IPB and Bogor District Create Partnership to Develop Smart Village
IPB University, Dr. Arif Satria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regent of Bogor, Ade Yasin. The signing of the cooperation between IPB and Bogor Regency conducted in Bogor Regency Office as well as the discussion of the implementation of the Regional Government Work Plan 2020 Bogor regency, on Monday (11/3). The scope of cooperation agreements covering education, training, research and community service.
The Regent of Bogor Regency, Ade Yasin in his speech expressed his desire on the realization of the Panca Karsa concept, so that the synergy and collaboration will be essential, especially with academics. “Therefore, we created a partnership with IPB. We want to build the future of Bogor Regency with Pancakarsa namely: Karsa Bogor Building, Karsa Healthy Bogor, Bogor Karsa Smart, Karsa Karsa Bogor Bogor Forward and civilized, “said Ade.
During this moment the Head of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Institute for Research and Community Service IPB, Dr. Sofyan Sjaf was reinforced as Lead Facilitator of Social and Environmental Responsibility (TJSL / CSR) Bogor Regency will coordinate the management teams TJSL. TJSL team consists of representatives of academics, government officials and businessmen.
Dr. Sofyan Sjaf conveys building districts need to support multi-parties, so the agenda that should be done is a collaborative agenda. To realize the five intention in accordance with the vision and mission of Bogor regency government took a lot of parties involved, and also will need a large amount of funding. TJSL is presented to assist the local governments primarily for collaboration with corporations.
He added a few companies present without TJSL. Last year was actually arranged. First team dominated by local government officials. This time there is a color collaborative, there will be representation of academics, businessmen and activists. TJSL internal team is really going to build stakeholder. “We will soon discuss in our internal. In TJSL two big project content tailored to the vision and mission in accordance with the five initiative and will be mated with the existing processes in the company. Companies can support. The second project is related to local villages around the company, what could the company do for the villages in the circumference of the company. Related to become smart Bogor Regency village it was proposed and existing IPB instance in the Village Sukadamai. Smart Village for IPB Bogor regency who gave the initiative, “he said.
“I want to cooperate with all parties, let us work together through cooperation, meanwhile we should agree to change the mindset that TJSL does not have an account, there is no budget, we are an institution in charge of collecting and aligning government programs with companies also with the community, to coordinate the program governments, companies and the community, “he said.
Meanwhile, Director of Alumni Relations and Cooperation IPB, Dr. Heti Mulyati convey this cooperation is an extension of an existing MoU. Previously there were two meetings between IPB and Bogor Regency. At the last meeting of Regent and Head of Planning Agency’s explained their mission and vision and requested IPB to assist the Bogor Regency. This cooperation in the field of education research community services, mainly focusing on the smart village, adding more cooperation in ecotourism programs, as well as child protection.
Partnership is also carried out in agro-maritime related concept, the village grows according to the potential and digitization. The village was built with data precision, better integrated information. “I hope that IPB can play a bigger role in this partnership, Bogor Regency is also the home of IPB, it is the largest district in West Java with a population of many and there are still many problems related to agriculture that requires a joint solution,” he said. (AVR)
