By: Mohammad Irfandi )*
The concept of “Smart City” which includes the development and management of the city with the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to connect, monitor and control the various resources available in the city, is to be the desire and the desire of every local leaders and citizens to be more effective and efficient to maximize service to its citizens. It became the President’s desire and staff in carrying out the functions of the bureaucracy, both at the central and local levels.
Today, the Minister of the Interior, Tjahjo Kumolo closing mat Indonesia Smart City Forum (ISCF) 2016 in Bandung. The result of these activities resulted in agreement Bandung Indonesia towards Smart Nation. Conclusion ISCF 2016 presented Mayor Bandung Ridwan Kamil as the host home in balroom The Trans Luxury Hotel, Bandung, among others: First, the integration of smart city concept and platform as the foundation of Indonesia Smart Nation. Two is a collaboration among local government to synergize in smart city builders in their respective territories. Third ie facilitate increased synergy ABGC (Academic, Business, Governmenrt, and Community) by the government in order to realize smart city. And the new application sharing to accelerate and streamline the development of smart city through a storage area (repository) nationwide.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister, Tjahjo Kumolo ISCF 2016 event is highly appreciated. Expected areas that are not aware of Smart City can be encouraged to innovate spirit. Of the more than 500 regions in Indonesia, Tjahjo wish more places that could give birth to new innovations based smart city. At least one area was a just little innovation. For example solve the garbage, overcome maternal deaths, or anything for the benefit of society.
Currently, there are several cities that implement smart cities (smart city). Among them was the Bandung, Jakarta and Surabaya. The success of these major cities managed to provoke interest in other cities to make the region so smart city. For this reason, the government deems it necessary to do the socialization of the smart city, by organizing various discussion forums and seminars.
Meanwhile, Head of Legal, Communications and Public Information Ministry of PAN and RB (KemenPANRB), Herman Suryatman said the activity had become a momentum for implementing the smart city by utilizing advances in information technology. Forum smart cities is very important for strengthening the implementation of e-government from the judicial aspect. This was in line with the vision of the Ministry of PAN and RB being intensively discussed the Draft Presidential Decree on Government System Based Electronic (SPBE).
Momentum awareness of the importance of embodiment Smart City should be a stepping stone for all leaders in the region in Indonesia to make the district a developed and prosperous region by utilizing the concept of Smart City. Smart City will be achieved by upgrading academic studies in academia and improving the quality of public education, mapping and developing the business area which is the economic base in every region, the participation of local government in encouraging embodiment Smart City, and increasing the role of the community engaged in various field by utilizing the development of science and technology.
)* Indonesia’s Political Economy Observer