PT. Pugajinou International Consulting provides expertise and services in the
following sectors:
Education, Training, Human Resources Development
Educational policy, reform,
management and administration; Decentralization, assessment and
implementation; Educational finance/ access to education; Monitoring
and evaluation of education programs; Educational assessment studies;
School- and community-based management of education; Competency-based
curriculum development; Basic, secondary & tertiary education reform/
improvement; Vocational and technical training; Teacher training (at all
levels); Graduate and non-degree program development; Technical
vocational education and training; Informal education;
Internationalization of education; Study tour design and implementation
for government officials, university administrators and faculty, and
twinning arrangements.
Environmental assessment and impact
analysis; Environmental policy studies and development, Analysis and
reform; Forestry and reforestation; Geographic Information Systems
(GIS); Conservation and management of biodiversity; Community-based
natural resources management; Coastal and marine resources management;
Water and soil conservation; Water resources management; Watershed and
river basin management;
Land use analysis and spatial planning; Renewable/ green energy and alternative
energy resource development; Issues of REDD/
carbon trading/ climate change.
Community-based needs assessment;
Participatory community development and engagement; (Participatory)
monitoring and evaluation; Child protection; Gender equity and
mainstreaming; Cooperative and association development; NGO and
partnership formation and management; Social impact analyses; Ethnic
minorities; Customary law; Management training; Organizational
research
and analysis; Technical capacity training and development; Human
resources management and development
Strategic planning and stakeholder
analysis; Service delivery optimization; Organizational analysis and
reform; Capacity building; Good (corporate) governance; Institutional
reform; Information and knowledge management.
Agricultural policy development,
analysis and reform; Integrated rural development; Agro-forestry and
community forestry; Irrigation and water user associations; Irrigation
engineering; Farm restructuring and farming systems; Farmer communities
empowerment; Agribusiness development and marketing; Horticulture; Food
crops and food security; Land use planning and policy; Agricultural
research and extension; Agricultural technology development; Aquaculture
development (fisheries and marine resources)
Support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic
Community - Labor Market Activation Program
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: Asian Development Bank
Duration of project:
19 months (2019-2020)
Client: Coordinating Ministry of
Economic Affairs (CMEA)
Lead firm: Inno-Change International
Consultants, Inc.
Associate firms: PT. Pugajinou International
Consulting
Project Background:
The
ADB and the
Coordinating Ministry of Economic
Affairs (CMEA) have had several focus
group discussions on
labor market activation
programs to be piloted in
2018–2019. The
two that have been agreed by
CMEA is i) the
JobStart program and ii) the
Enterprise-led Learning Network (ELLN) skills development funding
program. The former focuses on
helping young unemployed citizens to
acquire life skills to better prepare them for
the labor market whereas the
latter focuses on
upgrading demand driven technical skills by
putting employers in the
driver’s seat when it
comes to identifying the
skills that are
necessary.
The JobStart pilot
is based on the
successful implementation of the program in the Philippines. The
pilot that was
supported by
ADB has now been institutionalized
into a national program.
JobStart Indonesia will open applications in
selected provinces in Indonesia
who would then be
provided life skills and technical
training developed in
conjunction with enterprises
who agree to
join the initiative. These
enterprises will also
agree to
provide interview opportunities
to the candidates who have
completed the JobStartprogram.
The
ELLN model is
private sector
driven, companies come
together to use
their combined talents and resources to
achieve results that would not be possible
if the
enterprises operated individually. This model focuses
on upgrading demand driven technical skills by
putting employers in
the driver’s seat
when it comes to
identifying the skills that
are necessary. This
scheme draws from
the Irish experience with a
program called Skillnets which is
considered international best practice.
In the ELLN model, a
group of
like-minded enterprises from a
specific sector or regional network, come
together to
identify the shared
training needs of their employees and develop a
plan to meet these
needs including a
budget, how it is
going to be delivered, partners involved, etc.
Training proposals are sent to
the government on a
competitive basis for
matching grantfunding.
