Kota Kita Foundation

Kota Kita Executive Director Ahmad Rifai participated in the second day of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Parliamentary Forum on Human Rights and Democracy on December 7, 2024, in Denpasar, Indonesia. This forum emphasized the critical role of parliamentarians in upholding democratic values, ensuring government transparency, and bridging citizen needs through inclusive policymaking. During the discussion, Rifai shared insights on how human rights can be woven into urban governance. His presentation, "Human Rights and the City: Using the Frameworks of the Right to the City in Promoting Democratic Urban Governance," explored the importance of adopting the Right to the City approach to advance inclusive and democratic urban development. Learn more about Right to the City in Asia https://lnkd.in/g--trxev #APHR #MembersForum #ParliamentaryForum

Happy to share that I'll be speaking at Climate Justice and the Value of People-Led Urban River Regeneration! Make sure to attend it today.

Are you also attending the World Urban Forum 12? 👋 Come say hi to the Kota Kita team and join some sessions where we will share our insights and work on urban inclusivity, climate justice, and young people's participation in Indonesian cities. 🏡You can also find us around the Habitat Village booth in the Urban Expo, a collaborative space we are co-organizing with our partners to showcase local, community-led approaches to building more sustainable and equitable #cities for all. Peter Gotsch Global Disability Innovation Hub Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Fondation Botnar World Habitat Catalytic Communities / Comunidades Catalisadoras Habitat International Coalition Global Platform for the Right to the City Asian Coalition for Housing Rights CoHabitat Network The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL The Bartlett, UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment Misereor SDI. (Slum Dwellers International) Instituto Pólis urbaSEN, MOBA, We Effect Development Workshop Angola, Rooftops Canada - Abri International  International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) #WUF12 #ItAllStartsAtHome #ItAllStartsLocally #ItAllStartsTogether #ItAllStartsNow

The Kota Kita team is in Cairo, Egypt for the World Urban Forum 12! We kicked off our activities on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, and had the opportunity to meet with some of our partners and networks from all over the world. Ahmad Rifai and Hasanatun Nisa Thamrin attended a meeting with grantees of the Technology, Youth, Participation Cities (TYP) research program by Fondation Botnar and shared updates from our Co-producing Youth Inclusive Digital Urban Governance (YUP) in Bar Elias and El Min in Lebanon and Surakarta and Denpasar in Indonesia together with partners The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL and CatalyticAction. Meanwhile, Vanesha Manuturi joined the Habitat International Coalition Members meeting and connected with social movements from Asia, Africa, North America, and Latin America who are working in housing and human settlements. We will also be speaking at several events throughout the week — watch this space for more updates from us! #WorldUrbanForum #WUF12

Kota Kita is honored to receive a Special Mention for Child and Youth Participation in the 18th International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) Award for Best Practice in Citizen Participation for the Surakarta Inclusive City Movement. Through The Surakarta Inclusive City Movement, Kota Kita promoted inclusive public space for all people, by involving vulnerable groups to participate directly in designing public spaces. 🎨🛝 We would like to thank the IOPD Award for the recognition and all partners for their involvement and support in the Surakarta Inclusive City Movement. URBAN+ UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Global Designing Cities Initiative #IOPDAward #CoDesign #ParticipatoryDesign

Kota Kita is excited to announce the release of our latest publication, Uplifting Urban Lives: Indonesia’s Civil Society Organizations Working to Transform Cities, which is based on the survey of urban civil society organizations (CSOs) across Indonesia. 🌍 Initiated in September 2023, we gathered responses from 80 CSOs from our network and conducted in-depth interviews with 15 organizations to capture the critical role that these organizations play in Indonesia’s rapidly urbanizing landscape. Explore how urban CSOs are making a difference and what more can be done to create an enabling environment for their continued impact. 🔗 Read the full booklet here: https://lnkd.in/gJkMxekE #CivilSocietyOrganizations #CSOs #UrbanDevelopment #UrbanCommunities #KotaKita 

The "Sukaria" #StreetsforKids project in Solo, Indonesia 🇮🇩 focused on transforming the area around a school to create safer streets and more inclusive environments for students. Situated near the city center and Surakarta City Hall, the project was strategically chosen for its potential to inspire broader urban improvements. The Kota Kita Foundation partnered with the Surakarta City Department of Transportation to redesign a narrow, overcrowded street that caused congestion and safety concerns. Through co-design workshops involving students and neighborhood children, the project redesigned two streets to benefit over 500 students and residents 🚸 The redesign included creating pedestrian pathways, adding new crossings, and integrating traffic-calming measures. It also featured temporary street paintings on Flores Street to establish a shared street for pedestrians and vehicles and a new seating area in front of the school, complete with a green canopy and vibrant murals 🌱🎨 This project not only empowered children’s aspirations and introduced urban inclusivity concepts but also strengthened community connections and ensured accessibility and safety for all ages and abilities. We're proud to support our partners in Solo and change streets to change the world! 🎥 Watch the full video documenting this inspiring transformation: https://lnkd.in/e7C8mrpi Many thanks to FIA Foundation, Fondation Botnar and the Van Leer Foundation for their support!

Happy International Youth Day! Proud to be a part of the Street for Kids in Solo, Indonesia with my colleagues in Kota Kita Foundation. Check out our story in co-designing the street with kids and youth in Solo https://lnkd.in/gnGcSE2B . Tagging the team Nina Asterina Melania Alvianti Sumaryata Bima Pratama Putra Fuad Jamil

Join us at the 2024 High Level Political Forum side event organized by Global Platform for the Right to the City: Using the Right to the City to accelerate prevention of impacts on climate change in urban peripheries. Ahmad Rifai and Vanesha Manuturi from Kota Kita will share stories from Indonesia on how a Right to the City perspective can contribute to more inclusive climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Join the webinar: https://lnkd.in/gbE3zuBP Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/gjZVhcS9 #HLPF2024

What happens when children become urban designers? Children in the Kampung Baru neighborhood of Solo had the opportunity to redesign their school streets and came up with brilliant ideas such as painting streets, a more comfortable school waiting area, and colorful murals. Take a look at the results from the Sukaria Street for Kids project, one of Kota Kita Foundation's public space projects that has been nominated as a finalist on the Best Practice in Citizen Participation at the 2024 #IOPDAward. Show your support by casting your vote here: bit.ly/SoloInclusiveCity #codesign #inclusivepublicspaces #publicspace #urbanplay