Continuing the process of preparing proposals and feasibility studies for climate funding projects for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the West Kalimantan Provincial Government organized an FGD to discuss supporting documents for the GCF Proposal on 6 – 7 September 2023 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The supporting documents discussed at the meeting comprised: Policy and Institutional Framework for Forest and Land Management; Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA); Gender Assessment and Action Plan (GA-GAP). In addition, this meeting also aimed to connect and build communication among provincial parties, as well as solicit input on the various documents that are currently being prepared. The hybrid meeting was attended by resource personnel responsible for the drafting of the supporting documents, in addition to various division heads from the Provincial Environment and Forestry Service, who delivered presentations and discussions directly, with the exception of gender-related discussions, which were conducted online.

The preparation of the supporting documents is being conducted in line with an overall project design that aims to: 1) Strengthen the policy and institutional framework through informed planning in terms of climate-related issues; 2) Improve and expand learning regarding climate-resilient agricultural and agroforestry practices; 3) Improve community-based forest and land management.

The FGD was opened by the Secretary of the West Kalimantan Environment and Forestry Service, Mr. Amung Hidayat, SP, M.Sc., and was attended by the REDD+ Working Group, as well as the team responsible for the compiling of the supporting documents, specifically Prof. Dr. Bramasto Nugroho (Policy and Institutional Framework for Forest and Land Management), CCROM-IPB (Climate Risk and Vulnerability Study) and Prof. Dr. Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni (Gender Studies and Action Plans), and also by representatives from several provincial agencies, as well as a number of academics and development partners.

The results of this FGD will be used to improve the supporting documents. The revised documents will be submitted by the end of September 2023 and will become part of the full proposal that will ultimately be submitted to the GCF.

For more information, please contact:
Dwi Wahyu Asti, SP, M.Si., West Kalimantan 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