Call for Proposal Collaborative Management Planning Small Grant Programme in Indonesia

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1 Call for Proposal Collaborative Management Planning Small Grant Programme in Indonesia ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) telah menerima bantuan Kerjasama Keuangan Jerman dalam mendukung Program Hibah Kecil (Small Grants Programme/SGP) terhadap upaya perlindungan Taman Warisan ASEAN (ASEAN Heritage Park-AHP). Dukungan program ini ditujukan untuk melindungi keanekaragaman hayati dan memperbaiki mata pencaharian masyarakat di dalam dan sekitar kawasan Asean Heritage Park. Pada tahapan pertama, Indonesia dan Myanmar terpilih sebagai negara pertama untuk menjadi pilot SGP. AHP terpilih untuk menerima hibah di Indonesia adalah Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas. SGP bertujuan untuk mendukung pendekatan pengelolaan kolaboratif, atau pengelolaan bersama, pada lansekap kawasan lindung yang dikelola oleh pemerintah dan wilayah sekitarnya melalui pengelolaan bersama multipihak sebagai sarana untuk menjembatani pengelola kawasan konservasi dengan pemangku kepentingan setempat. Pendekatan ini menyoroti delapan bidang tematik pengelolaan kawasan konservasi; memperkenalkan konsep pembentukan kelompok kerja kawasan konservasi; dan Rencana Pengelolaan kolaboratif (Collaborative Management Planning) kawasan konservasi yang dikembangkan bersama para pemangku kepentingan. Tahapan awal pelaksanaan SGP adalah penyusunan Collaborative Management Planning (CMP). CMP merupakan dokumen perencanaan kegiatan yang disusun untuk Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas. Dokumen ini selanjutnya akan menjadi panduan dalam penyusunan proposal kegiatan oleh LSM lokal. Anggaran untuk penyusunan CMP masing-masing EURO untuk BBTN Gunung Leuser dan EURO untuk BTN Way Kambas yang dilaksanakan dengan durasi 1-3 bulan. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), bekerja sama dengankementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK), dengan ini mengumumkan Call for Proposaluntuk PenyusunanCollaborative Management Planning (CMP)- Small Grant Programmein Indonesia. Project Executing Agency (PEA) dan otoritas kontrak: ASEAN Center for Biodiversity Project Implementation Agency (PIA): Direktorat Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati (KKH) Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK) Prakualifikasi a. Nasional, lelang terbuka untuk pihak ketiga dalam penyiapan dan pelaksanaan Perencanaan Pengelolaan Kolaboratif (Collaborative Management Planning) di Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas.

2 b. Pelaksana: NGO Internasional maupun nasional yang mempunyai kerjasama dengan Balai Besar Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Balai Taman Nasional Way Kambas. c. Proposal yang disampaikan mencakup proposal teknis dan pembiayaannya untuk masing-masing taman nasional. Formulir aplikasi dan dokumen pendukung dapat dikirimkan dalam 1 berkas asli (format A4) dan 1 berkas elektronik format pdf degan subject surat elekteronik : CMP_SGP_Indonesia kepada alamat dibawah ini: Ms. Corazon A. de Jesus Jr. SGP Project Coordinator ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity 3/F ERDB Building, UPLB Forestry Campus Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel. # , cadejesus@aseanbiodiversity.org dengan ditembuskan (electronic copy) kepada Ratna Kusuma Sari Chair of National Working Team- SGP Direktorat Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati Ditjen KSDAE-Kementerian LHK Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok VII lantai 7 Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta Tel/Fax sgpacb.indonesia@gmail.com Batas Waktu: 24 November 2017 Informasi lebih lanjut mengenai Kerangka Acuan Kerja (Concept Note) tersedia pada lampiran 1 dan 2. Serta dapat mengakses website

3 ASEAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY Small Grants Programme 1 by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (BMZ-No ) SGP Indonesia First Call for Proposals: Collaborative management planning exercise to further define priorities and align stakeholder interests in Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park. Output: a collaborative management and associated financial plan 30 October 2017

4 Table of Contents 1. Background The Small Grants Programme (SGP) for ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) SGP Objectives and principal Thematic / Intervention Areas Conservation Issues / Challenges ACB-SGP interventions and opportunities in Indonesian AHPs SGP Indonesia Call Grant Authority Thematic Area Intervention Priorities Eligible for Funding under this Call Purpose of the Grant Project area (Eligible protected areas / AHPs) Scope of the Planning Process and General Types of projects eligible for funding Eligible Proponents Informations for Applicants Grant implementation period and expenditure eligibility period Special Requirements Budget, Financial Proposal, and Management cost Eligible cost and expenditure Guidance on SGP project planning Principles of activity planning Criteria for projects eligible for SGP funding Proposal Review and Grant Award Proposal Assessment Grant Award Grant disbursement / Payment system Deadline for submitting Proposals Guidance for Applicants Language of the proposal Format of submission Downloadable documents Form of submission Subject line for submission Full and complete submission Communications and additional information concerns... 11

