Aiming to increase the leadership capacity of the Forest Management Unit (FMU) to manage changes so that the changes faced become a source of positive dynamics for the FMU organization, the West Kalimantan Environment and Forestry Service in collaboration with FORCLIME conducted a training on leadership and change management for KPH leaders in Pontianak on 14-18 December 2020. The training, opened by the Head of the Environment and Forestry Service, was attended by 20 participants from 17 FMUs in West Kalimantan and three officials of the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province.

During the training the participants were divided into four groups discussing themes related to (1) Development of an effective, efficient, transparent and accountable budgeting system; (2) Independent FMU development in 2030; (3) Empowerment of forest communities; (4) Development of an effective, accountable and open management information system. Results of the training will be developed as the Changes Plan, which will be followed up by the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province and FMU in accordance with their duties and authorities.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 15 December 2020

Following series of discussions and interviews with relevant parties, the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province (Dinas LHK) conducted a focus group discussion on delegating authority related to forestry affairs to the forest management unit (KPH) on 11 December 2020 in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The discussion aimed to separate, and delegate tasks and functions related to KPH’s role as forest management operator at the site level. The document will become a guideline for FMU operational implementation. The meeting, supported by FORCLIME and IDH West Kalimantan, was attended by officials from the Dinas LHK and Heads of KPH in West Kalimantan.

The result of the focus group discussion will be formulated into a document on organizing and delegating forestry affairs to KPH, which afterwards will be formalized through a decree from the Head of the Environment and Forestry Service of West Kalimantan Province.

For more information, please contact:
Jumtani, Coordinator West Kalimantan Province
Wandojo Siswanto, Strategic area manager for forest and climate change policy

Created: 14 December 2020

On the 3rd of December 2020, FORCLIME organized the soft launching of the English summary of the Seka Sengketa book at the Manggala Wanabakti in Jakarta. Seka Sengketa is a book which documents experience and learning of multi-party mediation in efforts to manage and resolve agrarian conflicts in Indonesia. The book is not about conflict resolution tips, nor success stories, but rather about lessons learned from the conflict resolution process. As the book was written in Bahasa Indonesia, thus a summary in English was needed. FORCLIME and the Conflict Resolution Unit of the Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) decided on a process to distribute the lessons learned from the Seka Sengketa to the international audience, with a title: “SUPPORTING CONFLICT SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. Insights from Mediation Practitioners in Indonesia”.

During the opening ceremony, Dr Apik Karyana, the Secretary of Directorate General of Social Forestry and Sustainable Environment Partnership (PSKL) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, representing the Director General of PSKL said “One of the programmes at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Social Forestry, aims to provide more access to local communities with the intention of managing tenurial conflicts”. Moreover, he said, “At the ministry, currently, tenurial conflict is handled at the Echelon 2, Directorate for Conflict Management on Tenurial and Customary Forest“.

For more information, please contact:
Georg Buchholz, Programme Director FORCLIME
Arief Wicaksono, Director Conflict Resolution Unit

Created: 07 December 2020