Reference No: IC/UNDP/REDD+/127/2014
Country: Indonesia
Description of the assignment: Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist for One Map and
Claim Verification Mechanism
(National, 1 post) – RE-ADVERTISED
Project name: REDD+
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BACKGROUND
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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:
Legal certainty on the status of the forest
area is one of the main issues in forest governance and land. To date, only
about 12 million hectares out of the 128 million hectares of forest area in
Indonesia has been determined definitively. The lack of law enforcement is
one loophole that might cause corruption. This had been stated by the
research of KPK on the system of management and planning of forest area.
Another implication of this problem is the proliferation of conflicts in the
field, since the completion of the settlement process is not yet
accomplished. Therefore, in order to improve the forest governance, eradicate
the corruption and conflict of tenure, it is essential to accomplish the
determination of forest area immediately.
This is in accordance
with the Decision of the Constitutional Court number 45/PUU-IX/2011
and Article 15
paragraph (1) of
Law No. 41 of 1999 on Forestry. The gazettement of forest area covers the
processes of appointment, boundary marking, mapping and determination of forest
area. Thus, to establish forest area, the boundary marking and
mapping should be carried out on 116 million
hectares of forest.
In this context, Moratorium works stream
through UNDP is seeking to recruit a Communication and Stakeholder Specialist to develop communication strategy to reach
their goal through media channels, key message, Public Services Announcement (PSAs).
Objectives of Assignment:
Supporting the Moratorium Work Stream by developing a
communication strategy which elaborates its goal, its audience, key messages,
and media channels through dissemination of the implementation of its goal as
well as strengthening communication among the agencies.
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SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK
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Scope of work:
1.
Develop
a communication strategy to support Moratorium Work Stream;
2.
Strengthening
a communication among agencies and stakeholders;
3.
Publish
and disseminate knowledge products;
4.
Arrange
Workshop on the Participatory Mapping;
5.
Initiate media campaign at the
national level, including distributing press releases, opinion articles and
Information dissemination on the definitive forest one map program as well as
the mechanism of claim and verification to the public at the national level;
6.
Public education campaign to be
targeted directly at a target audience based on priority, such as the local
public in the pilot project area and local public in the areas prone to
conflict.
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.
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Other materials developed, including reports,
presentations, information kits, and white papers, prepared for Meetings,
FGDs, Workshops and other consultative events during
the contract period (submitted in electronic files).
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