Objectives
The
Government of Indonesia is improving
labor market
participation in line with
its implementation of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). One in
fouryouth are notin employment, education, or training
(NEET). Young women are
even more at risk, with 32%
aged from
15 to 24 classified as NEET. Those
categorized as NEET come from low-income families,
and the
job entry barriers they face often perpetuate cycles
of poverty and inequality. The JobStart
pilot aims to address this
development challenge. In
addition, current workers
are unable to upgrade their
skills on a regular
basis. Most workers,
mainly low-skilled, do not have access to work-based
learning. In
response, the government
requested ADB to support
a pilot workplace skills funding scheme
that establishes enterprise networks. The technical
assistance will pilot
both the JobStart and
the ELLN inIndonesia.
Scope of Services
Provide support
to implementation of
the JobStart Program and the
ELLN in Indonesia. The
JobStart Program will
be piloted in two
Disnaker (Bandung Barat and Makassar) while three networks (in Bandung Barat,
Makassar and Semarang) will be selected
under the
ELLN.
PT. Pugajinou
International Consulting as sub-consultant to Inno-Change
International Consultants is responsible for identifying, selecting
and contracting 11 national consultants, and providing performance
monitoring and logistical support. Pugajinou also assists in
the design of training modules for the JobStart Indonesia component
of the program.
Minimum Service
Standards Capacity Development Program, District Advisory Team
Region III
Contract No.:
106824-S52247
From December 2013 through
November 2017, Pugajinou and its associate PT. Multi Area Desentralisasi Pembangunan (MADEP)
implemented this "Minimum Service Standards Capacity Development
Program in four provinces of Sulawesi and Maluku. This grant program
was financed by the European Union while the Asian Development Bank
managed these funds on behalf of the Ministry of Education and
Culture..
Project description:
Summary
In
spite of significant progress in improvements and development of the
education sector over the past decade or so, and in spite of the
government’s commitment to applying minimum service standards in
various sectors, the gap between the traditionally better developed
“core” regions of parts of Java and Sumatra, and the outer regions,
especially in Eastern Indonesia, remains. Increased investment in
the education sector, improved teacher capabilities, improved
learning and teaching materials and infrastructure, and high student
enrollment rates have in many cases not reached remote and
not-so-remote areas of Eastern Indonesia (including Papua, Maluku
and Sulawesi).
Against this background and in view of what needs to be done, the
project targets to develop the minimum service standards (MSSs) in
education through the following outputs: (i) improving the capacity
of educational district/school administration and management, (ii)
developing awareness among all stakeholders concerned of the
importance of MSSs, (iii) effective integration of MSSs into
relevant functions and policies of the education sector.
Details
Output 1: Improved capacity of district education
administrations and school managements towards the achievement of
MSSs. 110 pre-selected districts will receive district grants of
approximately €200,000 to strengthen the capacity of district
education administrations and school managements for planning,
budgeting and managing education services in accord with the MSSs.
Output 2: Enhanced general public and education services
decision-makers awareness of the education MSSs. The MSSs are
intended to provide public service recipients with a more accessible
and transparent understanding of the level of service to which they
are entitled, enhancing accountability for the delivery of these
services - as well as to provide government decision makers and
education planners with a tool to improve efficiency in the
distribution and utilization of resources in the education sector.
Output 3: More effective integration of MSSs into related
education sector functions and policies. To extend the support
towards accelerating the achievement of MSSs nationwide and
streamline lessons from the district level, the TA will provide
technical advisory services to assist DGBE in developing strategies
for effective integration of education MSSs into related education
sector functions and policies such as school accreditation schemes,
overall school performance assessment programs, professional
development programs for staff and other strategic
functions/policies.
In
the end, the program will have supported the formulation of a
road map and action plan in each district on how to accelerate
achievement of the minimum service standards in basic education
where the road maps are integrated into local planning and budgeting
documents (annual work plan, five-year strategic plan), and are
legally supported by regional regulations.
Specific Tasks of the Consultant District Advisory Team
The District Advisory Team will undertake the initial
socialization of the MSSs Capacity Development Program within
each district, explain the scope of the program, and help the
district to understand the guidelines (JUKLAK and JUKNIS) for
the use of district grants, obtain confirmation of engagement,
including details of counterparts and key stakeholders and
contributions from the respective district. The district
advisory team will establish a data base of counterparts and key
stakeholders.
The District Advisory Team will help the district
administrations to: (i) conduct an MSSs assessment in 2013, and
determine the ‘MSSs gap’ in each project district; and (ii)
assess district capacity to prepare and implement plans to
achieve MSSs district wide.
