Smartcitymakassar.com. --Makassar- ASEAN Mayors Forum, 8-10 September 2015 has been
held successfully. During the three-days the forum all spoke about Makassar. Makassar
is widely known. With the crucial and
timely theme of “Adaptive and Intelligent Cities for Integrated Borderless
Prosperous Region” the forum concluded in a mutual agreement called "Makassar Declaration". A great and visionary commitment is expressed strongly by this declaration.
Within period of 8 to
10 September 2015, situated in a great and attractive panorama at two different places,
at Four Point Convention (by Sheraton) Hotel and in Losari Beach, Makassar
became point of focus. Located in Losari
Beach, a stage stood there and was surrounded by well-organized chairs and
matched with some long tables. Losari
Beach seems different as usual. It was a
long restaurant with an open beach-view. A place where an agreement has been made to nominate Makassar as the AMF
Secretariat and at the same time as a place where Makassar Declaration was
signed by ASEAN Mayors.
Makassar
Declaration was signed at the closing day of the AMF 2015. One by one, the ASEAN Mayors signed on the eight (8)-nuance
and marble-made inscribed stone. The
stone was especially brought from District of (Kabupaten) Pangkep, which is known as the best
place for high quality marble. The
inscribed stone covers five main points. First, AMF should support the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in order
to achieve a prosperous ASEAN community. Secondly, AMF calls for ASEAN as a regional, national and local strength
that rooted in its respective cities.
Thirdly, the ASEAN community pillar centers on city. Fourthly, AMF will establish AMF Secretariat
and shares information dealing with its cities developments, and fifthly, to
build ASEAN University and City Youth Forum within ASEAN region.
As the
host and organiser of the AMF 2015, the success of this event has put Makassar’s
position into the level of leading cities in ASEAN region. Moreover, Makassar Mayor, Moh.
Ramdhan Pomanto, has been actively and endlessly approaching many ASEAN cities
and toes and fros to national, regional and international forums to build and
develop an understanding ‘room’ about the future ASEAN cities.
The
visionary and revolutionary insights of Makassar Mayor have been parts of the important agenda of AMF 2015. One of them, which is got straight response from most delegates, is to put
city as one of ASEAN members and to issue a single ASEAN currency. “To be member of ASEAN is an unquestionable
and conclusive for ASEAN cities in order to move into implementation
steps facing the coming MEA 2015 free trade”, said the Mayor.* (Makmur Gazali)
(to be continued)
