Fadjroel: The Concept Of The City Of IKN In The Middle Of An Attractive Competition For Kazakh Investors

The Ambassador (Ambassador) of the Republic of Indonesia and full power for the Republic of Kazakhstan Fadjroel Rachman. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The concept of a city in the middle of a jungle or green forest city that has become an icon of the capital city of the archipelago (IKN) in East Kalimantan is an interesting thing for Kazakhstan and Finland investors.

"They, businessmen of Kazakhstan, want to know how the concept was realized," said the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia and fully in power for the Republic of Kazakhstan Fadjroel Rachman at the Nusantara City Technology House, East Kalimantan (Kaltim), quoted from Antara, Sunday, September 3.

So far, what is common is forest in the middle of the city. This means that one area that has been re-made into a forest, or is left to remain as a forest area of several hectares of the hundreds of hectares of the city.

"Meanwhile, IKN is from an area of 259,000 hectares, that's 65 percent for conservation forests and only 35 percent for cities," he added.

The 35 percent area is in the form of utility buildings such as offices, shopping centers, roads, housing, and other public facilities.

Then, these buildings are not collected in large quantities, but are separated again by forests and green open spaces.

On the other hand, Kazakhstan has 25 years of experience in building and developing Astana, a smart city surrounded by forests, the new capital of Kazakhstan after Almaty.

"That's why yesterday when the IKN Authority came there, to Kazakhstan, I took Astana around to see for myself," said Ambassador Fadjroel.

The visit was held in early July. Head of the IKN Authority Bambang Susantono and Deputy for Green Transformation and Digital Ali Berawi came to Kazakhstan to sign a memorandum of understanding making the two cities a sister city.

"We will share knowledge and experience, including green and smart city technology," said Vice President of Global Markets Sergek Projects Yelena Tkachenko at the Construction Worker Resident of the Archipelago City.

Sergek Projects Ltd is a Kazakshtan information technology service company and offers a number of concrete things he can do at IKN later. Some of them are the same as those offered by Finland's Smart City Innovation Cluster (SCIC), such as water and air quality measurements, and various other innovations for improving quality of life.

"Simply put, we provide solutions to climate change," SCIC Chief Executive Officer Pertti Kortejarvi said on the same occasion.