In collaboration with the MSSs Technical Advisor and Operations
Management Specialist, the District Advisory Team will assist
the district administrations to prepare District Grant proposals
that will be based on a menu of options approved by the EA, and
shall match the needs as reflected in the MSSs status quo
assessment. Each district will be eligible for a grant of
approximately €200,000.
The District Advisory
Team will assist the district administrations in the
implementation of measures financed by District Grants, and
support districts to integrate strategies and resources required
to meet MSSs in the annual development plans and budgets.
Furthermore, the District Advisory Team will support the
facilitation of MSSs advocacy campaigns at their respective
districts. The District Advisory Team will assist the district
in preparing program and financial reports in order to be
accountable for reimbursement by the central government. In a
later phase of the project, the Team will assist the district to
conduct MSSs survey to measure the progress of achievement as
compared to the baseline data.
Click
here to download a copy of the ministerial regulation on the
minimum service standards in basic education (in Indonesian)
Targeted Budget Support for
National Education for All (EFA), TBS II
The government of Viet Nam/ the
Ministry of Education and Training implemented an Overseas
Development Aid where consulting firm (Hanoi TC Expert) was
responsible for project implementation. This firm recruited
Pugajinou for the planning support and EMIS component.
Project description:
The objectives of the Targeted
Budget Support for National Education for All (EFA), are to assist
Viet Nam in the implementation of its National Education for All
Action Plan through: (a) targeted budgetary support for selected
sub-projects of the National Targeted Program for Education (NTP-E)
which are designed to enhance the quality of basic education, and
(b) strengthening of the administration of the NTP-E. TBS-EFA will
contribute towards the achievement of the goals of the National EFA
Action Plan by providing targeted budgetary support through the NTP-E
disbursement process. In response to the government’s request,
priority will be given to basic education and to the improvement of
educational outcomes in this sub-sector. More specifically, TBS-EFA
will support Viet Nam to make progress towards the improvement of
educational outcomes through a package of investments designed to
enhance the quality of education in classrooms as well as to
strengthen the administration of the education system. The goal of
TBS-EFA is that, during the period of support, the number of schools
achieving Fundamental School Quality Levels will increase. Since
schools with low FSQL scores tend to serve poorer communities, the
beneficiary group will contain a higher proportion of poor children
and ethnic minorities than the population of Viet Nam in general.
The Consultant was responsible
for:
A comprehensive review of
educational data collection procedures conducted by communities,
schools, district offices and provincial offices. The review
included:
All procedures and processes
of data collection,
Identification of all
participants and roles,
All forms and other
instrumentation/documentation utilized, and
All software and systems
utilized.
The outcomes of the data
procedures review consisted of:
A comprehensive report
detailing all analyses and other activities undertaken,
including clear referencing to all documentation utilized,
personnel involved, and any other information sources, and the
apparent quality of processes and data,
A clear description (map) of
all relevant procedures, other practices and instrumentation
pertaining to data collection and utilization, as outlined
above, and particularly including detailed analysis of the ways
in which data are utilized,
A detailed calendar or
schedule of data collection and utilization procedures
pertaining to school, BOET, DOET and MOET levels,
Delivery of a workshop to
consider data review outcomes,
A set of considered
implications and conclusions which may reasonably be drawn from
the analysis undertaken, and
A set of practical
recommendations for improvement which may reasonably be drawn
from the implications identified and the conclusions drawn.
Assistance to national
consultants and the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) with development
of a national database for the National Targeted Programs –
Education. This included:
Review of NTP-E evaluation
documentation and collaboration with national and international
TBS-EFA personnel to determine relevant content and functions
for the National NTP-E Database
Review of existing national
and international public information databases and provision of
advice regarding desirable structure and features of the new
database
Assistance with compilation
of NTP-E Database content
Integrated
Rice Cultivation Development Project, Feasibility Study and
Agribusiness Master Plan Design
Project facts:
Project country: Nigeria
Financing source: private
sector
Duration of project: 6 months
(2012)
Client: Private sector
Lead firm: Pugajinou
International Consulting
Project description:
The ultimate prime objective of
the project is to generate an economic and financial return for the
investment through an integrated rice cultivation, milling and
marketing business plan centered around the production of refined
rice.
