Meeting of the Parties Follow-up on Cooperation between DG KSDAE and Penabulu Foundation

Jakarta, September 2, 2019. The Meeting of the Parties between the Bureau of Relations and Technical Cooperation of the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation (SetDA Directorate General of KSDAE) and Service Providers – Penabulu Foundation was held at the SetDit Office of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation – (KSDAE) of the Republic of Indonesia. The Meeting of the Parties discussed the follow up of cooperation between the KSDAE and the Penabulu Foundation under the umbrella of the cooperation of the ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB).

Discussion is more focused on adjusting the Memorandum of Understanding which has long been signed to adjust to the needs of the Penabulu Foundation in carrying out its role as a Service Provider. The Penabulu Foundation is expected to restructure the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding (NK) so that it can be more focused in this grant program under the umbrella of the ACB. Penabulu Foundation as a Service Provider is expected to have a Cooperation Agreement (PKS) with Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park as a derivative of a Memorandum of Understanding (NK) that gives space to the Penabulu Foundation as a Service Provider conducting activities in two (2) Technical Implementation Units (UPT) in the two national parks.

The meeting was closed by rescheduling in the final discussion on the scope to be adjusted in the Memorandum of Understanding (NK) as an amendment or addendum by stating which areas were the working areas of the Penabulu Foundation as a service provider.