Signing of the Arrangements for joint research
betweenthe Institute of Road Engineering of the Agency for Research and Development of
The Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Republic of Indonesia (IRE),
the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM) andthe Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)
5th March, 2019
The three institutions of the Institute of Road Engineering (IRE) in Indonesia, the National
Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), and the Public Works ResearchInstitute (PWRI) have carried out joint research in various fields in accordance with thecooperation arrangement signed in 2009 (renewed in 2014).
IRE, NILIM and PWRI have decided to continue this cooperative relationship for the secondtime. The continuation is scheduled to be 5 years.
On March 5th, 2019, the signing ceremony of the new arrangements was held in Jakarta,Indonesia. Two arrangements were concluded, one between IRE-NILIM and the otherbetween IRE-PWRI, this time.
1. Objectives of research cooperation
 Technical development of road and traffic fields and improvement of road administrationin Indonesia and Japan.
Promotion of the research cooperative relationship and establishment of international
human networks among IRE, NILIM and PWRI.

2. Contents of research cooperation
 Exchange of technical information, materials and publications


Joint workshops and seminars

Technical study and discussions

3. Fields of research cooperation
 Traffic Technology
PavementTunnelPeat ground

Earth structure

Signing ceremony

4. Reference (History of the Cooperation)
Since 2009, the Institute of Road Engineering (IRE) in Indonesia, the National Institute forLand and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), and the Public Works Research Institute(PWRI) have been hosting joint workshops continually as below based on the cooperation
arrangements of joint research.
2009.06

Pre-meeting in Jakarta and Bandung2009.11

Tsukuba, Memorandum of Cooperation agreed

2010.03

Bandung, (1st Joint Workshop for targeting the themes)

2010.06

Tsukuba, joint meeting for Bali coming symposium2010.10

International Symposium in Bali
(2nd Joint Workshop to declare the strategy for cooperative researches)

2011.01

Jakarta, (3rd Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(1) )2011.06

Sulawesi,(4th Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(2) and site observation

2011.09

Technical Tour in Japan for modernizing experimental Equipment andFacilities of RDCRB (IRE)2011.10

Lombok, (5th Joint Workshop / Bilateral Seminar)

2012.03

Jakarta and Bandung,(6th Joint Workshop including River and Water Resource issue)

2012.06

Batam, (7th Joint Workshop (Bridge/ Tunnel) and Open Seminar(Long Span Bridge and Tunnel Technology))

2012.06

Trilateral Workshop for the Interim Report in Tsukuba

2013.01

Jakarta, (8th Joint Workshop (Road Environment/ IPT/ TrafficSafety/ Pavement/ Tunnel)

2013.08

Padalarang-Bandung, (9th Joint Workshop (IPT/ Traffic Safety/Pavement/ Tunnel))2013.11

Tokyo, (10th Joint Workshop (Tunnel/ Pavement))

2014.02

Jakarta, Labuan Bajo and Denpasar,(Cooperation Arrangement renewed, 11th Joint Workshop (Road Side
Station of Corridor 5/ Road Environment/ IPT/ Tunnel/ Pavement)

2014.03

Tsukuba, (12th Joint Workshop (Michinoeki/ Pavement))

2014.10

Jakarta, (13th Joint Workshop (Tunnel))

2014.11

Bali, Flores and Buton, (14th Joint Workshop (Road environment/ RoadSide Station/ AsButon)

2016.02

Tsukuba, (15th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Pavement/ AsButon/ RoadSide Station)2016.02

Jakarta, Buton Island and Bali, (16th Joint Workshop and Site visit(Michinoeki/ Traffic Data Collection/ Pavement/ Tunnel)

2016.11

Bandung, Jakarta, (17th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Road Environment)2017.03

Bali, (18th Joint Workshop (Pavement)

2017.10

Tsukuba, Tokyo, (The mid-term Conference and Site visit (Variousinfrastructure facilities)

2018.2

Bandung, (19th Joint Workshop (Tunnel)

2018.3

Bandung, Bogor, (20th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Pavement)

2018.9Bandung, (21th Joint Workshop and Site visit (Tunnel)