The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) in collaboration with the startup company Gojek, a technology company that provides transportation services for disaster mitigation. Gojek becomes the first on-demand company to collaborate with BNPB in managing disaster relief in Indonesia. Head of BNPB, Doni Monardo in a written statement received in Jakarta, Friday (21, 2) underlined that disaster mitigation efforts are a joint affair.
Pentaheliks is a concrete effort by BNPB in the form of involving five parties: the government, the community, the business world, academics or experts, and the mass media in disaster mitigation. The collaboration includes the placement of disaster information content embedded in the Gojek application, training of Gojek employees and partners, and provision of personnel and logistical assistance. (Ant)