Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Bob Eko Kurniawan: The Shift to a New Paradigm, Developing a Partneri...

Bob Eko Kurniawan: The Shift to a New Paradigm, Developing a Partneri...: ABSTRACT Housing provision in Indonesia just has been through a big shock caused by the notorious Asian financial crisis in 1997. This saw ...

Bob Eko Kurniawan: Kasiba Driyorejo, a Solution to Urban Development ...

Bob Eko Kurniawan: Kasiba Driyorejo, a Solution to Urban Development ...: Abstract Land is the necessities for human life and it is also one of the economic factors for production. Indonesia is a liberal country s...

Kasiba Driyorejo, a Solution to Urban Development Large Scale Land Management of Urban Areas in Eastern Java

Abstract

Land is the necessities for human life and it is also one of the economic factors for production. Indonesia is a liberal country specifically in economic area, although the Indonesian government constitutional law no. 33 year 1945 said that “The land, air and all the natural resources are under the government authority for the sake of public interests”1 but in practice, for economic development reasons the land became one of the free market objects as a consequences for this matter it attracted many investor both from overseas and domestic. The disadvantage of this situation is sometimes attracts speculators in this case, the land speculators. This situation in
the future could cause the low -income people to not having the opportunity to buy the land as a based to construct a better house.

In the beginning of the 1990s the idea of developing land banking management start to emerge. To solve this problem, the government of Indonesia in this case the Ministry of Infrastructure and Settlement came up with the “Kasiba” idea or in English “Pre Developed Areas”. This solution has been constitutionally declared with the government act No. 80 year 1998. The acts intend to manage the land better and to prevent it from speculators interference.
The Kasiba project is located in Surabaya city. The project called Driyorejo Kasiba Project. Surabaya as the second largest cities beside Jakarta is the main gate of central distribution for eastern Indonesia, which is developing into central trade, economic area, information, production and distribution. Surabaya is also has a large seaport which handles the trade goods from all over the world. As the consequences, support of infrastructure, facilities, and public utilities are in need. The recent implementation of the new authority decentralization policy for every province in Indonesia means the bigger Region/county authority, causing the need for new regulation of lands law, facilities and infrastructure so the optimum regional development could be achieved.

The government as the regulator and facilitator for the main course and strategies, should oriented to people welfare. Perum Perumnas or National Urban Development Corporation as a state owned company along with the other state owned counterpart, from the beginning had covered the above issues by developing the New Area Policy the “Driyorejo New Town” in east java province. The main objects of this consortium are to help the region authority to provide lands. The management considering the land development policy which is constructed with holistic pattern and. The Kasiba project is a large -scale project it has minimum requirements for the dwellings only to 3.000 units. This project also intended to develop a new town with
central business district (CBD) with good infrastruct ure facility.

The Shift to a New Paradigm, Developing a Partnering Model Approach in Indonesia’s Housing Provision: A Case Study of NUDC Joint Operation Project

ABSTRACT

Housing provision in Indonesia just has been through a big shock caused by
the notorious Asian financial crisis in 1997. This saw the demise of the old
housing subsidy program. The housing market that was supposed to play an
active role as housing supplier becomes ineffective. A greater impact felted
in moderate and low-income housing sector. NUDC as the main player in
this sector has beared the consequences. In the mean time, forced by
democratisation movement in the country at the end of the century, the
central government applied a decentralization policy throughout the nation,
which shifted more authority to local government. This gives a niche to the
agency to gain more capital to construct affordable houses.

This thesis in general, describes the housing provision approach that takes
advantage of the decentralization process. Realizing their limited capacity to
accommodate the still emerging demand in housing, the central government
tries to encourage partnership between government agencies and local
government. NUDC has embraced this opportunity to gain external resources
so they can continue carrying out their mission.

Some may argue that partnering requires relationship techniques that can
be learned, it is not a theory or a model. However, in order to recognise it as
sustainable approach that can be replicated to a broader context, the program
should be carefully examined, starting from the theoretical framework to
final- result.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Holland Alumni Conference 2001, Den Haag-The Netherlands



Holland Alumni Conference 2011

To facilitate international knowledge networks, Nuffic organizes the second Holland Alumni conference supported by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.



The conference takes place on 26 and 27 May 2011 in The Hague and is aimed at Holland Alumni who are interested in broadening their international network, improving their skills and representing Dutch higher education abroad.

Holland Alumni who finished a studyprogramme in the Netherlands no longer than 6 years ago can apply for the conference at this website until 31 March 2011.

Programme
200 selected applicants will be offered an exciting programme with case studies and skills training. The first day participants will work on case studies prepared by Dutch business community, NFP-organizations and Dutch higher education institutions. Participants exchange knowledge in an international team in relation to a number of issues such as climate change, food security, information technology and sustainability.

The second day a variety of training sessions will be offered that address skills that participants can use in their further careers.

Target group
The conference programme is aimed at Holland Alumni.
Holland Alumni associations and Dutch higher education institutions will be offered a training and networking programme in fall.

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