Preparatory Meeting Call for Proposal (CfP) SGP Indonesia – Cycle 1

Jakarta, 10 – 12 September 2019. Preparatory Meeting for Launching of the SGP Indonesia Cycle 1, held at Rumah Kemuning -Penabulu Foundation, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. The preparatory meeting took place between Penabulu and ACB with the main discussion related to the progress report of preparation of the Cycle 1 Small Grant Program which will be launched on September 16, 2019. The meeting was attended by ACB (4 people) and Guenther Meyer representatives from GITEC – KFW, and SGP Indonesia Work Team (4 people).

The meeting discussed Meeting of Minutes (MoM) and agreements reached during the Joint Coordination Meeting held on 11-12 July 2019, progress report, and documents pending and issues that need to be addressed.

In the collaborative management plan document of the SGP Indonesia Small Grants Program in both Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park, Penabulu as a Service Provider, ensures baseline data to measure inputs and outputs derived from activities implemented by grantees and also ensure outputs from the results of activities carried out by grant recipients. And Penabulu as a Service Provider will hold a Coaching Clinic in Lampung and Medan to help potential grantees (porponents) in how to fill out proposals online through the GraMMS application.

During the meeting, ACB and Penabulu held a coordination event in the Meeting Room Dierectorat of Biodiversity Conservation – DG KSDAE MoEF to finalize preparations for the launch of the Cycle 1 SGP Indonesia Small Grants Program.

Ms. Nining Ngudi Purnamaningtyas (Chair of the Sub Directorate of Implementing of International Convenience Treaty) hopes to start Cycle 1 early due to busy activities at the end of the year and anticipation of restructuring after the cabinet of the new government of Republic of Indonesia. The collective agreement was taken by shortening the time of SGP Indonesia Cycle 1 before the cabinet changes took place after October 2019.