Yayasan Humanis dan Inovasi Sosial is an Indonesian organization affiliated with Hivos, born out of an active collaboration between Netherlands based Hivos and several like-minded Indonesian academics and civil society leaders who subscribe to the values and mission of Hivos. The purpose is to promote humanist values in the social, health, and cultural fields which is defined in terms of the ability for each individual to assess and decide independently and responsibly, the right to freedom, dignity and a passion to create a just and tolerant society.
Yayasan Humanis seeks qualified candidates for the position of:Title :
Consultant for Facilitating and Coordinating Local Multi-Stakeholder
Forum on Food System in Makassar City, South Sulawesi Province,
Indonesia
Duty Station : Makassar, Indonesia
Report to : Project Manager – Local Harvest
Duration : 8 months (maximum 16 days)
Background
The
SWITCH Asia Local Harvest project: Promoting sustainable and equitable
consumption and local food systems in Indonesia is supported by the
European Union and implemented by partners:the AMAN (Aliansi Masyarakat
Adat Nusantara), ASPPUK (Asosiasi Pendamping Perempuan Usaha Kecil),
NTFP-EP (Non Timber Forest Product-Exchange Program) Indonesia and
Yayasan WWF Indonesia. The project is implemented in 8 provinces (14
districts) and 5 cities in Indonesia over a period of four (4) years
commencing March 1, 2018.
The
specific objective of the project is to stimulate a significant shift
in consumption patterns towards sustainable and ethically sourced food
products in Indonesia through increased knowledge and awareness of
consumers about the impacts of their food choices; increased capacities
of food MSMEs and producers - including women and indigenous people - to
penetrate markets; and a favourable policy environment for uptake of
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) practices in the food
sector. One of the result areas of the project includes support and
adoption from national and local governments on policies and guidelines
to promote SCP of green, healthy, fair and local food products.
As
part of the project implementation, multi stakeholder forums/platforms
on food system will be established in five cities – Jakarta (national
level), Bandung, Makassar, Medan and Yogyakarta. The local
multi-stakeholder platform will include, but not limited to, government
agencies, producer representative, SMEs and retailers, academics, CSOs
and consumer representatives, who will share experiences and discuss
potential synergy in promoting sustainable consumption and production in
the food system. The local platform will be part of the multi
stakeholder platform on food system at thhe national level that
initiated by the project in collaboration with BAPPENAS. The key output
from the platform is a joint agenda for policies and actions on the
promotion of SCP for local food products (strategy paper).
Scope of work
The consultant is expected to:
1. Organize
and facilitate a series of workshop/ discussions with key stakeholders
for the establishment of the platform in Makassar
2. Develop
a strategy paper that consisted of issues, strategy and a joint agenda
for policy and actions in promoting SCP in local food system based on
workshops result and discussion with key stakeholders
3. Review
the project documents and other documents related to the relevant local
SDGs target (SDGs 2 & 12) and collect relevant information from
reliable sources
4. Discuss
with Yayasan, implementing partners, allies, consultants, and other
relevant stakeholders i.e. government for developing strategy and plan
for the establishment of the multi-stakeholder platforms.
5. Provides
support on the establishment/formalization of the multi-stakeholder
platform, including recommendation on how the platform can be managed
effectively through:
a. Collaboration
with existing city-level multi-stakeholder platforms/fora/committees on
SCP of food and urban food system (if any). This includes any Local
Food Security Agency and/or Council (Badan Ketahanan Pangan Daerah atau
Dewan Ketahanan Pangan Daerah) or similar institution.
b. Collaboration
with existing multi-stakeholder platforms/fora/committees that do not
(yet) discuss about SCP of food but could potentially be enriched with
SCP agenda, and provide assessment of their members, agenda, processes,
functioning and results so far. For example: regional level SDG forums.
Duration
The
assignment will be completed within 8 months from the date of the
signing of the contract with a maximum of 16 working days..
Deliverables
- A
concise report on series of workshop (including milestones) for
developing a local multi stakeholder platform on food system in Makassar
- A
strategy paper (including road map) on food system in Makassar based on
the workshops and discussion with the key stakeholders to be
distributed to the relevant government agencies and key stakeholders,
and recommendation for establishing / formalizing the platform
All reports (in Bahasa Indonesia and English) should be submitted in electronic version in relevant Microsoft Office format.
Key Qualifications
The consultant or team of consultants should:
• Have extensive experience in facilitating local multistakeholder platforms/forums
• Have experience working with CSOs and local governments
• Have
familiarity in lobby and advocacy processes and experience and working
on lobby and advocacy activities in various levels of policymaking
• Have ample knowledge and experience working in the issues related to local food system
• Have
the ability to draw upon a range of inputs from existing contacts, data
and professional experience, and synthesize the findings into a
readable and practical narrative.
• Preferably based in Makasar and has a relevant and extensive contacts and network
How to apply:
A proposal including the work plan and budget, with CV and cover letter, should be addressed to:
hr@hsi.foundation and jtheresya@hivos.org with email subject “Consultant for Facilitating Local Multi-stakeholder Platform in Makassar”
Deadline for submission of proposal is May 9, 2021.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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