Local govts sign agreement with GTZ

Local govts sign agreement with GTZ

YOGYAKARTA: GTZ Urban Quality, a German project in
Indonesia, and the joint secretariat of Yogyakarta municipality,
Sleman regency, and Bantul regency (known collectively as
"Kartamantul"), signed a cooperation agreement on institutional
and capacity building in the three local governments at the
Yogyakarta Melia Purosani Hotel on Thursday.

The agreement is for a project running from 2003 to 2005 and
involves the allocation of Rp 400 million and technical
assistance worth Rp 1.2 billion from GTZ.

Head of the GTZ Urban Quality project, Gerd Sippel, said
that future initiatives under the agreement would
include the wider aspects of urban development and
cooperative management in areas such as transportation, water
supply, waste water management, solid waste management,
cultural heritage and geo-risk assessment. -- JP