Asia bootcamp enables GCIP and FCDO to improve intervention management

• On 25–28 November 2024, GCIP and FCDO attended a four-day bootcamp in Jakarta to improve the management of DOC interventions in Asia.
• The bootcamp was attended by Freddie Brunt, Deputy Development Director at the British Embassy in Jakarta, who considered it a highly valuable exercise.
• There are now hopes that a similar bootcamp can be created for GCIP’s three African DOCs.

Home to three Deep Offer Countries (DOCs) with large and rapidly urbanising populations – Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam – Southeast Asia is at the heart of the Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme (GCIP)’s mission to create sustainable cities and resilient infrastructure.

To improve the management of interventions in these DOCs, GCIP and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) held an Asia DOC bootcamp in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on 25–28 November 2024. The event, facilitated by Mott Macdonald and PwC Indonesia, brought together the country leadership teams from Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam as well as members of the GCIP Programme Leadership Team and FCDO.

During the first two days of the bootcamp, participants jointly explored topics central to the effective management of DOC interventions, including adaptive programming tools, learning and communications, nested logframe development and collaboration with UK Agency Delivery Partners. Additional topics covered on Day 3 included DOC budget management and safeguarding DOC teams and interventions.

The bootcamp also included a ‘One FCDO’ event, featuring a panel discussion and presentations from GCIP and three FCDO programmes in Indonesia: UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions, the Green Transition Fund and the recently announced Future Cities Indonesia Programme. Programme representatives were joined by Freddie Brunt, Deputy Development Director at the British Embassy in Jakarta. Participants of the One FCDO event committed to an integrated approach to their work to support green cities and infrastructure in Indonesia, with joint communications, coordination and knowledge sharing.

The final day included a site visit, hosted by Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Jakarta, to the operational MRT station and tunnel infrastructure designed by Mott MacDonald. Bootcamp participants then visited the phase 2 construction site for this MRT project, where they learned about the design and financing of the work. Lastly, they visited the Kota Tua rail station in the city’s north, the focus of new targeted offer work on transit-oriented development.

The well-received bootcamp provided a valuable opportunity for GCIP and FCDO to exchange ideas, co-develop solutions and better support GCIP’s important work in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. Following its success, there are now hopes that it can be repeated for GCIP’s three African DOCs.

The UK’s Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme is tackling climate change and extreme poverty by accelerating the delivery of sustainable green cities and climate-resilient infrastructure.