5 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME UNDER THE GERMAN FINANCIAL COOPERATION WITH THE ASEAN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY FOR THE PROGRAMME BMZ ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MOEF) of Indonesia, hereby announces the first call for proposals for the Small Grants Programme for Indonesia under a technical competition procedure for the funding of projects through a Medium Grant for the amount of EUR 100,000 1 and duration of up to 4 months. In this round, a total of one (1) Grant is available for a collaborative management planning exercise in Gunung Leuser National Park and Way Kambas National Park. The grant aims to further define priorities and align stakeholder interests and resources. The planned output / deliverable is a collaborative management and associated financial plan for each of the parks. Deadline for submissions: 27 November :00h (Philippine Standard Time) 16:00h Jakarta Time 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 The Small Grants Programme (SGP) for ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity has received assistance of German Financial Cooperation to support, through a Small Grants Programme (SGP), the efforts of the ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHP) to protect the biological diversity and improve livelihoods in and around (adjacent areas) their core zone. Indonesia and Myanmar were selected as the initial countries to pilot the SGP. In order to have a visible impact and with regard to efficiency considerations, KfW and ACB decided to focus the SGP s initial phase on selected AHPs in the two countries of Myanmar and Indonesia. It is understood that this does not preclude other countries to be considered for possible further phases. The SGP aims to support a collaborative management, or co-management, approach for governmentmanaged protected area landscapes and adjacent areas through multi-level co-management as a means to link the protected area officials with the local stakeholders. This approach highlights eight thematic fields of protected area management; introduces the concept of establishing protected area working groups; and a jointly developed, collaborative PA Management Plan, linking the core zone and the buffer zone agendas, comprising key landscape stakeholders. It is important that applicants familiarise themselves with the SGP, its approaches and Grant Making process, which is summarised in the Programme Management Manual (PMM). The PMM is available in the English language on 1 The amount for the call for proposals is expressed in EUR, financial proposals shall be made in EUR, using the average monthly exchange rate published in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the C series), calculated for the last 6 months, where EUR 1 = IDR) 1

6 1.2 SGP Objectives and principal Thematic / Intervention Areas The Small Grants Programme is intended for funding projects which contribute to the achievement of the following objectives: a. To improve biodiversity protection in line with the interests of the local population directly dependent on selected AHPs and adjacent areas; b. To improve the livelihood of local communities directly dependent on selected AHPs or adjacent areas In Indonesia, the SGP pursues three specific objectives, namely: Specific Objective 1 Sustainable livelihoods: Households and communities located in the priority areas benefit directly from the small grants programme, with improvements to their livelihoods Specific Objective 2 Biodiversity Conservation: Biodiversity threats to the two ASEAN Heritage Parks are reduced. Specific Objective 3 Co-management strengthened: Political and social support is increased for the integrity of AHPs and their values by District officials, government agencies and local stakeholders. In order to address identified threats and contributing to programme and specific objectives, the SGP supports interventions (Outputs) for the following thematic areas: 1. General protected area management (co-management). 2. Research and monitoring. 3. Law enforcement. 4. Habitat and species management. 5. Community outreach and conservation awareness. 6. Community Development (livelihood development). 7. (Eco)Tourism. 8. Sector Policy Development. 1.3 Conservation Issues / Challenges 2 In August 2016, the relevant stressors/threats for both parks were discussed, validated, and agreed upon (see Table 1 below) and management planning was added as an additional conservation issue. Both GLNP and WKNP have management plans that are of a good quality and the inclusion of this stressor recognises that the plans now need to be further developed to include the very progressive and positive multiplicity of stakeholder interests that is a defining feature of both NPs. STRESSORS AHP Gunung Leusser FS 2012 TRA August 2016 Way Kambas TRA Pls. refer to attached Concept Note on Collaborative Management Planning for more details 2

7 Both WKNP and GLNP face a number of very pressing challenges that are summarised below: Integration into the local administration and economic activity: integrating the NPs at the local level is cross-cutting. It effects many aspects of the parks management from encroachment through law enforcement to managing sustainable use activities. Financing: both WKNP and GLNP face financing gaps in their budgets. The progressive approach to NGO participation is very positive but this is not integrated into a cohesive financial plan for the purposes of planning. Weaknesses in local participatory planning are a barrier to sharing costs in the buffer zones and there are very limited opportunities for revenue raising (non-tax revenues) within the protected areas. Land conversion in the buffer zone: both parks face considerable challenges due to the conversion of habitat outside the national park, with a likely associated loss of ecosystem goods and services and increased vulnerability to future shocks (e.g. climate change, edge effect, etc.). Limitations on sustainable use opportunities restrict the options for developing sustainable use systems at the community level and will require innovative financing mechanisms (e.g. payment for ecosystem services) which, while possible, are very challenging to establish. Species loss due to illegal activity: illegal activity inside the parks is driving species loss, in particular of a number of flagship species. This highlights some of the complexity of the challenges. It is most likely that increased financing would resolve the law enforcement issues inside the boundaries of the NPs. Focus on flagship species: there is a clear focus on a small number of charismatic flagship species (e.g. tigers, rhinos, elephants and orang-utans). However, both WKNP and GLNP are globally important hotspots for biodiversity and it is important that the focus of management is broadened out to clearly recognise their global significance in this respect. 1.4 ACB-SGP interventions and opportunities in Indonesian AHPs Given the issues outlined above, challenges to linking land management for conservation with sustainable livelihoods and resulting habitat conversion in the buffer zones, barriers to greater integration into the local administration, non-financial challenges to law enforcement and finance to the NPs per se, the small grants will be targeted at activities which enhance local participation, strengthen law enforcement, and link habitat management to benefits. Due to the high level of existing NGO support and the limits of NP influence on land use issues affecting change in the buffer zone or areas immediately adjacent to the NPs, it is important that the precise nature of these activities is determined and fine-tuned through the collaborative planning exercise. Therefore, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB, the Programme Executing Agency / PEA) and Directorate of Biodiversity Conservation (KKH, the Project Implementing Agency / PIA) agree, based upon the objectives of the existing PA management plans, the understanding of the existing investment priorities, and the findings and assumptions outlined above, that in order to achieve the greatest impact the SGP shall prioritize on four thematic areas: General park management - a collaborative management planning exercise in order to further define priorities and align stakeholder interests. While the output of this will be a collaborative management plan and associated financial plan this will be an important process to effect an adaptive and systemic change in the park management. 3

