KEDIRI - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) has named Kediri City, East Java, as "Very Innovative City". The predicate was given at the 2025 Innovative Government Award (IGA) event, December 12.
Kediri Mayor Vinanda Prameswati said that this IGA 2025 award is not the end point, but rather as an impetus to continue to strengthen the regional innovation ecosystem, as well as to improve the quality of public services sustainably.
"This award is not the end, but an encouragement for us to quickly present solutions for the community through relevant and sustainable innovations," he said in a statement in Kediri, quoted by ANTARA on Sunday, December 14.
He said that in the future, the Kediri City Government is committed to expanding the replication of innovation, accelerating digital transformation, and ensuring that every new policy and development program provides real benefits for all city residents.
This, he said, is also in line with the national development agenda and strengthening regional competitiveness.
"Through this very innovative predicate, Kediri City confirms its position as a progressive area and is ready to answer today's development challenges," he said.
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Kediri City in 2025 was designated as the recipient of the 2025 Innovative Government Award (IGA) with the title of Very Innovative City from the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. This award is up. In 2021-2024, Kediri only holds the title of Innovative City.
The Innovative Government Award (IGA) is an annual award event of the Ministry of Home Affairs which is given to local governments based on the results of measuring the Regional Innovation Index (IID).
Through IID measurement, local governments are assessed in terms of governance, innovation ecosystem, and the quality and number of innovations implemented for the community.
The Very Innovative City predicate is given to the local government which achieves a Regional Innovation Index score above the threshold set in the IGA 2025 guidelines. As a form of appreciation for the consistency and success of the implementation of various breakthroughs in the fields of governance, public services, and thematic innovation of regions.
The Mayor added that for the City of Kediri, this achievement was also proof of the strengthening of the implementation of the mission "Improving Innovative, Responsive and Integrated Government Governance" which reflects the success of strengthening the culture of innovation in the local government environment.
The program ranges from the utilization of digital technology in services, the development of community empowerment programs, to strengthening collaboration across stakeholders to creatively and adaptively address strategic issues of urban development.
In 2025, the Kediri City Government set 150 innovations spread across various regional devices.
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