L/O/G/O APEKSI on GREEN CITIES Jakarta, January 27, 2014 Rasuna Office Park III, WO. 06-09, Komplek Rasuna Epicentrum Jl. Taman Rasuna Selatan- Kuningan, JAKARTA12960
APEKSI Established on 25 May 2000 in Surabaya Number of members is 98 cities (all cities in Indonesia) The chairman : Mayor of Manado, Vicky G.S. Lumentut The main roles : As a representative of Indonesian cities As a bridge between Indonesian cities with other stakeholders both at national and international level Provideservicestothemembersthroughtheprogramsamong others inter local government cooperation, capacity building, advocacy As a clearing house among the cities and other stakeholders As a lesson learnt and exchange forum among the cities
One of the main concern of APEKSI is sustainable development cooperation Inter-local government cooperation Capacity building Advocacy and Networking partnership
Assessment Assessment of cities on facing the climate change, in collaboration with ICLEI Survey of environment program especially climate change of the cities Assessment of energy efficiency program at some cities, in collaboration with AFD (France Development Agency) Assessment on climate change financial at some cities, in collaboration with GIZ, CDIA, Bappenas dan KLH
Capacity Building In cooperation with several institution including GIZ, Mercy Corp, ICLEI. We had conducted some training programs among others on clean air, vulnerability assessment, inventory of emission, etc We plan to conduct another subjects among others training on spatial planning (which notice the disaster risk, climate change aspects), green map, sustainable transportation, etc. In cooperation with ICMA (International City/County Management Association in USA, we conducted fellowship program for civil servant on climate change program in 2011. We will conduct it for the second time this year in two terms.
Capacity Building In cooperation with ICLEI (Local Government for Sustainable Development), we are running 3 years projects, Urban LEDS (Low Emission Development Strategies) and ACCCRN (Asian Cities on Climate Change Resilient Networks). We facilitate 2 model cities together with 4 satellite cities for LEDS and 10 model cities for ACCCRN. The output, they will have the low emission strategy for sustainable city and city strategy which notice the climate rick aspect. Urban LEDS in Bogor City, Bogor Regency, Tangerang Selatan City, Balikpapan City, Bontang City and Tarakan City. ACCCRN in Sukabumi, Bandung, Cimahi, and will be followed by Jakarta and other cities.
Inter-local government cooperation Best practices publication : 8 editions books have been released, some of them on sustainable cities. Best practice transfer program In partnership among 5 Asean countries, 4 Indonesian municipalities (Pangkalpinang, Tarakan, Wakatobi and Kupang) replicated other cities in other Asean countries on the sustainable practices : eco saver (waste bank), low carbon city and marine culture Cooperation with Mercy Corp, facilitating replication process of Semarang good practices on resilient of climate change in 5 cities (Dumai, Palembang, Cirebon, Probolinggo and Blitar) and will extend to facilitate other 10 cities for light touch program
Inter-local government cooperation Partnership among 2 Indonesian cities and 2 Swedish cities, Ministry of Public Work, Ministry of Environment, SKL International and APEKSI, facilitated exchange and learning the sustainable city through SymbioCity approach. The partnership was under P2KH (Green Cities Program Development) of Ministry of Public Work, supported by Sweden Gov. The 2 cities have proposed to develop the green principal on some sectors. One of the lesson of this program is waste to energy. Palu and Probolinggo have the appropriate landfill which are ready to produce the energy. The one year program had resulted the proposal of Palu and Probolinggo, that hopefully can be run either funded by the local budget or collaboration with the other partner.
Advocacy And Networking Apeksi urges all the members to plant tress at every independence day and do the trees plantation at every annual meeting (every city bring the local tree and plant at the host of the annual meeting) We established the Climate Change Working Group (pokja), which has roles as a representative of Apeksi to dialog with the government, to develop a work plan on climate change resilient program related to the sustainable development program. We also develop the e-networking among the working group members to share and exchange experiences and information.
Advocacy And Networking Annually National Dialogue on Climate Change with the government, a strategic way to dialog the crucial issues on adaptation and mitigation process on climate change in local We are a part of the Indonesian Climate Change Alliance (ICA), a networking among the government and non government institutions who working on climate change and related issues. The forum to share and collaborate each others. The members including APEKSI, Mercy Corp, YIPD, CCROM, DNPI, KLH, Kehati, Bird Indonesia, The Nature Conservation, ICLEI, UCLG ASPAC, etc
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