The Department of Urban & Regional and City Planning (PWK), Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya (FTUB) won a gold medal in the 2023 World Youth Invention and Innovation Award (WYIIA) held by the Bachelorwiyata Tamansiswa University (UST) Yogyakarta on 10-15 October 2023.

This international competition was attended by 343 teams. A total of 249 teams participated in WYIIA online, especially teams from abroad. Meanwhile, 94 teams from Indonesia participated offline on the UST campus.

Under the guidance of Wawargita Permata Wijayanti ST MT and Eddi Basuki Kurniawan ST MT, the PWK team brought an innovation called PLINPLAN: Professional License and Information Network Planner.

The PLINPLAN UB team is the PWK students class of 2021, consisting of Rahmat Rayansha, M Filzah Zulfaqar, Andreas Hutabarat, Elviana F Rifai, and Sri Dyah Nurul.

PLINPLAN is a platform to help young planners, planning experts, regional policyholders, entrepreneurs, and the general public.

“We offer complete solutions for superior urban planning,” explained Rayansha.

He mentioned the five superior features; Planning Consultant, Job Internship, Spatial Service, License Training, and Urban Planning Encyclopedia.

“Each feature is carefully designed with a strong integration plan with related agencies due to the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology,” he continued.

Through PLINPLAN, they are determined to design sustainable urban areas. Such as optimizing land use, reducing ecological impacts, and ensuring inclusion and equality in planning, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) numbers 11 and 8.

This application also encourages active community participation and cross-sector collaboration to build an environmentally friendly, inclusive city that supports economic growth and creates decent jobs.

“This is an extraordinary achievement. Hopefully, this victory will be the beginning of many great achievements in the future. Continue the spirit of innovation and be successful,” said Wawargita, encouraging the team. (mic)