Instruments for Development Controls in Gerbangkertosusila

Abstract

Gerbangkertosusila (GKS) is one of the national strategic areas (KSN) consisting of 7 municipal and 1 provincial governments. The main objective of KSN is to accelerate and coordinate the development process on the macro level including arterial and toll road systems, development around the Suramadu Bridge Area, and regional seaport development. However, the development acceleration and coordination among the municipalities is still inadequate. Therefore, a partnership among parties is needed to promote and control development within GKS. Consequently, agreed instruments of development control are some of the key steps for successful partnerships. To agree on development control instruments, stakeholders are required to assess 60 proposed instruments within the four groups of development control (zoning, planning permits, sanction and development incentives and disincentives). Based on the questionnaire outputs, stakeholders consider the roles of municipal authority far greater than the provincial level and the body of GKS. The body of GKS is suggested to serve only in coordination the three main development activities (planning, implementation and controlling). The output of the questionnaire was then reassessed and agreed by stakeholders in a focus group discussion (FGD). In the FGD, stakeholders agreed that the municipal and provincial governments have similar roles in implementation and monev (monitoring and evaluating) of developments. The body of GKS is directed to coordinate, monitor and evaluate key development projects in GKS. The FGD also resulted in agreed instruments, which are; 2 instruments in zoning, 4 instruments in permits, 10 instruments in sanction, 17 instruments in development incentives and 5 instruments in development disincentives. The role of coordination and monev of the GKS body is also highlighted via development schemes in every agreed instrument.

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