Deadline: 27-Apr-21
UNDP is calling proposals for Local Champion Empowerment on Non-State Owned Forest Area in Indonesia to develop and implement various approaches to enhance protection of forested areas in non-state owned forest land (APL), as well as lands within the convertible forest (HPK) category, both of which are subject to potential conversion (administratively and/or physically) to estate crops and other land uses.
The project intervention is focused on three pilot provinces: West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and East Kalimantan.
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) and other key government institutions such as the National Planning Authority (Bappenas), the National Land Board (BPN), and provincial/district governments as well as relevant sub-national government institutions to protect areas with retained forest cover from conversion to other land-uses including estate crops.
The project is structured into four components, with each component comprising a complementary suite of two to three outputs:
- Component 1: Mainstreaming of forest ecosystem service and biodiversity considerations into national, provincial, and district policies and decision-making processes for forest area planning and management;
- Component 2: Strengthened and expanded implementation of best practises in the estate crops sector in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in four target landscapes in Kalimantan;
- Component 3: Creation of incentives system to safeguard forests, including biodiversity and ecosystem services, from estate crops sector;
- Component 4: Knowledge management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).
Priority Areas
UNDP works on poverty elimination and also against discrimination.
As part of the UN system, KALFOR works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; empowerment of women; and achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace, and security.
The above-mentioned key points are in line with UNDP to support countries to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by working on four priority areas as follows:
- Removing structural barriers to women’s economic empowerment, including unpaid work
- Preventing and responding to gender-based violence
- Promoting women’s participation and leadership in all forms of decision-making
- Strengthening gender-responsive strategies in crisis (conflict and disaster) prevention, preparedness, and recovery
Empowering women to participate fully in economic life is essential to building strong economies, establishing just societies, and achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 for gender equality and women’s empowerment and several other SDGs relating to inclusive growth, decent work, ending poverty, reducing inequality, and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development.
Ensuring women’s participation and leadership and inclusion of their needs, experiences, and skills in the economy requires intentional actions and commitments from both the public and the private sector.
Funding Information
- The grant recipient is required to prepare the Financial Proposal and should be maximum amounting USD 70,000 equivalents to Indonesia Rupiah (IDR) 1,012,900,000 (UNORE April 2021).
Proposed Activities
At the minimum, the proposed activities are expected to:
- Increase the capacity and collaboration of local community organization(s) with emphasis on women group to support community to minimize changing function of forest ecosystem into other uses particularly in non-state owned forest area. This includes facilitation to improve livelihood that relies on non-timber forest product.
- Increase the capacity of the local community champion to provide quality inputs for the decision-making process of the government.
- Develop standardized training packages/modules on local champion empowerment that can be delivered online and offline. The selected NGOs/CSOs might use local resources and tools to assess/review, facilitate/promote adoption, implementation, and monitoring-evaluation of the local community/champion.
- Organize capacity building/trainings on local champion empowerment (online and/or offline when the situation allows) targeting the existing community groups including women groups (e.g. Bumdes, KWT, PKK, Majelis Ta’lim ibu-ibu, etc.). The target beneficiaries of the trainings also includes women-headed household (perempuan kepala keluarga) in the KALFOR pilot project sites.
- Provide support (mentoring) for pilot activities at community level to improve livelihood of those relying on nonstate owned forest area. This includes identification of type of livelihood practice up to implementation of pilot activities to address issues on the ground and bring about concrete results for improved livelihood.
- With the support of KALFOR, the selected NGOs/CSOs will also need to conduct engagement and coordination with the local government to ensure a smooth implementation of the program.
The proposed activities should target on local community champion, with particular target of women champion. In
this regard, the selected NGOs/CSOs shall focus its efforts on undertaking activities as follows:
- Task 1. Develop a strategic 1-year Workplan for local community entrepreneur empowerment activities
emphasizing roles of local champion - Task 2. Conduct Needs Assessment of local community including women-based organization at village pilots (incl.
Women-Headed Household, Women entrepreneur, women champions, KWT, PKK, Majelis Taklim Ibu-ibu, BumDes,
Koperasi) - Task 3. Develop toolkits/training materials and conduct training at community level
- Task 4. Institutional Strengthening of community organization capacity
- Task 5. Facilitation of pilot activities
- Task 6. Draft Issue Briefs Development.
Location and Target Beneficiaries
The selected NGO/CSO will work to cover 2 (two ) districts which are Sintang and Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province. The location of intervention will be at the village pilots of the KALFOR Project as follow:
- Ensaid Panjang Village- Sintang District
- Bangun Village- Sintang District
- Sungai Buluh Village- Sintang District
- Sungai Kuri Village- Ketapang District
- Riam Bunut Village- Ketapang District
- Pangkalan Suka Village- Ketapang District
- Tanjung Pasar Village- Ketapang District.
Eligibility Criteria
The grant recipient (civilsociety or non-governmental organization, academia) with experience in:
- Minimum 5 years and strong understanding in community entrepreneurship and development, community livelihood, gender issues and mainstreaming, advocacy and working with local government agencies.
- Proposed personnel shall include a team leader and technical specialist on village livelihood/supply chain, gender, and local government planning/advocacy, while administrative staff may include finance and administration staff, and other field as required.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=77236