- WATCH: AASCTF, with the support of DFAT, is delivering the Makassar Livable City Plan Project to provide a strategic framework for urban development backed by digital tools for smart decision-making.
- Guided by the mayor’s strong vision, Makassar is pursuing an ambitious smart city program. AASCTF developed the Makassar Livable City Plan, integrating expert analysis, citizen engagement and agency collaboration for smart city interventions.
- To help Makassar attain a smart and livable city, AASCTF developed a people-centered interactive city plan that includes a citizen engagement survey to ensure residents’ needs are reflected in potential smart interventions.
Makassar is a key economic, social, and employment hub in the Mamminasata region of South Sulawesi in Indonesia. To address the challenges of rapid urbanization and support the Makassar City Government’s ambitious smart city program, the ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund (AASCTF) – funded by the Government of Australia, managed by the Asian Development Bank, and implemented by Ramboll – developed the Makassar Livable City Plan Project.
At the heart of the project is the Makassar Livable City Plan, which is an innovative package of plans and assessments, digital platforms, and smart tools that considers a holistic examination of the city’s needs and challenges, as well as the views of citizens, putting forth a strategic framework for smart urban development. The plan itself is in an interactive format, supplemented by a stakeholder engagement dashboard, a prioritization tool for potential smart city interventions, a GIS platform, and a digital climate resilience platform created by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
The Makassar Livable City Plan and its suite of data-driven digital tools will allow government agencies to collaborate and prioritize investments to pursue smart interventions using an informed, evidence-based approach.
Through this project, Makassar will be on its way to achieving its vision of a smart, hospitable city for all.
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A Smart and Interactive Livable City Plan for the City of Makassar
Makassar is an economic, social, and employment hub in the Mamminasata region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and a key trading port along the Makassar Strait. Over the next 20 years, Makassar City will grow to a total of 2 million people.
With this increasing population and rapid urbanization come certain challenges. Similar to other developing Asian cities, Makassar faces issues such as livability, climate change and natural hazards, gender equality and social inclusion, as well as attracting private investment.
The city government has embarked on an ambitious smart city program to address these challenges with the support of the ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund, which is funded by the Government of Australia, managed by the Asian Development Bank, and implemented by global consulting firm Ramboll.
Moh. Ramdhan Pomanto, Mayor, Makassar City, Indonesia: [translated to English]
“We have high hopes that the ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund will be able to help Makassar City, since we need a lot of support in smart city development and sustainable technology. We have an open-door policy, and I think the presence of AASCTF gives us an opportunity to get support and collaboration in building a ‘sombere’ or hospitable, smart city, a city not only for Makassar but for Eastern Indonesia.”
The Makassar Livable City Plan Project has three main stages: one, an Urban Situation Assessment, which identified challenges and needs in Makassar; two, an Urban Development Scenario, which reviewed plans and projections for city development; and three, a Makassar Livable City Plan, which identified how to make Makassar smarter and more livable using digital solutions in planning, financial management, and service delivery.
The Makassar Livable City Plan integrates the findings from the slum assessment of the ADB Livable Settlements Investment Project, which seeks to strengthen infrastructure to support economic development and basic services.
As part of the planning process, people took part in an online smart city survey and street interviews reflecting safety protocols.
Arifuddin Rahman, Makassar City resident: [translated to English]
“This kind of survey has actually never been done here before, so I think that’s very good. For the Makassar government, I hope the city can become better for the common folk.”
The survey examined the needs and perceptions of different demographic groups.
Moh. Ramdhan Pomanto, Mayor, Makassar City, Indonesia: [translated to English]
“Makassar’s challenge is building a smart city with citizens involved, with them using the smart city system built by the Makassar city government. The sombere smart city goal is to make citizens smart and welcoming.”
To support the city’s vision, the Makassar Livable City Plan includes smart tools that can lead to catalytic interventions. Reports are interactive and publicly available online, alongside digital tools developed such as:
- smart stakeholder engagement tools
- a digital dashboard for prioritizing smart city investments
- a web-based GIS platform called ur-scape, developed by the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, and
- 3D modelling, analysis, and visualization of climate risks in urban areas using the INDRA platform developed by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
Bronwyn Robbins, Australian Consul-General, Australian Consulate-General, Makassar, Indonesia: [translated to English]
“The Australian Government is supporting cities in Southeast Asia to become more green, competitive, inclusive, and resilient through the ASEAN Australia Smart Cities Trust Fund or AASCTF. The support provided through AASCTF is helping to make Makassar and other ASEAN cities more attractive for their own residents and foreign investors, thus contributing to sustainable economic growth.”
