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Following the Indonesian general election last February, the development plan for Nusantara Capital in East Kalimantan remains on track. Nusantara Capital, designed as a new administrative centre, aims to decentralise the government and enhance infrastructure across the nation’s regions.
The decision to choose East Kalimantan as the location for the new capital has been carefully considered, given the region’s potential and readiness to become an effective and sustainable administrative centre for the country.
Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform, Abdullah Azwar Anas, has urged all local government levels in East Kalimantan, from the provincial to the district/city level, to implement digital leadership concepts to get closer to the community and improve the quality of public services.
During the East Kalimantan Regional Administrative Coordination Meeting in 2024, Minister Anas emphasised the importance of digital transformation, including digital structure, competence, and culture. The concept of digital leadership is expected to address various issues in East Kalimantan, especially in reaching geographically separated areas from the centre of government. This is important considering the vastness of East Kalimantan, one of Indonesia’s largest provinces.
Minister Anas stressed that in the context of implementing the Nusantara Capital (IKN), the Civil Servants (ASN) involved must have the ability to be digitally literate. This is important to ensure that ASNs who move meet the competency criteria set, including mastering digital literacy, multitasking, mastering the substance of the IKN principles, and being able to apply the BerAKHLAK values, namely being Service-Oriented, Accountable, Competent, Harmonious, Loyal, Adaptive, and Collaborative.
Minister Anas also explained that IKN will implement an integrated work pattern with time and location flexibility that supports collaborative and agile work systems. Therefore, adaptive and collaborative talents who also master digitalisation are needed to accelerate the wheels of government services in IKN.
Minister Anas also encouraged the bureaucratic reform policies issued by East Kalimantan Province to support digital government transformation. Currently, the Ministry of PANRB is echoing thematic bureaucratic reform, including poverty alleviation, investment enhancement, digitalisation of government administration, and accelerating the President’s current priorities.
The Smart City plan, which has always been a government priority in developing 5G telecommunication infrastructure, must also be applied in the Nusantara Capital (IKN). Implementing 5G technology in IKN will open up new opportunities to improve the efficiency and quality of public services and accelerate digital transformation in various sectors, such as transportation, energy, and health services. Thus, IKN will be a modern administrative centre and an example for other cities in implementing sustainable and inclusive Smart City concepts.
The Electronic-Based Government System (SPBE) architecture supports the entire thematic area to maintain coherence and alignment in the digitalisation implementation. According to Minister Anas, besides digital solid leadership, the critical success factors for digital government are recruiting digital talents, focusing on user needs, digital revolution across the board, synergy between digital strategy and data strategy, increasing digital literacy, and strengthening digital trust and cybersecurity.
At the same event, the Acting Governor of East Kalimantan, Akmal Malik, acknowledged that remote areas in East Kalimantan and the region’s geographical conditions are obstacles to digitalisation implementation. However, he and his team are optimistic that developing information systems can overcome these problems. “We have many remote areas. Information openness and digitalisation distribution are the initial steps we are building to reach these areas,” explained Akmal.
As an Acting Governor of East Kalimantan, Akmal Malik envisioned establishing robust communication and collaboration networks, both within the government and with the public, to streamline administrative processes and improve service delivery. Akmal is committed to leveraging technology to drive sustainable development and improve the quality of life for the people of East Kalimantan.
