Reference No: IC/UNDP/REDD+/099/2014
Country: Indonesia
Description of the assignment: REDD+ Expert Consultant for Forest Fire
Project name: REDD+
Period of assignment/services (if applicable): August – December 2014
CLOSING DATE: 6 AUGUST 2014
I. BACKGROUND
Context of the REDD+ initiative:
Indonesia
is the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) and the world’s
largest emitter from agriculture, forestry and other land use. Over the
past five years, Indonesia’s annual deforestation rate has averaged
around 1 million hectares, which contributes to an estimated 87 percent
of Indonesia’s annual emissions. In response to this situation, in 2009,
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, made a voluntary commitment to the
world to reduce emissions as much as 26 percent under a
business-as-usual scenario or up to 41 percent with international
support by 2020.
According to the Second National
Communication from Indonesia to the UNFCCC, Indonesia is expected to
emit around 2.9 million metric tons (gigatons) by 2020 under the
business-as-usual scenario. A commitment to reduce that amount by 26
percent would mean a reduction of 0.8 gigatons, while 41 percent would
amount to a reduction of 1.2 gigatons. A reduction from an expected 2.9
to 1.7 gigatons by 2020 is a challenging commitment for a country aiming
to maintain its 7 percent annual growth rate. Nevertheless, this commitment has been translated into a comprehensive National Action Plan known as RAN-GRK (PP 61/2011).
The
National Action Plan for the Reduction of Green-house Gas Emissions
(RAN-GRK) estimates that 87 percent of the emission-reduction target -
approximately 1 gigaton - relates directly to the forestry and peat land
sectors and, to address this, the government has adopted an incentive
mechanism to improve management of the country’s vast forest resources
while supporting climate-change mitigation. This mechanism, known as
REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation),
has five primary objectives: (a) reduction of deforestation; (b)
reduction of forest degradation; (c) conservation of carbon stocks; (d)
sustainable forest management; and (e) enhancing carbon stocks.
On
26 May 2010 the Governments of Indonesia and Norway signed a Letter of
Intent (LoI) to establish a
REDD+ Partnership. The first phase of this REDD+ Partnership (Phase 1)
was to establish an agency with the capacity to implement and manage
REDD+ projects initially in the pilot province Central Kalimantan and
progressively in other priority provinces across Indonesia. A Task Force
(Satuan Tugas, Satgas) was established to support this initial phase
and, as of June 2013 at the end of the Task Force’s mandate, the
following progress was achieved:
• Drafting
of an integrated Presidential Regulation regarding the establishment of
a REDD+ Agency and governance of REDD+ in Indonesia;
• Finalisation
of a REDD+ National Strategy (Stranas) and development of Provincial
Strategies and Action Plans (PSAPs) for the eleven priority provinces;
•
Agreement on, and legal basis for, the structure and operations
of a REDD+ Financial Instrument (FREDDI); its implementation awaits the
establishment of the REDD+ Agency and the subsequent release of funding
for Phase 2 of the LoI;
• A
methodology for the structure and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
of the MRV technical unit; while international standards and an
international/national REDD+ registry remain in development, the unit is
ready for mobilisation following the establishment of the REDD+ Agency;
• Legal
review of regulatory requirements related to REDD+ implementation in
particular land tenure, forest and peat-land governance, forest
monitoring and law enforcement, consolidation of land concessions, and a
Moratorium on all new concessions for conversion of peat and natural
forest in
Indonesia; and
• Successful
implementation of a wide range of projects by the REDD+ Task Force in
the pilot province Central Kalimantan with a focus on developing an
operational capacity and an enabling environment for REDD+ projects.
These
achievements have prepared a basic foundation for a future REDD+
national programme that aims to address the emission-reduction target
for the forestry and peat-land sectors and the national long-term goals
associated with sustainable economic development and poverty reduction.
