Background
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
Policy and Governance Specialist will coordinate with other
consultants (under Team Leader – Forest Sector Background studies
supervision) 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.
Qualifications/Experience/
- Advanced degree (master’s or equivalent) in forestry, forest policy or governance, environmental law, public policy, or a related field.
- At least 18 years of experience on qualitative and quantitative research related to forest governance design, forestry planning and decision-making processes.
- In-depth knowledge on Indonesia’s forestry issues, particularly in the forest governance and forestry affairs.
- Candidates should demonstrate their qualifications and proven experience in assisting the government to develop forestry sector development plan, knowledge and expertise in national and/or subnational forest policy is highly desirable.
- Ability to secure collaboration and agreement from the partners, reflecting empathy of perspectives and identifying recognition of mutual/complimentary interest.
- A strong network of contacts in the Government of Indonesia, especially with BAPPENAS, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Home Affairs, private sector associations in forestry-related sectors, academicians, and non-government organizations.
- Strong communication and writing skills, both in Indonesia and English.
Details about the position and to apply, please click this following link: https://careers.gggi.
Deadline: 9 July 2018.
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