Coordination urged in capital's development
Coordination urged in capital's development
JAKARTA (JP): An expert called yesterday for a clear-cut
difference between the city agency in charge of coordinating
development programs in Greater Jakarta and the new coordination
team formed by the National Development Planning Board
(Bappenas), to prevent future overlapping roles.
Sociologist Sarjono Djatiman of the University of Indonesia
made the call in response to the formation of the new
coordination team to plan development in Greater Jakarta, which
also includes Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi.
"The coordinating work in the Greater Jakarta area is not an
easy job to do and it's important to know whether the new team
will replace the existing agency, or whether the agency will work
under the team," Sarjono told The Jakarta Post yesterday.
The agency, BKSP Jabotabek, was previously the only agency
responsible for the coordination of the development programs in
Jakarta and its surrounding areas in West Java.
Sarjono said the agency could not be blamed for its inability
to coordinate developments in two provinces as complicated
procedures and the agency's lack of authority had hampered its
effectiveness.
"It takes a lot of time for the agency to study a planned
program because it has to meet each administration many times
before the plan can be approved," Sarjono said.
"Approval could be achieved more quickly if each
administration didn't insist on its own interest."
State Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of
the National Development Planning Board Ginandjar Kartasasmita
issued a decree on Aug. 26 on the formation of the team, called
the Coordination Team for the Greater Jakarta Area Development
Plan.
Under the decree, the team is assigned to reevaluate and to
make adjustments to the Presidential Instruction No. 13/1976 on
Greater Jakarta's development plans, based on current conditions
and future development predictions.
The team was also assigned to prepare a draft presidential
decree on integrated spatial plans for certain areas in Greater
Jakarta and then proposed it to the National Spatial Plan
Coordination Board and the Jakarta and West Java governors.
In its assignment, the team can receive directions from
related ministerial offices, the national spatial plan
coordination board and the Jakarta and West Java governors. The
team consists of experts in various relevant fields.
To prepare policies for the Greater Jakarta development plan,
the team is to be assisted by BKSP Jabotabek.
The team answers to the State Minister of National Development
Planning/Chairman of the National Development Planning Board, who
is also chairman of the National Spatial Plan Coordination Board.
The team's activities are being financed by the state budget.
Deputy Governor of Economic and Development Affairs Tb.M. Rais
yesterday welcomed the team's formation.
"The progress of Greater Jakarta's development is very fast. I
hope the formation of the team will improve coordination among
the two provinces," Rais said.
He expected the team to help solve problems, mainly on Greater
Jakarta's spatial plan and traffic. (ste)