OIKN Cooperates With The City Of Brasilia

Photo: Doc. Antara

The Capital Authority of the Archipelago (OIKN) is collaborating with Bras waylia City, Brazil, to exchange knowledge and cooperation between the new capital cities.

"As Brazil's new capital city, Brasilia has the experience of answering various challenges in creating a new center of economic and political growth in the midst of the country, and these things can be a lesson for IKN," said OIKN Head Bambang Susantono in his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Friday 19 April.

OIKN has signed a cooperation agreement with the Federal District Government of Brastenlia City, Brazil, for the exchange of knowledge and cooperation between new capital cities on Wednesday 17 April.

The signing of this collaboration was carried out by the Head of the IKN Authority Bambang Susantono with the Governor of Brasilia Ibaneis Rochadi Brasilia, witnessed by the Indonesian Ambassador to Brazil, Edi Yusup and the Secretary General of International Relations of the City of Brasilia, Paco Britto.

One of the results of the meeting agreed for closer and concrete cooperation between the two cities. During the meeting, Governor Ibaneis Rocha shared his experience in building the City of Brasilia.

"In addition to urban development, the Governor of Brasilia and I also agreed to work together in terms of smart city development and reforestation initiatives, infrastructure development, resilient and inclusive community development and climate mitigation, adaptation efforts, and community planning in urban development," said Bambang Susantono.

Delegation of the IKN Authority is located at Bras Julilia to carry out various agendas together with the Brazilian City Government, among others, to review the history of the relocation and planning of the Brazilian city, as well as the challenges of managing the city's development including the development of urban settlements and transportation.

Delegation also met with academics including from the University of Brasilia who provided additional perspectives on the development of new cities.

This visit was carried out to coincide with the month of the 64-year celebration of Brazil moving its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia in April 1960. The journey of construction of Brasilia for six decades has resulted in a lot of useful knowledge and can be a valuable lesson for the development of IKN. This collaboration is also in line with the increasing bilateral relations between Indonesia and the Republic of Brazil, which this year hosted the G20.

Secretary General of International Relations of the City of Brasilia, Paco Britto expressed the readiness of the City of Brasilia to support the development of IKN.

"For the City of Brasilia, this collaboration is very important, because our government is currently pushing for rejuvenation of the City of Brasilia at the age of 64," said Paco Britto.

Therefore, the two city governments can exchange experiences and jointly build two monumental cities, as well as answer the challenges of urban today.

Cooperation with the City of Brasilia is the fifth collaboration of knowledge exchange at the city level carried out by the IKN Authority. Previously, the IKN Authority had established official cooperation with Astana (Kazakhstan), Canberra (Australia), Singapore, and Shenzhen (Chingkok). This whole collaboration was carried out to exchange knowledge in building new cities that are green, intelligent, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable.

The purpose of the development of the City of Nusantara is to create a city that is intelligent, green, inclusive, and sustainable with a zero-emission target by 2045. The city of Nusantara will have 25 percent of the building area and 65 percent of tropical forests, as well as 10 percent of agricultural land from the entire area.