8 Law enforcement - support will be given to establishing and increasing SMART patrolling in both protected areas. This will be further supported by inter-agency collaboration, awareness and capacity building with external law enforcement agencies and the judiciary. Habitat and species management - this will involve rehabilitation of degraded areas inside the parks but concentrating mainly on areas outside the parks with a view to increasing the diversity of habitats outside the parks and the areas of semi-natural habitat in order to reverse the trend in land conversion to intensive monocultures, and also targeting specific species such as white-winged wood duck and Storm s stork which are dependent upon vulnerable wetlands and may expand their available range. Attention should be given to activities which might provide wild resources currently illegally collected inside the park an opportunity to be produced and harvested in rehabilitated areas. Community development - community-based habitat restoration in the buffer zone and areas immediately outside the NP will seek to catalyze additional resources from national programmes in order to restore important habitats for community use, and to protected important ecosystem services through community forestry approaches and the restoration of wetland functions. A defining principle of this approach will be to link benefits with wise management of biodiversity and ensure that costs incurred by the park are also accounted for by the enterprises and other agencies. There will be cross-cutting elements addressing the remaining four thematic areas such as: Wildlife research and monitoring (where it applies to impact monitoring of identifying a species protection needs, etc.); Community outreach and conservation awareness (where it applies to the specific interventions); Ecotourism (where it provides a clear linkage between biodiversity conservation and community development, for example as a motivation), and; Sector policy development (where it provides a positive feedback loop to mainstream experience and lessons learned or to remove barriers to ecosystem resilience and sustainable development). 2. SGP INDONESIA CALL Grant Authority ACB as the Grant Authority will award the Grant. 2.2 Thematic Area The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Directorate of Biodiversity Conservation (KKH) invite eligible proponents to submit a proposal for the eligible AHPs under the Thematic Area General Park Management : 1. General park management Way Kambas National Park Gunung Leuser National Park A collaborative management planning exercise in order to further define priorities and align stakeholder interests. The output of this will be a collaborative management plan and associated financial plan. This will be an important process to effect an adaptive and systemic change in the park management. Details for the establishment of a 5Y Protected Area Management Plan are as per attached Concept Note, which constitutes the basis for proposal. 4

9 2.3 Intervention Priorities Eligible for Funding under this Call In line with these main thematic priorities, the following table introduces examples for eligible activities and investments: Thematic area items General park management Suggested AHP stakeholders 3 Senior AHP staff District authorities Registered NGOs CBOs Examples of specific activities and investments Facilitation of processes/capacities for encouraging stakeholder participation Travel for meetings and information exchanges Participatory management planning Zoning Participatory threat assessments Interested parties are invited to specify their specific approach and subsequent set of activities in technical and financial proposals for each of the parks. 2.4 Purpose of the Grant The grant aims to support the planning processes in two AHPs and is therefore linked Thematic Area 1 (General Park Management). The purpose of the Grant is to: To strengthen the existing PA Management and Zoning Plans for the two ASEAN Heritage Parks Way Kambas and Gunung Leuser National Park with full participation and ownership by key stakeholders in accordance with standing national policies; To develop a collaborative five year management plan that integrates the existing PA Management Plans and the various, already existing commitments and activities by contributing stakeholders; To identify priority interventions for immediate attention and potential SGP support 2.5 Project area (Eligible protected areas / AHPs) Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP) and Way Kambas National Park (WKNP), both located in Sumatra, are selected for grant funding under the SGP. Further, adjacent areas and identified buffer-zones to the parks are eligible for support. ACB and and KKH have agreed on the following geographic areas identified as priorities: In WKNP, it is recommended to focus the programme on at least two villages, specifically Braja Harjosari, and the Rantau Jaya Udik II in Lampung Timur (east) District, because these are the conservation villages model in Way Kambas. These areas are also linked priorities for the Activities Performance Indicators (API) for the park. It is also recommended to support activities in Section I of Way Kanan and Section II of Kuala Penat. Final decision is to be taken by the stakeholders at the start of activities In GLNP, the SGP focuses on Area III of the park because it provides a microcosm of all the issues faced by the park, and includes all the flagship species and areas. An expected outcome of the collaborative planning process in both AHPs is the confirmation of priority areas to be supported. 2.6 Scope of the Planning Process and General Types of projects eligible for funding The planning process shall (i) develop a collaborative five year management plan that integrates the existing PA Management Plans and the various, already existing commitments and activities by 3 Please note that in sites with low AHP staffing levels, some sections may be less clearly defined 5

