East Kalimantan Bappeda Receives Working Visit from Bappenas and JICA Team in the Context of Preparing Tricity Development Master Plan
Samarinda - East Kalimantan Province Bappeda received a working visit from the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas together with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) expert team, Thursday (17/07/2025), in the context of technical cooperation in preparing the Tri-City Development Plan (TCDP) for the region IKN, Balikpapan and Samarinda.
During the meeting, JICA explained that the development of Tricity aims to build an integrated area that supports sustainable urban and rural development based on three pillars: economic, social and environmental.
This project will last for three years (July 2025–July 2028). This project not only targets infrastructure aspects, but also pays attention to environmental, social, cultural and gender equality issues.
Apart from that, this project aims to form a special implementing organization that will carry out the Tricity development plan in a sustainable manner. Even though the focus is on IKN, Balikpapan and Samarinda, surrounding areas such as North Penajam Paser Regency and Kutai Kartanegara are also considered relevant to be invited to collaborate as beneficiaries of this project.
In the future, four thematic working groups will be formed which include:
1. Regional spatial planning and infrastructure development,
2. Economic development, industry and investment promotion,
3. Environmental sustainability and climate change,
4. Social, cultural and gender.
The inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee (1st JCC Meeting) is scheduled to take place on July 29 2025 in a hybrid manner. The meeting will agree on the activities, implementation schedule, main themes, legal position of the TCDP (Tri-City Development Plan) project, as well as the submission of an outline plan and initial analysis of regional conditions.
Bappeda Kaltim expressed support for this project, but emphasized that there could be further discussion regarding the importance of integrating the Tricity plan into regional planning documents such as the RPJMD and Renstra, including aspects budgeting.
(SA)
