L/O/G/O APEKSI ROLES for SUSTAINABLE CITIES Danang-Vietnam, 27 JUNE 2014 Rasuna Office Park III, WO. 06-09, Komplek Rasuna Epicentrum Jl. Taman Rasuna Selatan- Kuningan, JAKARTA12960
APEKSI Established on 25 May 2000 in Surabaya Number of members is 98 cities (all cities in Indonesia) The chairman : Mayor of Manado, Vicky G.S. Lumentut The main roles : As a representative of Indonesian cities As a bridge between Indonesian cities with other stakeholders both at national and international level Provide services to the members through the programs among others inter local government cooperation, capacity building, advocacy As a clearing house among the cities and other stakeholders As a lesson learnt and exchange forum among the cities
What we have done on sustainable development cooperation Inter-local government cooperation Capacity building Advocacy and Networking partnership
1. Inter-local government cooperation Best practices publication : 9 editions books have been released, some of them on sustainable cities. Best practice transfer program In partnership among 5 Asean countries, 4 Indonesian municipalities DELGOSEA (Pangkalpinang, Tarakan, Wakatobi and Kupang) replicated other cities in other Asean countries on the sustainable practices : eco saver (waste bank), low carbon city and marine culture Cooperation with Mercy Corps Ind, facilitating replication process of Semarang good practices on resilient of climate change in 6 cities (Palembang, Cirebon, Probolinggo, Blitar, Pekalongan and Tarakan)
Inter-local government cooperation : SYMBIOCITY In partnership among 2 Indonesian cities and 2 Swedish cities, Ministry of Public Work, Ministry of Environment, SKL International (international cooperation of Swedish local gov association) and APEKSI, facilitating exchange and learning the sustainable city through SymbioCity approach. SymbioCity is an approach with integrated thinking, the way and multi stakeholders involvement to achieve a sustainable development It is relevant approach to Indonesian municipalities which are have diver characters, aspect (culture, language, ethnic, etc)
SYMBIOCITY : the Result The one year program has produced the proposal of Palu and Probolinggo on sustainable city, the proposals are ready to market to potential partners (donor agency, government and private). Probolinggo and Helsingborg has proposed the further municipal partnership to ICLD (Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy), as well as Palu and Borås. One of the good practice of this program is waste to energy. Palu and Probolinggo have the appropriate landfill which are ready to produce the energy. Palu is ready to launch the Biogas. Probolinggo has a lot of utilization of waste at the landfill : composting, reuse for other goods, gas production for the small scale.
Lesson Learnt : SYMBIOCITY The Success factors Commitment of each partner, especially the main cities partner (Palu, Borås, Probolinggo and Helsingborg), inline with local needs/program and discussion mechanism (working group and steering committee). The challenges A burden of local program (time management), coordination/communication both at the local and among the partners and improve the people partisipation. The advice for Indonesian-Swedish cooperation To work with the Indonesian municipalities : APEKSI (we as representative of them) Have to collaborate with Government of Indonesia (central government) Should to understand the cycles of working program and budget period of Indonesian government especially at the local.
2. Capacity Building In cooperation with several institution including GIZ, Mercy Corps Ind, ICLEI. We had conducted some training programs among others on clean air, vulnerability assessment, inventory of emission, etc We plan to conduct another subjects among others training on spatial planning (which notice the disaster risk, climate change aspects), green map, sustainable transportation, etc. In cooperation with ICMA (International City/County Management Association in USA, we conducted fellowship program for civil servant on climate change program in 2011. Now in 2014, we are conducting it for the first cohort and second cohort will be in October and as well as for the next year.
Capacity Building In cooperation with ICLEI (Local Government for Sustainable Development), we are running 3 years projects, Urban LEDS (Low Emission Development Strategies) and ACCCRN (Asian Cities on Climate Change Resilient Networks). We facilitate 2 model cities together with 4 satellite cities for LEDS and 10 model cities for ACCCRN. The output, they will have the low emission strategy for sustainable city and city strategy which notice the climate rick aspect. Urban LEDS in Bogor City, Bogor Regency, Tangerang Selatan City, Balikpapan City, Bontang City and Tarakan City. ACCCRN in Sukabumi, Bandung, Cimahi, and will be followed by other 7 cities.
3. Advocacy And Networking We established the Climate Change Working Group (pokja), which has roles as a representative of Apeksi to conduct a dialog with the government, to develop a work plan on climate change resilient program related to the sustainable development program. We also develop the e-networking among the working group members to share and exchange experiences and informations Annually National Dialogue on Climate Change with the government, a strategic way to dialog the crucial issues on adaptation and mitigation process on climate change in local We are a part /co founder of the Indonesian Climate Change Alliance, a networking among the government and non government institutions who working on climate change and related issues. The forum to share and collaborate each others. The members including APEKSI, Mercy Corp, YIPD, CCROM, DNPI, KLH, Kehati, Bird Indonesia, The Nature Conservation, ICLEI, UCLG ASPAC, etc
Potential Cooperation with Nexus 2015 Stakeholder Learning Dissemination : best practice book, website, newsletter, and national forum of Apeksi Transfer / Replication good practice/best practice program in sustainable development to the other cities especially in Indonesia Capacity Building : workshop,training, training of trainers, knowledge sharing management
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