Welcome Speech

JOINT KNOWLEDGE SEMINAR

DOING IT THE BOTTOM-UP WAY: BEST PRACTICES
FROM THE INTEGRATED COMMUNITY DRIVEN
DEVELOPMENT (ICDD) PROGRAM

by:
Dr.Ir. Andreas Suhono, MSc
Director General of Human Settlement
Ministry of Public Works and Housing

Jakarta, 16 May 2016

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Whom I respect:
1. Director of Agricultural and Rural
Development, Islamic Development Bank;
2. Mayor of Bengkulu;
3. Expert Advisor for the Minister of State
Planning Agency/ Bappenas;
4. Settlement Development Director, DGHS;
5. Project Team Leader ICDD, Islamic
Development Bank;
6. Task Team Leader of the NCEP Urban,
World Bank;
7. Community Representative from Kelurahan
Pipareja Palembang;
8. Distinguished Guests and Participants of
this Joint Knowledge Seminar.

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Assalamu’alaikum Wr Wb

Good Morning and Greetings for us all.

First of all, let us give thanks to the presence of

Almighty God for His blessings, so that we can be
present here today in the "Joint Knowledge
Seminar: DOING IT THE BOTTOM-UP WAY:
BEST PRACTICES FROM the INTEGRATED
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
(ICDD) PROGRAM" as one of a series of events
at "the 41st Annual Meeting of the IDB Groups",
which is being held in Jakarta, Indonesia on March
15 through May 19, 2016.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished
Guests,

I welcome this event organized by IDB, and i am

grateful for the opportunity to deliver the
Welcome Speech in this Joint Knowledge Seminar.
The ICDD Program is one of the programs
implemented by DGHS - Ministry of Public Works
and Housing together with the IDB since 2009
until the present day.

I am also very happy to receive information from

the IDB, that the ICDD program that we have
initiated, has become a best practice program and
an inspiration model for other programs in IDB,
and has been replicated in the Republic of Sierra

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Leone, Gambia and other member countries of
IDB Group. Hopefully this program is beneficial for
the underprivileged throughout the member
countries of the IDB Group.

We believe that the success of the ICDD Program

is not only due to our hard work as the Executing
Agency, together with other Ministries and IDB. A
key factor in the success of the ICDD program in
Indonesia is mainly because of the hard work and
strong commitment from the community and local
government.

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 Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished
Guests,

The Directorate General of Human Settlement in

the settlement implementation uses three
different approaches, namely:

 System Forming

Form a system that planned, thorough, integrated

and sustainable in accordance with spatial plans.

 Local Government Facilitation

It is important because the local governments is

the focal point of regional settlement
development.

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 Community Capacity Building

Put the community as one of actors and give

them capacity they need.

The ICDD program is very strategic, because it

prepares the foundation for self-reliance in the
form of "community leadership institute, namely
the Village Community Committee (BKM)" that is
representative, rooted and conducive to the
development of social capital in the future. The
social capital which could encourage the
realization of synergies in a bottom-up and top-
down between the community and local
government.

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The program implements a comprehensive
approach, through the synergy of Infrastructure
settlement development activities with action to
improve livelihood or welfare of the community,
known as the Sustainable Livelihood.

One of BKM’s duties is to make the planning, the

implementation and monitoring by ensuring the
involvement of the whole community in the area.
We also encourage local governments to do
collaboration and synergy between with BKM, in
poverty reduction activities and improving the
quality environment the settlements in the area.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished
Guests,

For seven years implementation, ICDD program

has produced impact on:

1. Development programs based on community

needs and characteristics of the territory;

2. Increased effectiveness and efficiency,

because it encourages the creation of
employment and increases participation and
community self-reliance;

3. Community self-ownership of the program

and development results and Community
Self Responsibility for the use and
maintenance, to ensure sustainability;

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4. The growth of public confidence in the
Government;

5. Encourage the formation of synergy planning

and top-down bottom-up, between the
community with local governments

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished
Guests,

This is my remarks for this event. Good

participate in 41st IDB annual meeting to
carry out a joint seminar "DOING IT THE
BOTTOM-UP WAY: BEST PRACTICES
FROM the INTEGRATED COMMUNITY
DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (ICDD)
PROGRAM” .
I hope, through best practices of the ICDD
Program, we can formulate a joint
agreement for development, particularly in
urban areas, which is based on collaboration,
throughout the central, the city/district and

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community levels. May God Almighty
continue to give His grace and guidance for
all of us.

Thank you,
Wassalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb.

Director General of Human Settlement

Dr. Ir. Andreas Suhono, MSc

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