Mott Macdonald in Indonesia: 50 Years 5 5 Stronger Together
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Enduring legacy. Exciting future. Mott MacDonald in Indonesia: 50 years 5 5 Stronger together. We originally came to Indonesia Throughout this period of tumultuous Contents Indonesia has come a in 1969 to work on the first British social, political and economic long way over the past aid project delivered in a non- change, we delivered some of the 50 years, using some Commonwealth country. The Kali country’s most significant projects Progo irrigation rehabilitation project – from helping to rebuild the tsunami- of its greatest strengths was aimed at enabling farmers devastated Aceh and improving – abundant and diverse across Java and South Sumatra to sanitation facilities for 100,000 1 Transforming millions of lives increase rice production to alleviate people in South Sumatra’s capital natural resources, food shortages at the time. to helping Jakartans to better navigate 5 Healthier cities for everyone and its large and their city via a modern metro. Our introduction to Indonesia was burgeoning population at a time when the new government We are also supporting the country 8 Towards a clean energy future – to transition from was focused on economic to harvest its rich resources of clean development. After a period of energy, which will help Indonesia a predominantly rapid industrialisation, the nation to meet its commitment under 10 Reviving the blue economy agricultural economy became known as the ‘East Asian the Paris climate agreement to miracle’. It paved the way for generate 23% of its electricity 12 Looking forward to a prosperous Indonesia to become the middle- from renewable resources by 2025. manufacturing and income country it is today. Indonesia is now embarking on the service-based one. This was also a period of great social fourth industrial revolution, which Mott MacDonald has advancement – school enrolment will propel it to become one of rose, infant mortality fell and life world’s top 10 economies by 2030. been with the country expectancy improved, while social every step of the way. inequality was drastically reduced. As major innovations in digital In a relatively short period, Indonesia technology and automation are transitioned from an authoritarian ushered in over the next few regime to the world’s third largest decades, we are proud to continue democracy, with power widely to lend our support and expertise devolved to provincial governments. to Indonesia’s future journey. My congratulations on Mott MacDonald’s 50th anniversary in Indonesia. Your fantastic work in Indonesia over the past 50 years is widely known and respected. Mott MacDonald’s role on many high-profile projects, not least the first phase of the Jakarta MRT, made a real contribution to Indonesia’s development. The British Embassy has been pleased to support your efforts in a small way, including the signing of the letter of interest with Kereta Api Indonesia for the reactivation of railways in West Java. We remain deeply committed to bringing UK expertise, finance and know-how to Indonesia, to help it meet its future infrastructure and development needs as it becomes one of the world’s top 10 economies over the next 10 years. To all our friends at Mott MacDonald: good luck, semoga sukses, for your next 50 years in Indonesia. Semoga sukses Moazzam Malik, British Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and Timor-Leste 2014-2019 Our projects 1 | Mott MacDonald | Enduring legacy. Exciting future. “In the aftermath of a disaster, the capacity of the local or provincial government is taken away in one go. Aceh reborn: In that scenario, the main challenge lies in efficiently co-ordinating the aid flow pouring in from various sources post-tsunami and directing it to the best possible use. We maintain an organisational memory here at Mott MacDonald on how to respond to such situations, and part of our community job is to make sure we transfer that knowledge.” Chris Brown reconstruction project director for community reconstruction efforts, Mott MacDonald Indonesia’s Aceh province took the long-term healthcare needs. wastewater treatment facilities Projects A powerful earthquake Integrated community health, nutrition brunt, with at least 168,000 fatalities. The project’s goal extended beyond for more than 65,200 people in and early childhood development and hit the west coast The region’s capital city, Banda Aceh, immediate medical relief. The UNICEF rural and urban communities. protection; design of rural water supply of northern Sumatra was almost completely levelled. programme, known as Posyandu Plus, was designed specifically to improve We worked with the ARC to improve Location in December 2004, Aid poured in immediately, with the previously underdeveloped water supply and sanitation