The
project consists of two components:
Feasibility study for the integrated rice cultivation
development project
The
purpose of this component is to assist the Client and assess the
technical, agricultural, economic, financial, legal, socio-cultural
and environmental feasibility of the “Integrated Rice
Cultivation Development Project”, which is conceived as a
public-private alliance. The planned rice production estate will
focus on high-yielding rice varieties, and full mechanization of
production, where possible.
Development of a detailed
draft agribusiness master plan
The
purpose of this component of the project is to assist the Client in
formulating a general (agri-) business plan that serves to develop
the rice cultivation estate into a regional agribusiness center (or
what can be coined as “Agropolitan”)
It
is expected that the outputs of the project comprise:
A detailed report with
recommendations on the technical, agricultural, economic,
financial / profitability, legal, socio-cultural and
environmental feasibility of the project;
A draft design and
architectural layout of the estate; and
Technological and Professional
Skills Development Project (TPSDP), Overseas Degree Training Program
Universitas Syiah Kuala Aceh
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: Asian Development Bank
Duration of project:
24 months (2005-2007)
Client: Ministry of National Education;
Syiah Kuala University
Lead firm: South-East Consortium
for International Development
Associate firms: PT.
Poli Sistem Inovasi; PT. Pugajinou International
Consulting
Project description:
The
program will arrange for about 30 participants to obtain MSc. and
Ph.D. degrees in various fields of study such as chemistry,
mathematics, statistics, computer science, biotechnology,
geo-technology, transport, geophysics, hydro-technology, and civil
engineering at renowned and accredited universities in Europe, the
United States and the Asia-Pacific region. Upon return to Indonesia,
the successful participants are expected to further contribute to
improving educational standards at their university.
Services: Selection of
overseas universities, placement of students; student progress
monitoring; student advisory and guidance; financial transactions
and administration; coordination with overseas universities, client
and donor institutions; reporting; contract negotiations.
Mapping
and Analysis of Good Practices in Basic Education together with
Related Local Capacities
SSA/IDSA/2006/00004996-0
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: UNICEF
Duration of project: 7 months
(2006-2007)
Client: UNICEF / Ministry of
National Education
Lead firm: South-East Consortium
for International Development
Associate firm: PT.
Pugajinou International Consulting
Project description:
This project will support the
Government of Indonesia in developing local capacities (from
district down to school levels) to implement and mainstream good
practices in basic education into policy priorities and plans in the
districts in selected provinces. The good practices should comprise
any initiative or intervention that will improve any, some or all of
the aspects of access, quality, relevance and efficiency of basic
education.
The objectives of the project
are:
Mapping of good practices at
school and district level
Mapping of local capacities
in sample and target districts
Analysis of good practices
and of local capacities in sample districts and of local
capacities in target districts
Activities include:
Development of research
design of mapping and analysis
Development of research
tools/instruments for mapping and analysis
Organizing a review workshop
at national level of stakeholders
Training of a supporting team
of research assistants
Data collecting by a
supporting team of research assistants together with government
counterpart personnel
The Consultant was responsible
for: Identification, recruitment and contracting of experts; quality
control of reports; logistics support; financial administration, and
general project management.
Feasibility Assessment to Support
Technical Education in Aceh Province
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: U.S. Agency for International
Development
Duration of project: 3 months
(2006)
Client: U.S. Agency for International
Development
Lead firm: DevTech
Systems, Inc.
Associate firms:
South-East Consortium for International Development; PT.
Pugajinou International Consulting
Project description:
Feasibility assessment for
USAID/Indonesia’s Office of Education to identify options for
strengthening the quality, relevance and access to technical
education in Aceh province. This assessment is an important
component of the USAID-Chevron $10 million public-private alliance
to support technical education in Aceh after the tsunami of December
2004. Signed in May 2005, the objectives of the USAID-Chevron
alliance include increasing the ability of Acehnese, particularly
women, to participate in reconstruction, obtain employment and to
support overall economic development in the province. The first
phase of the program now underway focuses on providing short-term
and intensive training opportunities for approximately 330 Acehnese
youth in key areas related to reconstruction (carpentry, welding,
etc.) at Chevron’s technical training facility in Riau.
