The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) seeks a highly qualified individual consultant as the Team Leader
to coordinate four background studies of Indonesia’s forest sector in
preparation for the next Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN 2020-2024).
The consultant will consolidate the results of the studies in a “master
plan” for revitalizing the forest sector and for contributing to
national economic development based on a landscape approach to forest
management and protection.
The Global Green
Growth Institute (GGGI) is an intergovernmental organization founded to
support and promote a model of economic growth known as "green growth",
which targets key aspects of economic performance such a poverty
reduction, job creation, social inclusion, and environmental
sustainability. GGGI works with countries around the world, building
their capacity and working collaboratively on green growth policies that
can impact the lives of millions. The organization partners with
countries, multilateral institutions, government bodies, and private
sector to help build economies that grow strongly and are more efficient
and sustainable in the use of natural resources, less carbon intensive,
and more resilient to climate change.
GGGI has
worked in Indonesia since 2013 and recently embarked on the second
phase of its joint program with the government, which will run until
2019.. GGGI supports the Government of Indonesia (GoI) in three focal
areas: energy, infrastructure projects within special economic zones,
and forest and land-based mitigation (including REDD+). The program aims
to demonstrate that green investment can become the norm for investors
and for planners, ultimately improving the overall quality of economic
growth, the environment, and the quality of life. At the national level,
GGGI works primarily with the Ministry for National Development
Planning (BAPPENAS), the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF),
the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Resources, and the Ministry of Finance.
GGGI
is currently supporting BAPPENAS to undertake a number of technocratic
background studies in preparation for the next National Medium-Term
Development Plan (RPJMN 2020-2024).. The RPJMN is the chief document to
elaborate the government’s vision for national economic development
based on detailed sectoral, regional, and cross-cutting policies and
programs. It lays out a broad, macro-economic framework covering the
overall economic situation and the direction of fiscal policy and an
indicative regulatory framework.
Sustainable
development has long been a guiding principle for Indonesia. In the
current development plan (RPJMN 2015-2019), this is detailed in a
strategy for achieving food, water, and energy security, or
“resilience,” through a landscape approach based on sound ecosystem
management. This landscape approach is also incorporated in the
Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for climate change mitigation
and adaptation and updated National Forestry Plan (RKTN). The next
development plan (RPJMN 2020-2024) is expected to take this approach
further in the overall context of green growth.
In
preparation for the next five-year national development plan, BAPPENAS
is working with other ministries and partners, such as GGGI, to prepare
technocratic background studies for key economic sectors, including the
forest sector. The forest sector studies are intended to guide
development within the sector as well as to elaborate on the important
role of forested landscapes, forest products, and forest ecosystem
services in sustaining other vital sectors of the economy. Three teams
have been formed by BAPPENAS and its development partners to conduct
complementary studies:
- USAID-BIJAK will study the institutional structure, capacity, and effectiveness of forest management units and recommend improvements.
- UNDP’s EPASS and TIGER projects will study the role and functions of conservation areas and biodiversity and their contributions to economic development.
- GGGI, drawing on these two studies plus additional analyses, will compile a Masterplan for the Revitalization of Forestry Management in Indonesia based on the landscape approach. This work is detailed in the next section.
Together these studies are meant to
support the objectives of rationalizing forest management and
revitalizing the forest-based economy. They will deal with such matters
as regulatory and institutional reform, the settlement of land tenure
issues within the forest area, and revision of the forest area
boundaries based on an ecologically sound landscape approach.
Scope of Work
The
Team Leader will coordinate work by other consultants on the four
background studies and will consolidate the results of the studies in
the forest revitalization master plan.
The four background studies cover the following themes:
- An assessment of the carrying capacity (daya tampung dan daya dukung lingkungan hidup) of forested landscapes;
- Spatial analysis and mapping of the principal forested landscapes and ecoregions across each of Indonesia’s seven main island regions;
- Analysis of the institutional arrangements, regulatory framework, and management models required to manage the forest estate for public and private benefits based on a landscape approach;
- Economic analysis of opportunities and challenges within the forest sector, and in downstream sectors that depend on forest products and ecosystem services, along with an assessment of public and private investment needs..
The scope and methodology of the studies
will reflect the contents that are needed for the Masterplan for the
Revitalization of Forestry Management in Indonesia (see below).
Contents of the Masterplan
The
reports of the four thematic studies will make up the four main
chapters of the Masterplan for the Revitalization of Forestry Management
in Indonesia, along with an introductory chapter and a final chapter
containing conclusions, recommendations, and a roadmap for strategies
and actions.
The introductory chapter will
evaluate development in the forest sector during the period of the
current national development plan (RPJMN 2015 – 2019), identifying key
facts, strategic issues, and challenges, based on a joint review with
BAPPENAS and other partners.
The first of the
four thematic chapters will explain the landscape approach and its basis
in science, law, and policy (including the current RPJMN and the NDC).
It will identify sources and flows of ecosystem services as well as
their vulnerability, threats to sustainability, and mitigation actions
to counter the threats.
The second of the four
thematic chapters will highlight the major themes and strategic
directions for forest-sector development in each of the seven main
island regions: Sumatera, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua, Maluku, Jawa, and
Bali-Nusa Tenggara, grounded in a landscape approach. It will describe
some of the most important types of forested landscapes, illustrated in
detail by three specific case studies from different regions.
The
third of the four thematic chapters will explain the requirements for a
landscape-based institutional and regulatory framework to enable good
forest management, with efficient and streamlined regulation, and to
revitalize forest-based economic development. The institutional
framework will feature the role of forest management units at a
landscape scale, using the same three case studies for illustration.
The
fourth thematic chapter will present results of an economic analysis of
the actual and potential contributions of the forest sector (including
ecosystem services) to national economic development. Again, the same
three case studies will be used to illustrate detailed costs and
benefits of maintain forested landscapes. This chapter will also present
a green budgeting strategy and an investment plan based on blended
(public and private) finance in the forest sector to achieve green
growth development outcomes.
The final,
concluding chapter will summarize the results and recommendations of the
four thematic studies and present a roadmap for strategies and actions
to be incorporated in the RPJMN 2020 – 2024.
Qualifications/Experience/
- A doctoral degree or similar professional qualification in forestry, environmental management, or a related field.
- At least 20 years of experience on qualitative and quantitative research related to forestry management.
- In-depth knowledge on Indonesia’s forestry issues, recent national policies in forest and landscape, forest governance and forestry affairs.
- Proven capacity to present analytical work in clear and compelling reports with operational, actionable, recommendations.
- Full understanding of recent national and subnational forestry management issues, particularly the Forest Management Units will be an advantage.
- A strong network of contacts in the Government of Indonesia, especially with BAPPENAS, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, private sector associations in forestry-related sectors, academicians, and non-government organizations.
- Strong communication and writing skills, both in Indonesia and English.
To apply, please click this following link: https://careers.gggi.
The deadline is 9 July 2018.
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