10 contributing stakeholders for each park and (ii) identify priority interventions for immediate attention and eligible for SGP support. The process and its result is not limited to SGP interventions only and shall explicitly incorporate funding from national sources 2.7 Eligible Proponents For this call, the following proponents are eligible to submit proposals: National non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which (i) support biodiversity conservation, livelihood and community development related to AHPs and adjacent areas, (ii) operate on a nonprofit basis, i.e. those whose activity is not meant to generate profit or which allocate profit for their statutory goals, (iii) registered in Indonesia with either MoEF or the respective eligible AHP and active for at least 18 months prior to the announcement date of the call for proposals. National non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which support biodiversity conservation, livelihood and community development related to AHPs and adjacent areas in a lead function of a cooperation with national consulting companies, International NGOs working in the field of biodiversity conservation and livelihood development which are officially registered in Indonesia or have signed MoUs with the respective governmental authorities for the implementation of proposed activities in the relevant areas. ACB and KKH encourage the applicants to submit applications in partnership or consortia. If an application is submitted in a partnership, it is necessary to append a document which confirms the establishment of the partnership, in the form of a letter of intent or a partnership agreement. Prior to the conclusion of the grant agreement, it will be required to present a signed partnership agreement. In case of a partnership, work-plans have to indicate the responsibilities taken by partners for specific and identifiable deliverables 3. INFORMATIONS FOR APPLICANTS 3.1 Grant implementation period and expenditure eligibility period The grant period for this call is set in consent of ACB, PIA, and AHP Management to a period of four (4) months. The grant period starts with the date the Agreement is signed by both Grantee and Authority (Effectiveness of the Grant) 4. Due to the short-term character of the planning support, grant and expenditure eligibility period should be the same. However, for activities related finalising the assignment, eligible expenditure may be extended upon a justified request. 3.2 Special Requirements As already mentioned, both in the programme participating AHPs differ in size, geography, key-species and composition, and pressure on the resource. The planning process needs to reflect these pronounced differences. The proponents are therefore required to submit (i) (ii) one standalone technical and financial proposal for Gunung Leusser National Park and one standalone technical and financial proposal for Way Kambas National Park. 4 Please see PMM Section 8.5 Grant Award and Effectiveness for details 6

11 The total amount may not exceed the allocated EUR 100,000 (one hundred thousand EUR), i.e. successful applicants are requested to develop necessary and sufficient activities per park and to support them through a comprehensive as well as comprehensible financial plan. Contents and structure of the plan need to be homogenous, thus Grant Authority and PIA wish to award the planning grant to one organization, i.e. both planning processes will be supported by one grantee only. Further, Grant Authority and PIA expect to the planning activities to be executed in parallel. To this end, the grantee will make available and field two planning teams. In order to arriving at the desired homogenous product, these teams should be coordinated by one experienced team leader, who is also in charge of the final products, i.e. the draft collaborative management plans. The attached Concept Note displays the intervention s expected three outputs, namely 1. Stakeholder commitment on effective management of the AHPs WKNP and GNLNP increased; 2. Collaborative management and financing plans for the AHPs WKNP & GLNP are developed; 3. Community awareness on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and communitybased livelihood development as well as governance enhanced. Please note that at least 3 quantifiable and time-bound performance indicators have to be presented as part of the AHP specific proposals. Technical proposals shall be submitted in ACB s standard proposal format. 3.3 Budget, Financial Proposal, and Management cost The monies made available in the call for proposals come from funds of the German Financial Cooperation with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (KfW Ref.: BMZ ). The amounts indicated below and throughout this document are given in EUR. Under this call, the collaborative management planning activity in the two AHPs shall be supported with a total amount of EUR 100,000. Against the requirements stated in Para 3.2 above, applicants are required to establish a detailed activity based financial / cost proposal and breakdown per AHP as part of the proposal. Cost proposals are to be submitted using ACB s standard Activity-Cost-Milestone format. The proposals submitted must identify the significant differences in size, geography and task status between the two parks. These distinctions must be reflected in the cost estimates through distinguishable activities, their costs and milestones. Project management costs cannot exceed 10% of the total eligible costs of the project. 3.4 Eligible cost and expenditure Direct and indirect costs are ruled by Chapter 7 of the Programme Management Manual (PMM) 5. ACB's methodology for calculating indirect costs is based on the Indirect Cost Policy by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Expenses are considered eligible if in line with PMM Section 10.5 (Eligible Expenses). Detailed conditions for the settlement of direct costs shall be specified by ACB as the Grant Authority in the project contract/agreement. 5 PMM Chapter 7: Cost Policy for Project Grants and Contracts for Applicant Organisations 7

