Investor Presentaiton
MESSAGE FROM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The pandemic continued to
disrupt the lives of the citizenry,
the economy and public life
in general during 2021.
Unfortunately, a significant
number of current
KEMITRAAN staff were
infected however there were
no fatalities. I would, however,
note the passing of two of our
former colleagues, Dr Sanjaya
Utama and Ms Emmy Hafild who
sadly did succumb to COVID-19.
In addition to the challenges
presented by the pandemic
Laode M. Syarif, Ph.D
Executive Director
KEMITRAAN also faced the challenge that several
of its major projects concluded at the end of
2020. The organization took this opportunity
to prioritize efforts to mobilize funding. In
this regard, we developed some 45 concept
notes and proposals. A number of these were
successful in finding support. By the end of 2021
KEMITRAAN secured funding commitments to the
project value at around USD 30,619,463 covering
26 new projects that will be implemented during
the years 2022 - 2026.
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governance reform and forest and
peatland protection efforts, as well as
supporting the communities that live
there.
In addition, KEMITRAAN also
passed the recertification audit
of ISO 9001:2015 proving that
quality management standards
have been implemented as
per KEMITRAAN'S ISO Quality
Objective.
At the national level,
KEMITRAAN signed new and
strategically important Memoranda
of Understandings (MoUs) and cooperation/
mutual agreements (Perjanjian Kerjasama/
Perjanjian Kerja Bersama) with several key
ministries, namely:
the Coordinating Ministry of Political, Legal
and Security Affairs (Kemenkopolhukam) in
November 2021;
⚫ the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) in
August 2021;
❝6 Despite limited opportunities for face-
to-face and offline meetings with important
stakeholders in 2021, KEMITRAAN was
able to retain high-level networking
and relationships with the international
community, as well as key stakeholders at
the national and sub-national levels.
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At the international level, KEMITRAAN
qualified for, and was acceptable as, an Ordinary
National Member Organization of the UNCAC
(United Nations Convention against Corruption)
Coalition on 9 September 2021. This is a
significant step towards advancing international
cooperation in the fight against corruption.
KEMITRAAN was also re-accredited
by key international environmental funding
programs, namely the Green Climate Fund and
the Adaptation Fund. KEMITRAAN is the only
Indonesian organization to be accredited by both
of these funding programs. This enables us to
continue and grow our portfolio of environmental
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the Director General of Regional Autonomy,
Ministry of Home Affairs (Dirjen Otda-
Kemendagri) in April 2021; and
⚫ the Directorate General of Village and
Rural Development (Dirjen Pembangunan
Desa dan Perdesaan) - Ministry of
Villages, Development of Disadvantaged
Regions and Transmigration.
At the sub-national level, KEMITRAAN
continued to work closely with provincial and
district/city authorities and local non-government
partners through several programmatic
interventions. KEMITRAAN secured political
buy-in from leaders in these local authorities for
these programmes through MoUs. Work has
progressed through to becoming draft local
government regulations (Peraturan Bupati), and
draft Head of District's Circular Letters (Surat
Keputusan Bupati). These are the following
programs:
The integrated prevention of forest fires
in Pelalawan - Riau, Pulang Pisau - Central
Kalimantan and Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) - South
Sumatera.
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Climate Adaptation Programmes in
Pekalongan-Central Java, the Saddang River
area and Bulukumba District in South Sulawesi.
Partnering with relevant Government
Ministries/Agencies, KEMITRAAN concluded
a new Indonesia Governance Index in 6 pilot
areas:
• 2 provinces (Jawa Barat & Gorontalo),
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2 cities (Tangerang City & Mojokerto City)
⚫ 2 districts (Bone Bolango, Gorontalo & Sleman,
Yogyakarta)
This constitutes an external
validation tool for the Evaluation of Local
Government Implementation (EPPD-Evaluasi
Penyelenggaran Pemerintahan Daerah)
managed by the Directorate General for
Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs.
The pilot expands traditional fields of evaluation
of KEMITRAAN's IGI to include a stronger focus
on administrative coherence in the regions
concerned.
This project with the directorate general
aims to strengthen the EPPD instrument
in emphasizing a contribution to the
implementation of the National Strategy for
Corruption Prevention (Stranas PK). The
pilot exercise will feed into a wider effort
between the Ministry and KEMITRAAN to
improve the EPPD instrument in order to
provide recommendations that will help local
governments improve their performance.
Additionally, KEMITRAAN has commenced
work with the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs
and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency
(Kementerian Agraria dan Tata Ruang/
Badan Pertanahan Nasional) by conducting
stakeholder mapping exercises and identifying
potential reforms to current policies and
legal and wider regulatory framework aimed
at strengthening forest and ecosystem
connectivity and management.
KEMITRAAN was also able to maintain work
on providing capacity building and support to
local organizations including the establishment
of 32 Forest Farmers Groups (Kelompok Tani
Hutan/KTH) together with assessments for 18
villages identified as priority areas for social
forestry programmes.
The sudden decline in the country's rating
and ranking on the global Corruption Perception
Index is a matter of great concern. KEMITRAAN
remains fully engaged in this national effort
to raise the standard of integrity in the public
domain. I am pleased to note that among
the resources that have been mobilised for
programmatic engagements in the next few
years do include resources to advance the fight
against corruption at national and provincial
level.
KEMITRAAN continued to play an active
role as a facilitator and a meeting point of
civil society organisations in Indonesia. In this
regard KEMITRAAN led a CSO coalition in the
discussions of several important government
policies, including the impact of Constitutional
Court decision regarding the Job Creation
Law (Undang-Undang Cipta Kerja/UUCK).
KEMITRAAN also led intensive discussions
on climate change related issues with the
government, civil society and private sector,
especially on the issue of adaptation.
In addition to the positive progress we
made this year, there are still areas where
significant work needs to be undertaken.
Rates of project delivery were lower than
KEMITRAAN's usual standards, and not all can
be ascribed to the impact of the COVID-19.
There is still more work to be undertaken in the
area of communications through developing
more sophisticated engagement on social
media platforms such as connecting project
work and findings with wider constituencies.
We initiated a significant resource
mobilization initiative to ensure the long-term
viability of KEMITRAAN's programs, and we
were successful in collecting assistance from
several established and new partners. This
resource mobilization effort was especially
successful in securing resources that reach
across KEMITRAAN's entire portfolio of
priorities.
Taking into account the progress made on
longer-term institutional sustainability, together
with a focus on redressing the challenges,
we believe that KEMITRAAN concludes 2021
with great resilience and is well positioned to
develop further its ongoing and new initiatives
into the coming years.
Laode M. Syarif, Ph.D
Executive Director
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