Consultation and coordination with related parties regarding the development of the climate funding pro-posals of the Provincial Government of West Kalimantan, which is working in conjunction with GIZ as an Accreditation Body, and regarding funding originating from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), are being car-ried out at the national, provincial and district levels. In this regard, public consultation activities related to the proposals were carried out across five districts in May 2023, specifically the districts of Ketapang, Kubu Raya, Sintang, Sanggau and Kapuas Hulu.

In terms of the completeness of the proposals, various documents that relate to traditional communities living across the five districts will need to be prepared. As a result, information on community involvement has been collected and involved the conducting of interviews with village heads, local village representa-tives, community leaders, traditional leaders, traditional women’s leaders and local youth leaders. Inter-views across the five districts were held from 23 May to 16 June 2023 and were assisted by consultants funded by SFF (a bilateral source of funding that can be utilized to examine and prepare activities/technical cooperation projects such as the West Kalimantan GCF). The results of these interviews will be compiled into an Indigenous Peoples Plan document which will become part of the overall climate funding proposal made for the GCF. This document will set out the roles and the involvement of traditional communities regarding the project implementation plan, as well as any positive and negative impacts that may ultimate-ly emerge and be felt by communities during the project implementation period.

For more information, please contact:
Dwi Wahyu Asti, SP, M.Si., Provincial Environment and Forestry Service
Jumtani, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and GCF Focal Point
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic Area Manager for Forest Policy and Climate Change