The issue of climate change is one of top priorities for the European Union (EU). Through the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) project. EU supports 10 cities in Indonesia on this project. CRIC project is a unique cooperation between cities, officials, civil society organizations, and academic towards resilient and inclusive cities. The objectives of this project, first, to continued promotion of good governance, necessary policy and legal frameworks to implement urban policies; second, the sustainable use of resources by cities; third, the project will pay fully considers social cohesiveness and inclusive cities; fourth, will focus on prosperity and innovation in cities; fifth, will support the transition to more resource efficient system of production and consumption; and the last, CRIC project is developed with knowledge exchange and joint trainings among countries from the South and Southeast Asia.
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Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource Management (ACR+) signed contract agreement with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Center University of Lampung with regard to the production of an Urban Analysis Report for the City of Pangkal Pinang in the framework of the CRIC project co-funded by EU. The report provides empirical evidence to help cities develop policies and tools to strengthen climate change-affected sectors.
According to Vincent Piket, EU Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam, the EU and Indonesia are working together to help cities to build a resilient and inclusive future by building partnership between governments, businesses, local communities and research institutes in Europe, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Afterwards, in Urban Analysis Report for the City of Pangkal Pinang, as one of the most vulnerable coastal cities in Indonesia, the city of Pangkal Pinang is facing environmental problems such as flooding, extreme weather events, and the quality of water. Its contributes to infrastructure damage, vector-borne disease and natural resource degradation. However, the main challenges of the city to implement environmental and urban planning policies are related to multi-stakeholders engagement inside and outside the city. All of these problems would prove impossible without collaboration between provincial government, the city government and other two neighbouring regencies. Therefore, there is a need of advocacy support from local members of parliament towards sustainable development agenda in the city of Pangkalpinang which can be aligned with the agenda of climate resilient and inclusive city.
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