services Aceh, Sumatra generating a tsunami almost US$7bn raised for the Multi Indonesian healthcare system in for more than 75 villages in rural Clients Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias island the region. The clinics we helped Aceh. Our engineers also conducted UNICEF, American Red Cross that was one of the from the Indonesian government to build provide permanent feasibility studies and developed deadliest natural and international donors. It funded access to modern healthcare detailed engineering designs reconstruction and rehabilitation facilities to current and future for 28 water supply schemes. disasters ever projects throughout the regions generations of Acehnese people. In keeping with the mantra ‘build recorded. The Indian affected. In the years that followed, back better’, more sustainable foreign aid agencies worked From deadly waves to drinking water systems replaced the old, decaying Ocean tsunami wiped tirelessly with local volunteers Another pressing concern in the and neglected network. entire communities not only to rebuild what was once aftermath of the disaster was to stop there, but to develop stronger, the spread of disease among the Lessons learned off the face of the more sustainable communities. survivors living in cramped shelters In the wake of one of the worst Earth, killing more with inadequate sanitation facilities. tragedies in history, Indonesia Build back better demonstrated great resilience and than 230,000 people Providing essential medical assistance The tsunami almost completely determination and, with the help of across 14 countries. to some of the most vulnerable destroyed Banda Aceh’s water the global community, has recovered. members of society is a key priority and sanitation networks, while salt The areas affected are now healthier, for aid agencies. Reducing maternal water and debris polluted open more prosperous and more peaceful and child mortality was at the heart wells, making it hard to access clean than before the tsunami struck. of UNICEF’s commitment to build drinking water. In the absence of 227 health centres across Aceh reliable clean water sources, the Due to its location, Indonesia is and Nias, and became one of the task of collecting water from nearby predisposed to powerful natural cornerstone projects of the agency’s areas usually fell on vulnerable disasters such as earthquakes and post-tsunami recovery initiative. survivors, typically women. tsunamis. Indonesian authorities We supervised the construction of and international aid organisations around 100 maternal health and The American Red Cross (ARC) and have learned lessons from the community centres, focusing on how the Indonesian Red Cross Society mammoth rescue mission after the they could be built more efficiently focused their efforts on restoring 2004 tsunami and are now better so they could support local people’s wells, latrines, drainage piping and prepared should disaster strike again. Asian Development Bank 2 | Mott MacDonald | Enduring legacy. Exciting future. Project Restoring Berbak Green Prosperity Partnership Location Jambi, Sumatra vulnerable Client Millennium Challenge Account Indonesia peatlands An ongoing project has Indonesia is home to the world’s Even without burning, a 4-5cm in the park’s Tahura buffer zone practices, while 2000 farmers were second largest area of tropical depth of peat erodes away each and replant 53ha with plant certified to the ISCC palm oil standard. helped 10,000 farmers peatland, but expansion of oil palm year, reducing water absorption and species adapted to cope with to increase their and acacia plantations, as well as increasing flood risk, causing land the re-wetting of peat soils. Our role also involved helping the intensive logging has degraded to lose economic value altogether. BRG with donor co-ordination, yields while reversing or destroyed much of this land. Empowering sustainable livelihoods including identifying potential damage near Berbak After the devastating forest fires To ensure long-term sustainability, funding for further peatland Millions of hectares of peat have during the 2015 El Niño event – when preventing further deforestation was restoration activities and carrying National Park, an been drained, a highly dangerous more than 2Mha of peat burned key. The Berbak National Park is in out an extensive training programme ecologically vital oasis practice because not only is the for months, causing up to 100,000 Jambi province, one of Indonesia’s among local BRG staff. material highly flammable, but it premature deaths and a further main palm oil production regions. “Repairing damage of peat swamp forest. will also release huge amounts of 500,000 people to require hospital The province is home to many We played a crucial role in supporting carbon into the atmosphere when treatment – the government