A two-day Asia-African Smart City Conference took place in Bandung on 22-23 April, with 446 participants, 26 mayors and dozens of foreign delegations from 39 countries.
The forum also generated a Bandung Declaration on smart cities, consisting of five points of agreement to strengthen development between cities in the Asia-Africa region. The commitment is to build a network and share knowledge on smart city model.
Bandung Mayor Ridwan ‘Emil’ Kamil was picked to become the chairman of this newly-established alliance. Kamil said that this Smart City Alliance would be able to improve the internal situation of Indonesia and other countries in the Asia-Africa region.
Appointed as a chair of the Mayor round-table discussion, UCLG ASPAC Secretary General encouraged participants to identify best practices and strategies of cities in Asia-Africa so that city’s problems could be solved through smart city solutions.
The Bandung Declaration on smart cities was a result of the productive discussions carried during the summit. Indonesian Minister for Information and Communications Rudiantoro, was satisfied of the initiative, citing that the event has helped leaders to take a step ahead for cooperation. (MH)
