In order to report on the implementation of FORCLIME activities during 2023 and also to present FORCLIME's work plan for 2024, the Forestry Planning Bureau at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), as FORCLIME's Project Executing Agency (PEA), held a hybrid project technical committee (PTC) meeting on 21 February 2024. The meeting was opened by the Head of the MoEF’s Planning Bureau, Dr. Apik Karyana, and was attended by PTC members and various parties who were representing Echelon II of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The meeting was also attended by working partners in FORCLIME working areas in Central Sulawesi Province (Lore Lindu National Park; the Forestry Service), in Papua Province (the Forestry and Environment Service; the Center for Conservation and Natural Resources [BBKSDA] in Papua), in Southwest Papua Province (the Environment, Forestry and Land Service; the Center for Conservation and Natural Resources [BBKSDA] in Southwest Papua).

Dr. Apik commenced his speech by reflecting on the long-established Indonesian-German cooperation. "We have both witnessed how the close cooperation between the two countries has produced significant results through the Social Forestry Development Program in Sanggau, West Kalimantan. This initiative has become a milestone in the history of the Social Forestry practices that we are continuing to develop today, a synergy of progress and sustainability which is our common heritage.”

During the meeting, working partners at the national and regional levels expressed their gratitude for FORCLIME's support, including the Head of the Human Resources Training Center for Environment and Forestry, Dr. Kusdamayanti. During her speech, Dr. Kusdamayanti explained that until 2023 the collaboration with GIZ had greatly helped the Training Center, particularly in relation to the development of eLearning involving hardware, software and brainware that was carried out through workshops, training sessions and activities in the field.

In terms of the work plan for 2024, which is FORCLIME 4.0’s final year, all of the relevant partners have expressed the hope that the remaining time until December 2024 will continue to be utilized in order to maximize support for partnering work programs at both the national and regional levels. In addition, the partners also hope that the follow-up program, namely FORCLIME Reloaded, will continue to support the strategic plan (Renstra) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, as well as related agencies across each of the various provinces in which FORCLIME works.

For more information, please contact:
Pipin Permadi, Senior Adviser for Strategic Planning and Liaison Officer