Design of the Central Government Core Area, or KIPP, at Indonesia's new capital city (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan. (Photo source: ANTARA)

Jakarta – Indonesia's new capital city (IKN) Nusantara Authority and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are collaborating to build a sustainable city in IKN Nusantara, East Kalimantan.

According to head of IKN Nusantara’s authority Bambang Susantono, the collaboration will accelerate the goal to realise IKN Nusantara as a city for all.

He remarked that the IKN authority and UNDP had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in building a sustainable city in IKN Nusantara.

The MoU will serve as the basis for joint initiatives in various efforts to realise eight main principles of IKN development, including building the city in accordance with nature, reflecting unity in persity, building a connected, active, and accessible city, enabling low-carbon emissions, being circular and resilient, promoting safety and accessibility, ensuring safety and efficiency through technology, and increasing economic opportunities for all, Susantono stressed.

In the future, the two parties will encourage inclusive, just, productive, and sustainable development practices, he added.

Susantono affirmed that this collaboration will also assist the Indonesian government to establish IKN Nusantara as a symbol of national identity towards realising the Indonesia Vision 2045.

Earlier, the authority of IKN Nusantara and the Centre for Livable Cities (CLC), an institution part of the Singapore Ministry of National Development, had collaborated to develop a livable city at IKN Nusantara.