West Sumbawa Regent Dr. Ir H W Musyafirin MM (second from left) with ITS Chancellor Prof Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng (two from right) showing the MoU text after it was signed

Campus ITS, ITS News — Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) is increasingly expanding its collaboration with several regions to increase potential and answer regional problems in Indonesia. In line with this goal, ITS cooperated by signing a memorandum of understanding or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of West Sumbawa Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) at the ITS Rectorate Building Monday (12/9) afternoon.

This MoU was signed directly by ITS Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng with the Regent of West Sumbawa Dr. Ir H W Musyafirin MM. This collaboration aims to develop regional potential, improve the quality of human resources (HR), maturation of the Smart City master plan, design an Electronic-Based Government System (SPBE), and improve Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

In his remarks, Musyafirin revealed that West Sumbawa Regency has regional potential that, until now, still needs to be developed. However, limited human resources in managing the area’s potential are one problem that needs to be addressed immediately. “More and more of our local children are receiving education at ITS, making them highly competitive human resources so that they can manage the diversity of existing potentials,” he added.

(from left) Regent of West Sumbawa Dr. Ir H W Musyafirin MM with ITS Chancellor Prof. Dr. Ir Mochamad Ashari MEng IPU AEng during a discussion about the cooperation plan of the two partiesThrough the Community Service (Abmas) team, ITS can create appropriate technology that can be applied there. ITS Information Systems Department Lecturer Tony Dwi Susanto ST MT Ph.D. also said ITS was enthusiastic about contributing to realizing West Sumbawa achieved a Smart City. In providing the Smart City master plan through the existing study center, ITS has personnel who are experts in their fields.

Musyafirin emphasized that in 2021 West Sumbawa Regency received the highest score in the SPBE design among all Cities/Regencies in NTB Province. In this case, with ITS, his party hopes to improve these achievements by optimizing the use of technology to realize Smart Government. “We certainly hope that the creation of a Single Sign On system for updating data can also be realized,” he said.

Photo with the leadership of ITS and the West Sumbawa Regency Government at the ITS Rectorate Building after the signing of the MoU of cooperation

Closing the discussion, Musyafirin hoped that this collaboration could make the future of West Sumbawa Regency much better with the achievement of the Smart City target. In the long term, collaborations such as admitting outstanding new students from the local area and partnerships can also be established. “Hopefully, all parties, both the government and the local community, can feel the benefits,” he concluded. (ITS Public Relation)

Reporter: Shauma Aulya Zahra