12 4. GUIDANCE ON SGP PROJECT PLANNING 4.1 Principles of activity planning Neither for Grant Authority nor PIA it would be acceptable to try circumventing the AHP authorities in the planning or implementation process. Projects are only eligible for funding if: (i) (ii) (iii) Related to or based on official AHP Management Plans, objectives and priorities therein. Related or based on official buffer zone development plans, or in the absence of an official buffer zone socio-economic development plans for areas adjacent to the parks. Developed in cooperation with and explicitly approved by the AHP-Management. Proponents need to consider that appointed Park Managements should take ownership of the activities in the long-term, which in turn will enhance policy formation by the conservation agency at the national level. The same stipulation holds for the Collaborative Management Plans, which are a key outcome of the process. 4.2 Criteria for projects eligible for SGP funding Eligible SGP activities and investments address both biodiversity and livelihood aspects in the two AHPs and their adjacent areas / buffer zones. They include, inter alia, activities for conservation management, small equipment and investments for park and wildlife management, planning exercises and processes for stakeholder participation, livelihood alternatives and improvements as well as small, localized studies, awareness campaigns and conservation training. As a rule, SGP gives preference to projects that are the closest fit to the SGP and demonstrates a leading role for local civil society organizations. Priority will be given to grant projects which meet the following criteria: Demonstrate a direct and clear relationship between the grant project and the overall programme goal; Clearly state project objectives, deliverables, biodiversity conservation, and livelihood interventions and investments; Contribute to conservation whilst addressing social issues (poverty, livelihood vulnerability) amongst resource users; Planned and implemented jointly between 2 or more groups of stakeholders; Use collaborative management/participatory approaches in innovative ways to address conservation problems; Demonstrate a clear implementation and technical monitoring concept ( hand-holding ) with adequate technical specifications and clearly defined roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders; Clearly mitigate main threats to the habitats and biodiversity of the protected area; Demonstrate direct impacts on AHP bio-diversity and long term ecological sustainability; Target villages which are located in areas of high biodiversity or with good accessibility to the protected area. These may include (i) villages situated inside a protected area, (ii) villages with overlapping land and natural resource rights with the protected area; (iii) villages with lands adjoining protected areas. Villages with no land adjoining the protected areas are lower priority. Demonstrate best practice in the implementation of activities and model approaches which have potential to be scaled up; 8

13 Demonstrate a clear strategy for the sustainability of funded items, such as maintenance and management concept; financial and social sustainability; Establish appropriate costs for grant activities; Clear, logical relationship between the problem statement, the objective of the project, and the conservation and livelihood activities proposed. Activities and investments that cannot be funded under the SGP comprise, among others, large park infrastructure (roads, large buildings), introduction of non-native species into protected areas, weapons and ammunition, displacement or re-settlement of people and communities, travel costs which are not directly part of a project, conference travel, regular staff salaries and recurrent costs. 5. PROPOSAL REVIEW AND GRANT AWARD 5.1 Proposal Assessment Proposals are assessed in two stages, the Administrative and Substantive Review. Administrative Review is done by the Consultant and the SGP Project Coordinator. Only projects that meet all formal criteria shall be subject to substantive assessment. Substantive Review is carried out by ACB through its Technical Working Group (TWG), the Consultant in cooperation with the National Working Team Indonesia. The TWG makes use of criteria (please see PMM Section 8.4 Evaluation Criteria) to evaluate and score the proposals. Proposals that obtain less than 70% of points possible to be obtained in the substantive assessment, including at least 1 point under each assessment criteria, shall not be considered. Detailed project selection criteria (formal and substantive), along with the number of points awarded for each criterion, are included in the Programme Management Manual. The proposal with the highest technical score will be selected for award. 5.2 Grant Award The Grant will be awarded by ACB as the Grant Authority through communications with the grantee in both, paper and electronic form. To this end, ACB will issue a Grant Agreement (see details in PMM Chapter 8 and Template in ANNEX 08) Grant disbursement / Payment system 7 Please note that the PMM rules the entire financial management and reporting of SGP. Funding will be provided within a system of advance payments which depends on (i) size of the grant and (ii) its duration. This grant is categorised as a Medium grant; the payment schedule forsees an advance payment up to the level of 40% at award and 40% after successfully reaching set milestones. The advance payment is paid to the Grantee on the basis of the costed work-plan (Activity-Cost-Milestone), which becomes an integral part of the concluded Grant Agreement. The remaining 20% shall be paid after final acceptance of deliverables and approval of the final technical and financial report. 6 Details in PMM Chapter 8 and Template in ANNEX 08 7 Information on the disbursement schedules and financial management of grants that may be implemented under the Small Grant Scheme are included in the PM Manual. 9