Based on the recommendations of
this feasibility study, USAID and Chevron will contribute up to $5
million each to provide a combination of facility construction and
technical assistance to strengthen the provision of technical
education within Aceh province at the post-secondary (higher
education) level. Chevron’s experience in developing a polytechnic
institute in Riau province (the PCR) from start to finish provides
an effective model that to the extent possible can be used to meet
the needs in Aceh. The recommendations of this assessment have
guided the future investment of the USAID-Chevron alliance for
technical education.
The USAID-Chevron public-private
alliance is a critical element of the overall USG recovery and
reconstruction assistance program for Aceh. Through a Strategic
Objective Agreement with the Government of Indonesia’s Agency for
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Aceh (the BRR), the United
States has committed to provide over $330 million to promote
recovery and reconstruction in Aceh. A major component of the U.S.
program in Aceh is support for the rehabilitation of the critical
Banda Aceh to Meulaboh road. Other activities focus on livelihood
restoration, longer-term economic recovery, small infrastructure,
community development and basic local government services. The
USAID-Chevron alliance plays an important role in supporting these
efforts.
The Consortium was responsible
for fielding of the team to conduct the above assessment and provide
recommendations as warranted; progress monitoring; quality control
of the assessment report, recruitment and contracting of local
experts; liaison and coordination with USAID, local governments,
universities and the private sector. The team developed the overall
educational assessment framework; assessed existing technical and
vocational education institutions; assessed the short- and long-term
industry demand, including anticipated growth sectors; assessed the
construction aspects of the feasibility study and associated costs,
and provided recommendations set forth in a detailed assessment
report.
Final Evaluation of the Managing
Basic Education (MBE) Project
Project facts:
Project country: (Indonesia
Financing source: U.S. Agency for International
Development
Duration of project: 3 months
(2007)
Client: U.S. Agency for International
Development
Lead firm: The Mitchell Group
Associate firms:
South-East Consortium for International Development;
PT. Pugajinou International Consulting
Project description:
The project evaluated the $3
million Managing Basic Education: Developing Local Government
Capacity (MBE) program, which began in February 2003.
The objective of this
evaluation is two-fold:
To examine and report on
the overall impact of the MBE project as it draws to a close,
including detailed information on the results and impact
achieved by MBE, strengths and weaknesses of the project and its
implementation mechanisms, and lessons learned.
To explore and examine
strategies and approaches for continuing to support successful
elements of the MBE project after its completion by linking with
the Government of Indonesia (GOI), other democracy and
governance related projects, and potentially, other
implementers.
This
evaluation
will determine the extent the MBE contractor accomplished the
contract’s tasks, including an analysis of the implementation and
achievement of the work plan goals, and a general constructive
discussion and critique of the strengths and weaknesses of MBE’s
technical approach. The evaluation will report on how teachers,
school administrators, district authorities, and community members
perceive the MBE interventions and what they think the major
contributions of MBE have been, including what has been most
meaningful and useful, and what has been perceived as ineffective or
not useful.
The evaluation will also consider the extent to which the activities
conducted enabled the accomplishment of the targeted Strategic
Objective: Improving the Quality of Decentralized Basic Education
and the two targeted intermediate results:
Decentralized Management and Governance of Schools and Improved
Quality of Teaching and Learning.
Key to the evaluation will be the critical recommendations on how to
focus and consolidate the best practices of MBE and
leverage and
scale up successful results creatively in the absence of any
additional funding.
Danker Schaareman was responsible for
project coordination, fielding the team of specialists, consultation
with government agencies involved, and providing technical input and
logistical support
Production of Updated Inter-institutional / Common-reference
Pilot Maps under Participatory Approach for the Completion of a
'Single Map' for Aceh
Project facts:
Project country:
Indonesia
Financing Source:
European Commission/ EuropeAid
Duration of
Pugajinou's involvement: 30 person days between end of November
2015 and mid May 2016
Client: Government of
Aceh province/ Delegation of the European Union to Indonesia
Lead Firm: Particip
(Germany) with GEOTEST (Netherlands) and ETI (France)
Position of Pugajinou:
Sub-consultancy with GEOTEST
The Leuser Ecosystem (LE) together with the Ulu Masen
Ecosystem covers an area of about 3.3 million hectares of largely
undisturbed expanse of tropical rainforest in the Indonesian
provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra. Its biodiversity, climate and
hydrological regulating functions and provision of a sustainable
source of livelihoods for approximately four million Acehnese people
make the Leuser Ecosystem an area of national and global importance.
