JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works (PU) together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are exploring infrastructure financing cooperation in the fields of food, water and energy security. This is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's Astacita program.

ADB support for Indonesia's infrastructure development through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme or Government and Business Entity Cooperation (KPBU). This cooperation opportunity was discussed at the meeting of Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti with the Country Director of ADB Jiro Tominaga, Monday, January 13.

"In addition to reviewing the ongoing performance of ADB projects, this meeting is also expected to discuss and explore the potential of collaborative initiatives between Indonesia and ADB in providing support for the national development agenda and Astacita, especially in the Public Works infrastructure sector which supports food security, energy, water and downstream infrastructure development," Diana said as quoted from her written statement, Tuesday, January 14.

ADB as one of the international development partners involved in financing PU infrastructure development has collaborated with the Government of Indonesia in accelerating infrastructure development programs.

The cooperation that has been established is in the fields of roads and bridges, providing drinking water, sanitation to modernizing irrigation through the KPBU scheme. One of the cooperation projects, namely the City Wide Inclusive Sanitation Project spread across Mataram (West Nusa Tenggara), Pontianak (West Kalimantan) and Semarang (Central Java).

Meanwhile, ADB Country Director Jiro Tominaga said a number of concrete cooperations that have been and will be carried out with the support of ADB, namely an irrigation modernization project with a value of 500 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 8.1 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp. 16,200) and a Flood Management in Priority River Basins Project worth 500 million US dollars.

"We recognize that the infrastructure development sector is one of ADB's priorities in Indonesia. Hopefully, this meeting will further increase and expand cooperation between Indonesia and ADB," he said.


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