Multi local-government under Indonesia’s decentralization reform: The case of Kartamantul (The Greater Yogyakarta)

Abstract

This study will discuss the extent to which a locally initiated metropolitan governance institution under Indonesia's decentralization reform has helped to deal with the problems of inter-local government development, using the Kartamantul (Yogyakarta Metropolitan Region) as a case study. It will also draw some lessons learned from the practice of metropolitan governance in the region. The Kartamantul joint secretariat has been found effective in coordinating and managing solid waste and waste water infrastructure development. Several key success factors in the Kartamantul joint secretariat includes: First, collective horizontal decision-making process; second, the transparence and openness in the negotiation process among the local government involved, in which they may have different and often conflicting interests; third, the leaderships and shared vision of all heads of the local governments in the region; and fourth, the heads of the involved local governments share the common vision that urban infrastructure development should be implemented in a synergistic way in order to provide better quality public service.