Project Description
This Australia Awards Short Course focused on the environmental sustainability, urbanisation, climate change, energy usage, water management and food security challenges for all cities. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia travelled to Australia for two weeks as part of the short course, equipping them with important knowledge and principles required to design and run a city that is smart, environmentally sustainable, efficient in resource use, and functions optimally for the benefit of residents to uphold a high standard of living and creating a city that people want to live in.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
The participant’s came from organisations and government agencies across Indonesia including:
Ministry of Finance, Department of Public Works and Housing, Settlement Infrastructure Agency, Ministry of Investment, Nusantara Capital City Authority , Ministry of National Development Planning, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, PT Bina Karya and PT Kereta Api Indonesia.
The participants had the opportunity to learn from Australia’s experience by attending academic presentations and institutional visits to South Bank Corporation, Brisbane City Council, Cross River Rail,
Springfield City Group, Gold Coast Waterways Authority and ACT Government.
These presentations allowed participants to build and strengthen their knowledge while building networks with Australian institutions and experts, strengthening networks between the two countries.
Outcomes to Date
Participants worked to complete an Award Project on completion of the course to implement their learnings from the program. Some notable projects included;
– Broadening Government Support to Encourage Private Investment in Nusantara Capital City
– Investment regulation to attract private investment to the capital city Nusantara
– Recommendation on the Most Potential Railway Line to be Implemented by Indonesian Railways Company (KAI) in Nusantara
– Nusantara’s smart city vision: Early adoption of smart technologies in residential building
Project Significance
This project allowed participants to establish networks with Australian institutions and experts allowing students to continue to extend and explore the subject matter for practical application into the future. The course focused on the following learning objectives which will help participants to:
• Modern city design: identify what is required from a modern city that will make people want to live there.
• Institutional arrangements: explore most suitable institutional arrangements.
• Skills development: enhance their skills to contribute to the design, construction or maintenance of the new capital Nusantara including connecting the three areas of Nusantara.
• Smart city design: explore Australian smart city policies, plans, expertise, and initiatives, including water sensitive cities, urban green spaces, nature-based solutions for sustainable planning, and accelerating housing development utilising the latest technologies
• Sustainability and resilience: benchmark and share experiences and best practices on policies and initiatives enhancing the sustainability and resilience of cities in the region and globally.
• Use of data: compare data collection and resource management approaches to support smart cities and smart infrastructure
• Stakeholder engagement: map stakeholders map stakeholders that influence smart city design, construction and maintenance.
• Risk mitigation: analyse risks and challenges in smart city design, construction and maintenance and develop mitigation strategies, including mitigating risks of deforestation, bushfire and wildlife management strategies, and building on land previously used for mining
• Australian – Indonesia collaboration: identify ways Australia and Indonesia can continue to work together to advance smart cities
• Networks and partnerships: build networks with Australian institutions and experts for partnerships and strengthen networks between participating agencies.