14 6. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS The call for proposals under the Small Grant Scheme is held in the period from 03 November2017 to 27 November 2017 until 17:00h (Philippine Standard Time) / 16:00h Jakarta Time. 7. GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS 7.1 Language of the proposal The application form and any necessary annexes can only be submitted in English, regardless of whether the project is submitted by a national body or in collaboration with an international partner. 7.1 Format of submission The proposal will be prepared using only the forms available on the ASEAN Biodiversity Centre website ( Please submit proposals signed by an authorised person together with the required annexes in electronic version (by , as PDF file). The PDF comprises signed scans of all the required documents. The submitted proposals in their electronic version must be identical with the original version which are kept at the proponents offices and available upon request by the Grant Authority. The application in the electronic version must be in the PDF file format serviced by e.g. Adobe Reader (pdf). ACB and KKH shall will not accept submissions in any other format and therefore dismiss the proposal at Administrative Review. 7.2 Downloadable documents Please use for developing proposals and submissions the following forms and documents: Document Set 1: Information forms concerning the proposing organization Technical Proposal Format; Financial Proposal (Activity-Cost-Milestone) Format Small Grants Programme - Programme Management Manual Project selection criteria; Evaluation Roster For Indonesia: Memorandum of Understanding on implementation of the ASEAN Heritage Parks Small Grants Programme between the ACB and the MOEF; Mission Report 1 by Francis Hurst (Specialist on Collaborative, Community-Based Conservation); All documents are available for download at Form of submission Please submit your proposal only by . The required documents (entire proposal) together with the required annexes shall be send electronically to the following addresses: Ms. Corazon A. de Jesus Jr. SGP Project Coordinator Ms Ratna Kusuma Sari Chair, National SGP Working Team SGP Mr Guenther Meyer SGP Chief Technical Advisor at ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, Kehutanan Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, UpLos Banos College GEDUNG MANGGALA WANABHAKTI UpLos Banos College Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Blok 1 LT.8 Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta Philippines Tel , Indonesia Tel ; cadejesus@aseanbiodiversity.org sgpacb.indonesia@gmail.com 601 meyer@gitec-consult.de 10

15 7.4 Subject line for submission Please indicate on your submissions clearly and visible in the English language the following subject-line: 7.5 Full and complete submission SGP 1 IND Proposal for Call 1: Collaborative Management Planning Please note that in order to pass the Administrative Review submissions ought to contain the following: 1) Cover letter indicating clearly the following: Statement of submission of a proposal for project funding under the SGP ASEAN Heritage Parks, BMZ ; Project title. Full name of the applicant; Address of the applicant; 2) Document Set 1: Information concerning the proponent organization 3) Technical Proposal in the prescribed format 4) Financial Proposal in the prescribed format (Activity Cost Milestone) 8. COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNS All inquiries concerning the call for proposals should be directed to any of the following persons: Ms. Corazon A. de Jesus Jr. SGP Project Coordinator ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, UpLos Banos College Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel. # , cadejesus@aseanbiodiversity.org Mr Guenther Meyer SGP Chief Technical Advisor at ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, UpLos Banos College Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines Tel , ; meyer@gitec-consult.de 11

16 Call for Proposal Collaborative Management Planning Small Grant Programme in Indonesia ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) telah menerima bantuan Kerjasama Keuangan Jerman dalam mendukung Program Hibah Kecil (Small Grants Programme/SGP) terhadap upaya perlindungan Taman Warisan ASEAN (ASEAN Heritage Park/AHP). Dukungan program ini ditujukan untuk melindungi keanekaragaman hayati dan memperbaiki mata pencaharian masyarakat di dalam dan sekitar kawasan Asean Heritage Park. Pada tahapan pertama, Indonesia dan Myanmar terpilih sebagai negara pertama untuk menjadi pilot SGP.AHP terpilih untuk menerima hibah di Indonesia adalah Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas. SGP bertujuan untuk mendukung pendekatan pengelolaan kolaboratif, atau pengelolaan bersama, pada lansekap kawasan lindung yang dikelola oleh pemerintah dan wilayah sekitarnya melalui pengelolaan bersama multipihak sebagai sarana untuk menjembatani pengelola kawasan konservasi dengan pemangku kepentingan setempat. Pendekatan ini menyoroti delapan bidang tematik pengelolaan kawasan konservasi; memperkenalkan konsep pembentukan kelompok kerja kawasan konservasi; dan Rencana Pengelolaan kolaboratif (Collaborative Management Planning) kawasan konservasi yang dikembangkan Bersama para pemangku kepentingan. Tahap awal pelaksanaan SGP adalah penyusunan Collaborative Management Planning (CMP). CMP merupakan dokumen perencanaan kegiatan yang disusun untuk Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas. Dokumen ini selanjutnya akan menjadi panduan dalam penyusunan proposal kegiatan oleh LSM lokal. Anggaran untuk penyusunan CMP masing-masing EURO untuk BBTN Gunung Leuser dan EURO untuk BTN Way Kambas yang dilaksanakan dengan durasi 1-3 bulan. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK), dengan ini mengumumkan Call for Proposal untuk Penyusunan Collaborative Management Planning (CMP)-Small Grant Programme inindonesia. Project Executing Agency (PEA) dan otoritas kontrak: ASEAN Center for Biodiversity Project Implementation Agency (PIA): Direktorat Konservasi Keanekaragaman Hayati (KKH) Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK) Prakualifikasi a. Nasional, lelang terbuka untuk pihak ketiga dalam penyiapan dan pelaksanaan Perencanaan Pengelolaan Kolaboratif (Collaborative Management Planning) di Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Taman Nasional Way Kambas. b. Pelaksana: NGO Internasional maupun nasional yang mempunyai kerjasama dengan Balai Besar Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser dan Balai Taman Nasional Way Kambas. c. Proposal yang disampaikan mencakup proposal teknis dan pembiayaannya untuk masing-masing taman nasional. d. Formulir aplikasi dan dokumen pendukung dapat dikirimkan dalam 1 berkas asli (format A4) dan 1 berkas elektronik format pdf degan subject surat elekteronik: CMP_SGP_Indonesia kepada alamat dibawah ini: 12

