Title: REDD+
Senior Specialist on Conflict Resolution (National, 1 post)
Project Name : PMU
Reports to: Coordinator of Legal and Law
Enforcement of BP REDD+
Duty Station: Jakarta
Expected Places of Travel (if applicable): Sebangau and
Kayan Mentarang National Parks
Closing date: 23 October 2014
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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:
One of the
important issues in the governance of forests and peat land is the lack of
institutional capacity for conflict resolution, especially in the case of
land -based conflict resolution. These issues include the weak legislation,
low capacity of the related institutions, and lack of coordination among
ministries/institutions and local governments involved in the conflict
resolution. The conflicts make legal certainty over land ownership difficult
to realize. In the end, it is difficult to provide legal protection for good
implementation of conservation programs, business activities and other
activities undertaken by the government, communities and employers. Thus, in
the context of REDD+, the absence of certainty directly affect the rate of
deforestation/forest degradation and peat land that are still difficult to
decrease.
Owing to this condition, UKP-PPP and
BP-REDD + intend to prepare a road map in order to strengthen the
institutional settlement of land conflicts in Indonesia. With the Roadmap, it
is expected that we are able to map various institutions that have similar
tasks in resolving the conflict in the best way.
A visibility
study should be initiated, and from this study the roadmap will be produced. The
conflicts we are focusing on are the ones related to National Parks and the
cases of forest gazettement. Both of these activities will involve the
process of verification and recognition from the third parties. From this
process it is expected that we could obtain learning materials and concrete
impacts which give positive contribution to the conflicts.
The five areas of
national parks chosen for the field test are Tesso Nilo National Park,
Kerinci Seblat National Park, Kutai Timur National Park, Sebangau National
Park, and Kayan Mentarang National Park. As for the forest gazettement, the
conflict resolution will be tested on the mechanism of claim and verification
in Barito Selatan.
The purposes of
resolution conflict program are to give contribution to the conflict
resolution in five national parks and to assist the completion of forest
gazettement in Barito Selatan; and to develop roadmap to strengthen some
institutions and their capacities in order to resolve the land conflict in
Indonesia, in relations with REDD+.
Objectives of Assignment:
·
Developing a mechanism which
will support the government in handling conflicts involving communities;
·
Developing materials for
training and mentoring activities to increase the capacity of officials who
are related to the conflict resolution;
·
Developing the roadmap in
order to strengthen the institutional settlement of land conflicts in
Indonesia
The candidate is
expected to travel to some locations in the area of Sebangau and Kayang
Mentarang National Parks, and some areas in the province of Central
Kalimantan and East Kalimantan.
The details of
travel are as follows:
·
Malinau (East Kalimantan): one time. Duration of
travel: seven days
·
Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan): one time.
Duration of travel: seven days
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SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL
WORK
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Scope of work:
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To deliver
Focus Group Discussion and meetings in relations with the implementation of
the conflict resolution activities in Kayang Mentarang and Sebangau National Parks
;
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To
monitor the implementation of the conflict resolution activities in Kayang
Mentarang and Sebangau National Parks;
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To
develop analysis in preventing and handling conflict (trend analysis) for
Kayang Mentarang and Sebangau National Parks;
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To
develop final report on the implementation of conflict resolution activities
in Sebangau and Kayang Mentarang National Parks.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
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I. Academic Qualifications:
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Master’s degree
in Science, Social Science or other related subjects.
II. Years of experience:
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At
least five years of experience in working on and handling conflict, mediating
and preventing conflict;
·
Ability
to produce (bilingual) written material, targeting a wide-range of
stakeholders;
·
Demonstrated
ability to understand the 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 organization’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes
the vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization;
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 in the organization and a learning environment in the
office through leadership and personal example; and
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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;
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Ability
to coordinate the work of others;
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Ability
to implement new systems (business side), and affect staff
behavioural/attitudinal change;
·
Good
knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit; and
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Ability
to demonstrate good knowledge on Climate Change and/or REDD+ issues.
Management and Leadership:
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Builds
strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and result for the
client and responds positively to feedback;
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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
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Demonstrates
strong oral and written communication skills.
Other Requirements:
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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.
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EXPECTED RESULTS
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·
Report
on the implementation of focus group discussions and meetings with
conflicting parties and facilitators in Kayang Mentarang and Sebagau National
Parks;
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Report
on the map of actors of conflicts in Kayan Mentarang and Sebangau National
Parks;
·
Analysis
to prevent and handle the conflict (trend analysis) in Sebangau and Kayan
Mentarang National Parks;
·
Final
report on the implementation of conflict resolution activities in Sebangau
and Kayan Mentarang National Parks.
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To apply for this post, please go
to the following link and download all the necessary documents:
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