Movement Into Schools)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerMitra SPKT partner delivering school-based cultural and artistic programming, aligning with the ministry's budaya education mandate.
• PUSDATIN (Pusat Data dan Teknologi Informasi Kemendikbudristek / Center for Data and Information Technology)coreTechnology or IntegrationPUSDATIN Kemendikbudristek operates as a Mitra SPKT partner, providing the technology infrastructure and data management backbone for the SPKT national cultural data integration system.
• Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) Museum dan Cagar Budaya Unit SangiranminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThrough Museum dan Cagar Budaya Unit Sangiran and Direktorat Warisan Budaya, Kementerian Kebudayaan organized the Sangiran International Youth Forum (SIYF) 2025 and Human [remains/species?] forum in Sragen, Jawa Tengah on 21 May 2025, engaging generasi muda (youth) in pelestarian budaya.
• Indonesiana.TV and DANA INDONESIANA platform partnersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-broadcast the Upacara Bendera HUT ke-80 RI ceremony on 17 August 2025 via the Kemenbud YouTube channel and Indonesiana.TV, supporting national ceremonial visibility.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization): UNESCO is the international body whose conventions (1972 World Heritage, 2003 Intangible Cultural Heritage) define the regulatory framework within which Kementerian Kebudayaan operates. Not a direct competitor but the upstream standards-setter and award-granting body for all ministry peers.
• Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts: Australia's combined communications-and-arts department is a broad peer covering cultural policy, arts funding, and heritage within a larger infrastructure portfolio — analogous in scale and function to a Western-style ministry that bundles cultural affairs with adjacent portfolios.

Direct peers

• Ministério da Cultura (Brazil): Brazil's Ministry of Culture is a developing-country peer with similar mandate over cultural heritage, indigenous culture, museums, and creative economy — comparable scope and an active bilateral counterparty for South-South cultural cooperation.
• Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China: China's national culture and tourism ministry is a direct peer — a state authority with comparable scope over cultural heritage (UNESCO World Heritage management), intangible cultural heritage, museum systems, and integrated cultural data platforms. Operates at much larger scale but with equivalent mandate structure.
• Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁): Japan's cultural affairs agency — a national authority with equivalent mandate over cultural properties, intangible cultural heritage, museums, and cultural-diplomacy functions. Operates at smaller scale than Kementerian Kebudayaan but with parallel regulatory and preservation focus.
• Ministère de la Culture (France): France's national ministry of culture — the most established global counterpart to Kementerian Kebudayaan. Both operate statutory authority over national cultural policy, heritage preservation, museums, film (CNC vs. LSF), and cultural diplomacy. France's ministry is a direct functional peer along mandate, regulatory moat, and international cultural-cooperation model.
• Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Republic of Korea): South Korea's culture ministry is a peer along the same bilateral-cooperation axis (NRICH/CHCSC partnership) and shares the integrated cultural-heritage mandate. Comparable size and structure, and active partner for capacity-building programs with Indonesia.
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport (United Kingdom): The UK's DCMS is a comparable national authority over cultural institutions, heritage, museums, and cultural-policy funding — a well-resourced peer for benchmarking governance, funding models, and performance-accountability frameworks (SAKIP).
• Ministerio de Cultura (Spain): Spain's national ministry of culture is a direct peer along cultural-heritage authority, museum systems, film regulation, and book/literary promotion — closely analogous functions to those exercised by Kementerian Kebudayaan's directorates.
• Ministry of Culture (India): India's Ministry of Culture operates Archaeological Survey of India, national museums, and UNESCO heritage coordination — a functionally equivalent national cultural authority with comparable scope over heritage preservation, museums, and cultural-statistics programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kemenbud
• YouTubeyoutube.com/BudayaSaya
• Facebookfacebook.com/budayasaya
• Instagraminstagram.com/kemenkebud
• TikToktiktok.com/@kemenbud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/indonesia-ministryofculture

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

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