UN-REDD Programme Indonesia

UN-REDD Programme Indonesia is a partnership among Republic of Indonesia’s (RI) Ministry of Forestry, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  The Programme aims to support the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to progressively build a REDD+ architecture that allows a fair, equal and transparent REDD+ implementation, as well as to achieve REDD+ readiness.  The Programme receives and manages a total fund of US$ 5,6 million, donated by the The Royal Government of Norway through the three United Nations Organization’s (UN) agencies (FAO, UNDP and UNEP).

On a national level, there are three phases to implement REDD+ in Indonesia; preparation,   readiness and implementation.  Indonesia accomplished the preparation phase between 2008 and 2009, enters the readiness phase in 2010 – 2012, and should start implementing in 2012.

Referring to the three phases, UN-REDD Programme Indonesia operates in a limited period of time.  According to the signed Project Document (2009), the Programme started in March 2010 and ends in June 2012.  There are three outcomes that UN-REDD Programme Indonesia aims to achieve during its service:

• Strong multi-stakeholder participation and consensus at national level 
• Successful demonstration of establishing a Reference Emissions Level (REL), a Monitoring, Assessment, Reporting and Verification System (MRV) and fair payment systems based on the national REDD+ architecture
• Capacity to implement REDD+ at decentralized levels

In order to achieve a national REDD+ implementation readiness, it is essential that a UN-REDD Programme establish a basic stock of practical experiences related to REDD+ through demonstration activity (DA).  In Indonesia, the UN-REDD Programme’s DA takes place in a pilot province, which is Central Sulawesi.  That is why that the emphasis UN-REDD Programme Indonesia’s activities is capacity building in Central Sulawesi.