In 2022, FORCLIME recruited nine village facilitators in order to facilitate the implementation of community empowerment activities in the following supported villages: Bikar and Emmaus in Tambrauw Regency; Haha and Wendi in South Sorong Regency; Babrongko, Dosai and Tablasupa in Jayapura Regency; and Wasur and Yanggandur in Merauke Regency.

This year, FORCLIME is continuing to implement its community empowerment programme in these villages. However, some of the village facilitators involved in the programme are newcomers who need need to gain an adequate understanding of FORCLIME targets, policies and working mechanisms, particularly in relation to the empowerment of village communities. The recent training sessions were held online from 26 - 27 June 2023 with FORCLIME advisors acting as resource personnel. The training sessions also involved input from village facilitators who first joined the programme in 2022 and who were thus able to share their experiences with the newcomers, as well as refresh their knowledge with new information.

Through these training sessions, participants gained knowledge of the following subjects: (1) The various concepts that underlie Forest Management Units (KPH) and Social Forestry (PS); (2) An introduction to the implementation of basic data surveys through the application of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method; and (3) Facilitation techniques for forest farmer groups, particularly the three pillars of Social Forestry: Institutional Management, Area Management and Business Management.

Next month, the training participants will receive additional materials relating to the following topics: (1) Knowledge Management (KM); (2) Introduction to Risk Management; (3) Administration standards at GIZ; (4) Development of a work plan for the July - December 2023 period.

For more information, please contact:

Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces