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Coaching Clinic SGP Indonesia Cycle 1 for Way Kambas National Park was held on 29 September – 1 October 2019 at the Batiqa Hotel, Bandar Lampung, Lampung Province. The Coaching Clinic was opened by Mr. Subakir SH. MH Chair of the Way Kambas National Park Office and followed by eleven (11) people from six (6) proponents or civil society organizations who have submitted by sending a Letter of Interest, Concept Proposal, and Registration to follow Coaching Clinic Using the Grant Management and Monitoring System (GraMMS).

The facilitator during the Coaching Clinic process was Ms. Dinnie Indirawati from the Penabulu Foundation as a SGP Indonesia Service Provider and Ms. Geniuqe Damarahan Manahan (ASEAN Center for Biodiversity – Philipine).

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.

Medan, 16 July 2019 & Lampung, 22 July 2019

The socialization of the Indonesian Small Grants Program (SGP) which took place in the Office Hall of the Gunung Leuser National Park Office Hall and was attended by 32 people from various community organizations and universities from North Sumatra and Nangroe Aceh Darussalam Province, 16 July 2019. While conducted of the socialization at Way Kambas National Park was carried out at Hall of the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) Region III Bengkulu-Lampung, in Lampung on 22 July 2019. Participant were attended by 38 people from various civil society organizations and universities in Lampung.

The SGP Indonesia socialization event was opened by Mr. Jefry as Head of the Gunung Leuser National Park Office and Mr. Subakhir as Head of the Way Kambas National Park Office, they were very supportive of this activity because it could increase community awareness and also increase capacity for civil society organizations and universities that care about environmental sustainability in the each region.

This activity was attended by representatives from the Asean Center for Biodiversity (ACB) Mrs. Wardhani Ekoningtyas and the Penabulu Foundation as Sevice Providers in the SGP Indonesia Small Grants Program and supported by NWT representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF).

SGP Indonesia, is a collaboration program at the Southeast Asian level, The ASEAN Center for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Indonesian Government through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK). Through the Penabulu Foundation as Service Provider, SGP Indonesia will provide funding support for Small Grants and Micro Grants for the ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP) conservation project in Indonesia, in Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park (WKNP). SGP Indonesia’s funds that will be distributed by the Penabulu Foundation are divided into 2 types of Grants. Micro grants will be given a maximum of EUR 5,000 with a work period of 6 months and a small HIbah will be given in the range of EUR 20,000 – 100,000 with a implementation period of 6-12 months.

There are purposes of SGP Indonesia

1. Enhance biodiversity protection in line with the interests of local populations that are directly dependent on specific AHPs and adjacent areas;
2. Improving the livelihoods of people who are directly dependent on resources in and around AHP; and
3. Strengthen the role of the ACB in promoting biodiversity protection among ASEAN member countries.

After the Penabulu Foundation as a Service Provider presented SGP Indonesia and the plan to open SGP Indonesia’s small and micro grants, participants were very enthusiastic about becoming potential grantees from SGP Indonesia for the Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park region and its surroundings.

Meeting with Institution of Community Tourism  in Batu Katak, Bukit Lawang, Batu Rongring and Tangkahan, Langkat District – North Sumatera Province.

13-15 July 2019, ASEAN Centre of Biodiversity (ACB),  National Working Team (NWT) of MoEF, and Penabulu (Service Providers) conducted field visits to three (3) location areas, namely Batu Katak, Batu Rongring and Tangkahan located in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province.

Field visit began to Batu Katak, on 13 July, 2019, meeting with Mr Darwin from the Batu Katak Tourism Institution or Lembaga Pariwisata Batu Katak (LPBK) and Bahorok Resort Officer – Gunung Leuser National Park namely Mr. Tomin, Mr. John and Mr. Mispan. Their response was very positive with this SGP Indonesia, because in addition to having a program but also to increase the capacity of human resources who understand conservation efforts and build strong relationships with national park and strengthen organizational capacity in the preparation of village regulations in terms of ecotourism management and biodiversity protection.

Field visit continued to Bukit Lawang, conducting small discussions with SPTN 5 officers namely Mr. Tomin, Mr. John, and Mr. Mispan. Bukit Lawang is now a tourist attraction that is visited by tourists from abroad. Facilities such as lodging (Rindu Alam, Ecolodge and others), river baths and tracks for trips to the national park area can be easily accessed.

In terms of organizations related to the SGP Indonesia program, they are eager to hope that organizational strengthening will be important to regulate the rules of the tour guide, including price and grade determination for tour guides, identify the roles of community groups and Indonesia Tourism Association and the need for further discussion between Gunung Leuser National Park, Department of Tourism, and Indonesia Tourism Association regarding the issuance of a tour guide certificate within the Gunung Leuser National Park area.

14 July, 2019. Field trips continued to Batu Rongring, discussing alongside the Rongring River with RELLASI – Rongring Ecosystem Leuser Lestari Indonesia (Community Based Organization), ACB, NWT and Penabulu as Service Providers. RELLASI give welcomes to the SGP Indonesia because it will have an important role to support in increasing organizational capacity in organizational structuring and strengthening the administrative and financial management of RELLASI. Organizational structuring is more directed at the RELLASI strategic plan and actions as well as the management of the organization through enhancing RELLASI administrative and financial capacity.

Tangkahan Ecotourism is the last field visit. A small discussion was held with the Institution of Tangkahan Tourism and the Conservation Respond Unit (CRU). Institution of Tangkahan Tourism is a community-based organization that has a legal entity association that has a Cooperation Agreement with Gunung Leuser National Park in managing Tangkahan Ecotourism Area including Elephant Tourism with CRU. Tangkahan Tourism Institute was pioneered since 2009 in which community and elephant conflict occurred. Furthermore, the LPT was legalized through a notarial deed in the form of an association in 2012 working to manage ecotourism.

Jakarta, 20 June 2019. Meeting of the Parties between KLHK, ACB and Service providers – Penabulu was held at the Office of the Directorate for Conservation and Biodiversity – Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) of the Republic of Indonesia. The Meeting of the Parties discussed the Inception Report – SP and Project Manual Management of the Indonesian Small Grants Program (SGP Indonesia), responses to Project Mannual Management Indonesia input, Training in the Use of Management and Monitoring System (GraMMS), and Asset Transfer (BAST), and Joint Visit between NWT, SP-Penabulu, and ACB.

The discussion was carried out with the presentation of the Inception Report of Service Provider-Penabulu, providing input to PMM as well as several commitments to the action plan for training both the use of GraMMS and Asset Transfer, as well as the Joint Visit Plan to GLNP and WKNP.

The meeting was closed by Ms. Nining Ngudi Purnamaningtyas as Chair of the Sub-Directorate for the Implementasi of International Conventions Treaty, Directorate for Conservation and Biodiversity – Directorate General of Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems (DG KSDAE) and also Chair of National Working Team who emphasized the meeting process was written in the Meeting of Minutes to be agreed and implemented.