JAKARTA – Makassar Mayor Moh. Ramdhan “Danny” Pomanto received an award from Kompas TV as his city won the category of Best Public Information Service and Transparency.
Presented by Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Azwar Anas, the award was received by Danny Pomanto at the Kompas TV 13th Anniversary Dinner at The Tribata Hotel, Jakarta, Wednesday (11/9).
It was given because Makassar City was considered as a city with excellent public information services and transparency at the provincial and national levels.
In addition, Makassar City Government is also considered to have been consistent in monitoring and evaluating information transparency.
Responding to the award, the two-term mayor said that information transparency aims to make public involvement more massive.
That way, the regional government itself can obtain more accurate data from the community.
In addition, he continued, with this openness, the government can get inspiration and aspirations from the community.
“With public information transparency, people can directly control the performance of the government,” said Danny Pomanto.
Information transparency is also said to make access to information closer to all parties and encourage the realization of common development goals.
This appreciation of information transparency comes from the commitment of Makassar City which continues to improve the digitalisation system and government information transparency.
This is proven by the improving digitalisation index of the government system. Among them are the values of BB Bureaucratic Reform (RB), SAKIP, B and Good SPBE.
The good SPBE category was ranked first in South Sulawesi with a score of 3.41.
In addition, the Makassar City Government also maximizes the role of the War Room as a Smart City icon, Marvec which functions as a big data center, public services and security such as CCTV, and public wifi.
The city now has 230 traffic CCTV points, 1,815 CCTVs in the Tourism Alley, and 40 public WiFi points.
At the end of the event, the mayor with a background in architecture education wished Kompas TV a happy 13th birthday.
“On behalf of the people of Makassar City, we congratulate Kompas TV on its 13th birthday. Hopefully it will become a TV that continues to be loved by the people of Indonesia,” he said.
With this appreciation, the mayor with the nickname Anak Lorongna’ Makassar has received two awards since Tuesday (10/9).
Danny previously received an award from Tempo Media regarding cities with tourism and cultural preservation.
With the award, Danny has made a name for himself as a leader who has various achievements from national to international levels.
Such as being included in the 250 Cities on the Happy City Index; being in 142 cities on the Smart City Index, and being in the top 500 cities on the Global City Index assessment.
In addition, there is also the Regional Leader Award 2024 in the Regional Innovation Category for the innovation to realize Makassar Low Carbon City; Satya Lencana Wira Karya; SPM Award 2024; Healthy City of Southeast Asia 2024, Caring Figure for Coastal Communities; Mayor or Regional Government Supporting the Best Zakat Management at the Baznas Award and many more.
