The Authority of the Capital City of Nusantara (IKN) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and Tampere City, the Republic of Finland in the development of the area in East Kalimantan. Minister of Economic Affairs and Employment Finland Wille Rydman said, there are 15 Finnish companies that are interested in investing in IKN.
“So, we have 15 leading Finland companies in our delegation, they represent various types of fields in terms of planning,” he said at the Menara Mandiri Jakarta Building, Monday (1/29).
Wille said, 15 companies from Finland that will review the IKN area are related to the field of Smart City. As is known, the construction of IKN is predicted to be a smart city in Indonesia.
“There are energy companies, there are electronic vehicle companies, there are several other companies in terms of digital connectivity, as well as 5G and 6G networks, special companies, so there are several types of branches represented,” he explained.
Wille revealed, the relationship between Finnish and a good Indonesia can create profits from each other, especially projects of projects both between the government and the private sector in the archipelago.
“We have a strong tradition for government and private partnerships so that we are committed to the archipelago project, both at the political level but also at the private level because our companies really want to be involved in this project,” he said.
According to him, Finnish knowledge in terms of smart city planning is something that is very much needed and requested in the archipelago project. There is a great opportunity for business interests that are mutually beneficial for the two countries.
“We are located quite far from each other, but the global challenges faced are shared challenges and it is very important for us to share experiences and learn from one another,” he explained.
While the Head of the Capital Authority (IKN) Bambang Susantono revealed, in developing the IKN area, Indonesia needs to study with Finland which holds a state title with the number one happiness index in the world.
“Bringing a title like that, how the methodology is, how we measure it later will be carried out academic studies and there will also be a pilot project for it, and we will do this soon,” he said at the Menara Mandiri Jakarta Building, Monday (1/29).
Bambang continued further, IKN also wanted to learn from Finland in the aspect of education. Because the country is the country with the best education in the world.
“The second is Finland is very family on education. One of The Best Education Country in the world. We also want to learn from them how we will educate educational facilities in the archipelago we will do together in the future,” he explained.
In addition, things that need to be learned are also from Finland, said Bambang, in the field of Smart City. Later, IKN development will be more dominant using digital technology elements. “How we will later apply technology for digital technology that is smart but still inclusive is important for all of us in the context of we become a city that is truly loved,” he said.
Bambang added, even so, these three things will be adjusted to the political, social, cultural culture of Indonesia itself. “The concepts are tried later to be seen in the condition in the condition of the archipelago and certainly not raw we adopt,” he concluded.
January 29, 2024, CNBC Indonesia
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