Anies Baswedan Talks About 6 Post-pandemic Phenomena That Must Be Faced, Including Lack Of Social Interaction

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan delivering his remarks while attending the 2021 U20 Mayors Summit (Photo: ppid.jakarta.go.id)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan mentioned six phenomena that occurred after the COVID-19 pandemic and must be faced together by U20 city leaders. One such phenomenon is the lack of social interaction that affects the mental health of the population.

This was conveyed by him while attending the 2021 U20 Mayors Summit with G20 leaders which was held online on Friday, September 3.

In his remarks, Anies said DKI Jakarta, which is the capital city of the countries that are members of the C40 and UCLG, welcomed collaboration in an effort to tackle the climate with the best cities in the world and would ensure continuity in U20 2022.

As for 2022, Indonesia will lead the G20 Presidency and DKI Jakarta will host the U20 event with the theme: Recover Together, Recover Stronger.

Furthermore, Anies encouraged all U20 city leaders to collaborate, unite, and expand their best efforts to meet the collective targets of the Paris Agreement and SDGs.

"In this effort, we will also continue to increase vertical integration in policy making and implementation with friendly countries," said the former Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) in a written statement quoted on Saturday, September 4.

In addition, Anies also discussed six post-pandemic phenomena that must be faced together, namely regarding productive and affordable housing; the future of the urban housing industry; and access to sustainable mobility for the population.

Next, another thing is the future of the world of work with global unemployment, as well as the demand for new skills to support environmentally friendly industries and the digital economy; reduced social interactions that affect the mental health of the population; and the growing number of orphans, and how the city can secure their future.

Previously, Anies had also attended the U20 Mayors Summit which was held in Buenos Aires in 2018, Tokyo in 2019, and Riyadh in 2020 virtually.

For information, U20 is a discussion platform for city leaders to voice collective messages and solutions to G20 leaders about the significant role of cities in sustainable development and increasing the role of cities as global economic and political leaders.

The formation of the U20 was initiated by the Mayor of Paris and the Mayor of Buenos Aires in 2018. The members of the U20 are 21 cities. Since 2019, Urban 20 has been listed as Engagement Groups in the G20.