Yogyakarta, May 5, 2025 — As part of efforts to anticipate strategic issues and shape the long-term development direction of Yogyakarta City, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) held a foresight session from May 5 to 7, 2025. This initiative aims to strengthen BPKP’s role in ensuring accountable and responsive governance, especially amid the challenges of the VUCA era (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) and within the STEEPV framework (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, and Values).
One of the invited speakers was Prof. Bakti Setiawan, commonly known as Prof. Bobi, who shared his insights as an academic and expert in urban and regional planning. During a two-hour session, he provided strategic perspectives on Yogyakarta’s urban development direction.
He identified four key development drivers that should be central to the city’s strategy: leadership, innovation, social capital, and information technology. According to Prof. Bobi, these drivers are essential for building an adaptive and sustainable city in the face of future uncertainties.
The session also underlined BPKP’s function in monitoring and evaluating local government policies, particularly in Yogyakarta City and the Special Region of Yogyakarta, to ensure alignment with development objectives. Through foresight approaches, BPKP aims to design more anticipatory oversight strategies and adaptive roadmaps.
The session is expected to result in a comprehensive identification of strategic issues in each STEEPV dimension, a set of development scenarios, a long-term roadmap, and a list of priority programs for BPKP oversight.