17 Ms. Corazon A. de Jesus Jr. SGP Project Coordinator Ms Ratna Kusuma Sari Chair, National SGP Working Team SGP Mr Guenther Meyer SGP Chief Technical Advisor at ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, Kehutanan Domingo M. Lantican Avenue, UpLos Banos College GEDUNG MANGGALA WANABHAKTI UpLos Banos College Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Blok 1 LT.8 Los Baños, Laguna 4031 Philippines Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jakarta Philippines Tel , Indonesia Tel ; cadejesus@aseanbiodiversity.org sgpacb.indonesia@gmail.com 601 meyer@gitec-consult.de Batas Waktu: 27 November 2017 Informasi lebih lanjut mengenai Kerangka Acuan Kerja (Concept Note) tersedia pada lampiran 1. 13

18 Concept Note for Collaborative Management Planning 1. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY RELEVANT TO COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT PLANNING Project Activity Background AHP SGP in Indonesia Developing Collaborative Management of Way Kambas and Leuser National Park Participatory Management Planning for targeted ASEAN Heritage Parks The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has received assistance of German Financial Cooperation to support, through a Small Grants Programme (SGP), the AHPs efforts to protect the biological diversity and improve livelihoods in and around (adjacent areas) their core zone. Further, the SGP at all times works to build capacity of local partners and to support collaboration of all governmental, non-governmental, academic and private sector organizations related to the programme. Based on Feasibility Studies (FS) of 2011 and 2012, Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Myanmar are regarded the initial countries to pilot the SGP. KfW and ACB decided to focus the SGP s initial phase on selected AHPs in the two countries of Myanmar and Indonesia. ASEAN member states have declared certain national parks and reserves as ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) based on their uniqueness, diversity and outstanding values, in order for their importance as conservation areas to be appreciated regionally and internationally. AHPs are defined within the ASEAN context as Protected areas of high conservation importance, preserving in total a complete spectrum of representative ecosystems of the ASEAN region. There is now a total of 38 i AHPs in the system; the AHP network is motivated by recognition of the high biodiversity values of SE Asia and the need to address common threats. Major Categories of AHPs include natural parks, natural reserves, cultural sites, prehistoric sites and Peace Parks. For biodiversity, Indonesia counts internationally among the most important countries in the world: it is home to 7 major biogeographic regions, centred on the major islands and their surrounding seas. Indonesia ranks as one of the 17 megadiverse countries: 2 of the world s 25 hotspots, 18 WWF Global 200 ecoregions, and 24 of Bird Life International s Endemic Bird Areas ii. Indonesia is home to 8,157 species of vertebrate fauna (mammals, birds, herpetofauna, and fish), of which 270 mammals, 386 birds, 328 reptiles, 204 amphibians, and 280 fish iii are endemic. About 10% of the world's (1,900 species) butterflies are found here as well as some 1,500 species of algae, 80,000 species of spores plant, 595 species of lichen, 2,197 species of ferns and ca. 16 % of plant seed flora (30,000-40,000 species). There are as much as 6,000 species of flora and fauna are used daily for food, medicines, cosmetics, dyes and other purposes; genetic diversity translates into stable livelihoods and income opportunity. The Government of Indonesia has undertaken significant efforts to protect its biodiversity through the establishment of a protected area network comprising round about 27.5 million ha in 558 management units iv of various denomination: 220 nature reserves, 77 wildlife reserves, 51 national parks, 123 nature recreational parks, 27 grand forest parks, and 11 hunting parks. Gunung Leuser, Lorenz, Kerinci Seblat, and Way Kambas are the national parks designated ASEAN Heritage Parks. These AHPs are key biodiversity areas, amongst the 37 top-priority sites for action, and are assigned as core areas of the ASEAN Heritage Park programme with the primary purpose to promote and demonstrate a balanced relationship between conservation and livelihood efforts. AHPs and the contained biodiversity are, with little exception, not immune against the common problems of any protected area, e.g. rapid population expansion, fast economic growth and persistent poverty weak laws and enforcement, land use intensification and urbanisation, land tenure and resource use rights conflicts with local communities and loss of habitat. As any other PA and more often than not, AHPs remain alien to populations living in adjacent areas and are regarded as imminent