The environmental and economic benefits of the Leuser Ecosystem are
inextricably linked and make it an essential asset for the economic
development of Aceh. The LE has been delineated in the field and
acknowledged in a series of decrees at the local and national level
and has been identified by international scientific bodies as one of
the top 25 critical ecosystems in the world and the only remaining
place on earth where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans can
be found living together in the wild.
Global objective
To support
environmentally-sound and sustainable economic development in Aceh
through enhanced land use decisions
Specific objective(s)
Production and updating
of existing inter-institutional and common-reference pilot maps for
Aceh to be (eventually) integrated into a final 'Single map for
Aceh'.
This will help
harmonise existing planning capacity and development activities by
the Government of Aceh and promote sustainable development while
ensuring protection and sustainable use of important environmental
resources in the province.
The datasets obtained and/or created
would as a minimum be sufficient to be used in a strategic
environmental impact assessment of the current and any future
proposed spatial plan and be able to inform decision makers on the
impacts of land allocation policies. The resulting maps will provide
a common platform enabling the optimisation of land use that enables
development whilst maintaining environmental services and used to
highlight deforestation activities in environmentally sensitive
regions on a commonly accessible platform that can be an important
source for any further interventions from many different
stakeholders in the region.
Requested services
(1) Define the data required to
be used to develop maps needed to perform a strategic environmental
impact assessment and
landscape High Conservation Value (HCV) assessment.
Provide a preliminary
analysis of data required to identify environmental and
ecological sensitive
areas whose loss would significantly impact environmental
services and/or biodiversity.
Through an expert’s workshop
with key government and non-government stakeholders assess
data requirements
and discuss the availability of the data and possible
alternative datasets.
Compile a report on the
outcomes of the workshop.
(2) Work with the Government of
Aceh and other stakeholders compile existing datasets from Government and non-government
sources in preparation for further analysis.
(3) Utilize the data to conduct
a series of analyses that identify environmental and ecological
sensitive areas
including High Conservation Value (HCV) areas that may include among
others:
Soil erosion potential.
Hydrological function.
Carbon storage.
Areas important for
biodiversity
(4) Identify communities at risk
from loss of hydrological function of watersheds.
(5) Analyze the current spatial
plans to identify areas allocated for production that may have
significant
environmental impacts.
(6) Conduct data review and
analysis of existing development and environmental maps in Aceh
(from Government and
non-Government sources) which will optimally lead to a completion of
a "single map" for Aceh
The datasets obtained and/or
created would as a minimum be sufficient to be used in a strategic
environmental impact assessment of the current and any future
proposed spatial plan and be able to inform decision makers on the
impacts of land allocation policies. The resulting maps will provide
a common platform enabling the optimization of land use that enables
development whilst maintaining environmental services and used to
highlight deforestation activities in environmentally sensitive
regions on a commonly accessible platform that can be an important
source for any further interventions from many different
stakeholders in the region.
Typical questions that the
assignment should aim to answer may include (but not be limited to)
How can the development of a
single environmental map in Aceh be created and valid data be
gathered?
How can the environmental
map benefit governmental and non-governmental bodies and how
can it be used?
Required outputs
·A
single environmental map for Aceh is created by data review and
analysis of existing development and
environmental pilot maps in Aceh (from Government and
non-Government sources).
A system in place that
allows open access to all stakeholders to this dataset.
The tasks of the GIS
expert include:
Under the supervision of the Land
Use management and Spatial Planning specialist compile any missing
data that is needed to create environmental map(s) for Aceh and
ensure data quality and validity of data being utilized. Support the
work of the Land Use management and Spatial Planning specialist in
entering the data into a unified database.
Coastal
and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle - Southeast
Asia - T3: Project Management (TA 7813-REG)
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: Asian Development Bank
Duration of project: 6 months
(2012-2013)
Client: Ministry of Marine Affairs and
Fisheries
Lead firm: AECOM Asia, Ltd.
