Shared Learning

The Multistakeholder Forestry Programme was initiated in 1990 and until now this program in still running and has produced valuable knowledge. This can be observed from the development and results of the MFP1. The MFP II, resuming the MFP1, continues to promote the decentralization of forest management through multistakeholder forum in 6 priority areas, i.e. Jawa, Sumatera, Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua. In each region, experiences gained by the MFP partners enriched the perspective and practices of the multistakeholder forest management, as part of the forestry development process in Indonesia.

Data, information, and knowledge of CFs as the MFP I partners included the experiences of local partners engaged in six regions is valuable social capital accrued throughout the implementation of MFP I. The information collected and accumulated becomes the effective learning resource for all MFP partners, the community, and public in general. The information can be managed and packaged into various materials ranging from publication materials to policy paper for wider interests. Therefore, the existing lessons learned shall be developed according to the knowledge management strategy.

It is important to make knowledge management part of the MFP II, because shared learning efforts and initiatives have been encouraged and supported during the MFP1. CFs and the MFP partners, including the established multistakeholder forums, shall be guided towards the development and expansion of networks, and even the replication to other areas. Examples for the knowledge management are the process of Forest Management Unit Designing that was facilitated by the MFP1 partners, and the concept of Conservation District that allows the decentralization for the multistakeholder forest management. Hence, the shared learning concept development shall be connected to the clear objectives of the knowledge management, with the purpose of supporting bigger changes to take place at the MFP work areas.

Beyond that, knowledge management shall become activities attached to the CFs’ learning process and institutional development at the regions, in order to strengthen the MFP II network at the national level. In the MFP II context, knowledge management becomes the challenge to ensure the development of local governance. The challenges include the integration of the Forest Management Unit Design to the spatial plan and local economic development, the strengthening of local regulations on the public services, the transparent process of planning and budgeting of the local government, and promote local politics towards sustainable natural resources management.

Shared learning among CFs and local partners shall also pull together knowledge on Good Forestry Governance program and decentralization of forest resources management, using the multistakeholder approach that promotes equitable, sustainable forest management that also increases local economy and alleviate poverty.

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