{"id":79022,"date":"2022-10-28T08:06:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T08:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indonesiatribune.com\/?p=79022"},"modified":"2022-10-29T08:08:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T08:08:50","slug":"how-one-indonesian-city-went-beyond-apps-to-solve-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesiatribune.com\/how-one-indonesian-city-went-beyond-apps-to-solve-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"How one Indonesian city went beyond apps to solve problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living in a smart city means intelligent integration of all facets of urban life. After a shaky start, Indonesia is testing a new system to get it right.<\/p>\n

Smart cities are a clever idea but the trick is in the execution.<\/p>\n

Take Indonesia, for example. Finance Minister\u00a0Sri Mulyani complained this year how there are too many government apps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 24,000 \u2013 and they were a waste of money.<\/p>\n

Not only were they a drain on state finances but each government department had developed its own and the myriad\u00a0apps did not talk to each other<\/a>. Which meant they were not much use to the millions of people trying to use them to improve their lives.<\/p>\n

The rush to develop apps\u00a0kicked off in 2014<\/a>\u00a0when Indonesia introduced its\u00a0100 smart cities<\/a>\u00a0project.<\/p>\n

The smart cities and smart solutions based on technology project has become a solution to urban problems, but they still pose a\u00a0complex challenge<\/a>. Many of these projects\u00a0fail<\/a>\u00a0because:<\/p>\n