Context of this ToR:
Based
on the information obtained from Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan
Geofisika (BMKG), the impact of El – Nino this year will result in
extended drought and fires, which is predicted to happen in July and
will get worse in November 2014. Owing to this information we need to
conduct some efforts of prevention and mitigation. On 12 June 2014, on
the meeting led by Vice President of Indonesia, it was agreed that at
least there are 13 actions to be done to prevent fires. One of the
actions is audit on compliance on the companies working in the high risk
area. Through this audit it will be clear to see how prepared the
companies and local governments are in preventing and mitigating the
forest/land fires. In addition, the audit also plays an important role
in ensuring the fulfilment of companies’ responsibility to prevent the
fires in the companies’ concessions. For the pilot area, it is agreed
to choose Riau province. The selection of Riau as the pilot province is
based on the history of forest fires in the province, and the number of
hot spots.
The audit
will focus to the companies which operate in the high risk areas, the
provincial government of Riau and several districts in Riau. The aspects
being audited by the team are the system; the resources and facilities;
and the biophysics.
BP REDD+, through the
Working Group of Legal and Law Enforcement, has agreed to form a team
consisting of an expert on forest fires, an expert on land degradation,
an expert on corporate liabilities, and an expert on environmental law.
This TOR is for Expert Consultant for Forest Fire.
Objectives of Assignment:
From
this audit it is expected that the team obtain valid perspective on the
companies’ level of compliance to fire prevention. In addition, this
audit is also meant to give feedback for a better policy and to bring a
better prevention and mitigation of forest/land fires.
II. SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK
Scope of work:
1. Developing intensive communication with Governor and Chief of Police;
2. Conducting audit of compliance based on the Terms of Reference;
3. Developing the recommendation based on the audit;
4. Implementing the recommendation.
III. REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
I. Academic Qualifications:
• Doctoral degree in Forestry, with 10 years’ experience related to forest fire.
II. Years of experience:
• Experience in handling forest fire.
• Experience in conducting research and sound knowledge of multi-door approach law enforcement.
• Ability to produce (bilingual – Bahasa Indonesia and English) written material, targeting a wide-range of stakeholders.
• Experience in handling differences and similarities of a wide range of social groups.
• Sound experience in managing programs and building national and international networking.
III. Competencies:
Corporate Competencies:
• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards;
• Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; and
• Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning:
• Promotes knowledge management and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example; and
• Actively
works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or
more practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired
skills.
• Development and Operational Effectiveness:
• Ability to conceptualise issues and analyse data;
• Ability to
coordinate the work of others;
• Ability to implement new systems (business side), and affect staff behavioural/attitudinal change;
• Good knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit; and
• Ability to demonstrate good knowledge on Climate Change and/or REDD issues.
• Management and Leadership:
• Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive
attitude;
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
• Leads teams effectively and shows mentoring as well as conflict resolution skills; and
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
Other Requirements:
• In
addition to the scope and output stated above, the incumbent will be
required to undertake other ad hoc tasks that may arise during the
contract period. These tasks should not impede on the incumbent’s
ability to meet contractual obligations/deliverables.
• All
materials and other intellectual
property produced while working under contract including, but not
limited to, documents, presentations, white papers, photographs and
other media, will remain the property of the REDD+ Taskforce and are
required to be submitted to WG Coordinator for archiving.
• This
assignment will require extensive communications with stakeholders from
different locations and in different circumstances and, with this in
mind, it may be necessary to accommodate some irregular working hours.
IV. EXPECTED RESULTS
1. Report of the audit on compliance in Riau;
2. Action plan and
recommendation regarding the prevention of forest/land fires;
3. Report on the implementation of recommendation.
No Deliverables Due Date
1 • Field report on the first batch and second batch of audit in Riau;
• Report on the coordination and evaluation on the first and second batches of audit in Riau; September 2014
2 • Field report on the third
and fourth batches of audit in Riau;
• Report on the coordination and evaluation on the third and fourth batches in Riau. October 2014
3 • Evaluation on the results of the audit;
• Report on the action plan and recommendation based on the audit conducted;
November 2014
4 • Report on the implementation of recommendation. December 2014
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