19 Collaborative Management threat to livelihoods. This holds for Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSBP), Way Kambas National Park (WKNP) as well as for Gunung Leusser National Park (GLNP); all are located in Sumatra, key biodiversity areas, amongst the national 37 top-priority sites for action and designated AHPs. Sumatra, among other designations, contains 13 Important Bird Areas, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site s Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (covering the national parks of Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat and Bukit Barisan Selatan). The protected area (PA) network for Sumatra covers 4.52 million ha and includes with Gunung Leuser National Park (1.01 million ha) one of Asia s largest protected areas as well as the much smaller Way Kambas National Park (0.125 million ha). A reportedly significant lower deforestation rates against comparable areas outside of the network can be seen as the common denominator for the PA system. WKNP and GLNP have been selected for participation in the ACB SGP. Both parks are well established, with strategic and subsequent management plans as well as Zonation (core, buffer zones) Plans in place. Zone boundaries, however, are occasionally contradicted by actual utilization of lands, e.g. at WKNP village s boundaries are sitting directly on WKNP s core area. This means to revisit and re-negotita zone boundaries as one means to enhance the park s conservation effort. The four flagship species of the Gunung Leuser NP are Elephant, Orangutan, Tiger and Rhino, thus stabilising and increasing the population are the objectives set. Some of the problems and issues of the parks relate to environmental fees for the local community management and ecotourism activities. The Park Management hopes activities under the SGP will support the sustainable utilization of natural resources through better collaboration of the NP with local government and local communities. Further, the management flagged the need for habitat restoration for and improved information about the flagship species as important for success as the local communities involvement in the management of the national park. The development of nature tourism could provide income opportunities, which would reduce the pressure on the park s resources. The five flagship species of the Way Kambas AHP are Tapir, Elephant, Tiger, Sun bear and Rhino. The Park Management works towards a performance indicator for a 10% increase of the flagship species over 5 years. Important issues in the area are humanelephant conflicts, forest fire, illegal logging and illegal hunting. The park management sees as potential activities to be included in the SGP ecotourism, habitat conservation and activities for involvement of the local community. The latter should aim at stabilising and improving the income situation. Causes of forest fire in Way Kambas were reported a mixture of natural cause during the dry season and accidental fires caused by illegal hunters. Fortress approach versus collaborative approach During the last four decades, there has been a rapid development of protected area management approaches, resulting in two alternative approaches. The fortress conservation approach, focuses investments on protection measures and largely excludes the economic and development aspirations of the local people vvi. However, these enforcement investments are relatively costly, requiring fairly intensive, longterm funding commitments - with no social benefits. They may also lead to social conflict and non-compliance with conservation-related regulations viiviii, and lose both local political and social support. In the absence of social fencing, notable declines in targeted large mammals have occurred from commercial poaching ix. The alternative approach takes account of the needs of communities and stakeholders within the broader social-ecological landscape, through buffer zone management xxi, integrated conservation and development xii and collaborative management xiii ; all focus

20 on local communities while aiming to preserve biodiversity within reserves. However, a number of reviews of integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) suggest that have largely failed to reconcile conservation and development xviii agendas xiv, xv, xvi, xvii,. Co-management Collaborative management, or co-management, has been promoted as a means to bridge the gap between the protected area and local stakeholders. It has been defined in different ways, e.g. the sharing of power and responsibility between the government and local resource users xix, or governance systems that combine state control with local, decentralized decision making and accountability and which, ideally, combine the strengths and mitigate the weaknesses of each xx. Co-management is a continuous problem-solving process, rather than a fixed state, involving extensive deliberation, negotiation and joint learning within problem-solving networks xxi. This presumption implies that co-management research should focus on how different management tasks are organized and distributed concentrating on the function, rather than the structure, of the system. Such an approach has the effect of highlighting that power sharing is the result, and not the starting point, of the process. Carlsson and Berkes (2005) recommend that the co-management approach should include (1) defining the social-ecological system under focus; (2) mapping the essential management tasks and problems to be solved; (3) clarifying the participants in the problem-solving processes; (4) analyzing linkages in the system, in particular across levels of organization and across geographical space; (5) evaluating capacity-building needs for enhancing the skills and capabilities of people and institutions at various levels; and (6) prescribing ways to improve policy making and problem-solving. Bloomquist (2009) proposes that multiple and polycentric institutional arrangements operating (imperfectly) may offer prospects for improved sustainable management of natural resources xxii. Berkes (2002) suggests there is a need to design and support management institutions at more than one level, with attention to interactions across xxiii scale from the local level up. Multi-level co-management in Asia In 2013, Parr et al. described an approach for managing government-managed protected area landscapes through multi-level co-management, as a means to link the protected area officials with the local stakeholders, including village and district representatives xxiv. This approach tentatively made some notable recommendations: it highlighted the need to recognize seven fields of protected area management, introduced the concept of establishing protected area working groups and proposed a bridging supervisory body be established linking the core zone and the buffer zone agendas, comprising key landscape stakeholders. However, the multi-level comanagement system was mooted based upon an unconnected assortment of management examples from four protected areas in Lao P.D.R. and Vietnam. A subsequent review of the multi-level co-management system in Periyar Tiger Reserve, a Learning Centre of Excellence in Southern India (India Eco-development Project 2004), demonstrated that this well-financed government protected area also established three landscape protected area bodies, recognized six specialized fields of protected area management, established protected area working groups in research, law enforcement, habitat management, community development and ecotourism (Parr, in press). A review of the management system in Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park revealed that the ASEAN Heritage Park established a Protected Area Management Board, under which no less than 10 working groups functioned. Elsewhere, in Southeast Asia, Thailand has established multi-stakeholder Protected Area Committees in all its national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, though these bodies