Associate firms: PT. Pugajinou International Consultants); PT. Multi Area
Desentralisasi Pembangunan (MADEP)
General Project Summary:
The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP) was
designed as a three-phase, multi-donor initiative to strengthen the
management and conservation of Indonesia’s coral reefs and
associated ecosystems. The Project was planned for implementation in
three phases over 15 years. Phase 1, the initiation phase, consisted
of intensive resource rehabilitation and management activities in
four pilot sites as well as national-level activities aimed at
establishing a viable policy and legal framework and strategy for
coral reef management. Phase 2 is the follow-on phase whose
objectives of the Project are to (i) enhance the national and local
capacity to manage the country’s coral reef resources and (ii)
rehabilitate and effectively manage priority coral reef ecosystems,
thereby helping raise income levels and improving living standards
among poor coastal communities. The implementation systems and
approaches initiated/pilot-tested in Phase 1 and applied in an
accelerated mode in Phase 2 will be consolidated and
institutionalized in a final six-year Phase project known as
COREMAP-CTI. Phase 2 ended in December 2011. However, the work on
rehabilitating, managing, and conserving coral reefs continues
including institutionalization and considering the impending impacts
of climate change. Aligning with the Coral Triangle Initiative on
Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI) National Plan of
Action (NPOA) of Indonesia on coastal resources management and
building on the lessons learned from, and knowledge created in
COREMAP 1 and 2, a scaling-up investment project named COREMAP-CTI
has already been identified by Indonesian Government as an national
project for implementing COREMAP-CTI. This preliminary investment
project framework has already been developed by the Government of
Indonesia which needs to be further fine tuned including development
of targets, overall costing and identification of feasible
geographic coverage area. This support will also conduct a
feasibility study for ADB covered geographical area for the
identified COREMAP-CTI project. It is envisaged that the investment
program will cover wider geographical areas than those covered by
COREMAP 2.
Pugajinou’s tasks included:
Identification, recruitment and
contracting of local experts
Monitoring of performance of
experts and quality control
Earthquake and Tsunami
Emergency Support Project (ETESP), Package 38, Information Support
for Management of Aceh's Forest Resources (ADB Grant 0002-INO)
Project facts:
Project country: Indonesia
Financing source: Asian Development Bank
Duration of project: 14 months
(2008-2009)
Client: Agency for Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation (BRR)
Lead firm: South-East Consortium
for International Development
Associate firms: PT. Mitra Consulindo
International; PT. Pugajinou International Consulting
The ETESP will provide
rehabilitation and reconstruction support to mitigate the damages
caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami. It will help
restore essential public services, rebuild infrastructure and revive
economic activity through livelihood support. In view of the scale,
complexity and nature of the disaster, ETESP adopts a two-phased
approach, focusing first on the provision of development support to
the less affected regions, along with launching of assessments in
the most affected regions where work will be initiated after the
resolution of spatial planning and safeguard issues.
The purpose of the proposed
assistance is to establish an information system to support forest
management and to outline forest zoning recommendations and
alternatives in NAD.
Approach and
Methodology
The establishment of a
geographic information system (GIS)-based forestry information
system will consist of: (i) establishment of baseline information
concerning forests and other natural resources the utilization of
which affects them; (ii) establishment of a GIS-based forestry
information system as a tool to support forest management, including
the implementation and enforcement of forest-related laws and
regulations; (iii) land suitability and current land use assessment
of current and planned forest management policies, plans and
programs; and (iv) capacity building within key technical positions
to provide a sustainable ongoing information system following the
completion of this project. In the longer term this proposed
forestry information system could become an integrated part of a
provincial natural resources management system that also encompasses
fisheries, agriculture, mining, and the
environment.
The establishment of baseline
information and a forestry information system will be done in seven
steps:
Information analysis based
on consultations with NAD forestry stakeholders. The working group and key
stakeholders will be intensively consulted about their
information needs, existing data and existing standards to
ensure the content and direction of this project leads to
providing a tool that is useful for the new forest management
institution.
Design and development of
forestry information system. Design and development of
the spatial database and basic applications making use of Arc
GIS tools and existing standards (in order of preference:
national, provincial, international, or designed under the study
if not yet available).
Initial data collection.
Based on the
results of the consultations with the forestry stakeholders,
information and data will be identified to be included in the
forestry information system. Since the tsunami a lot of aerial
and satellite imagery of NAD has been collected not only by the
ETESP SPEM projects but also BRR SIM-C, FFI, LIF and other
organizations. All relevant data will be collated and stored
into a GIS-based information system, considering existing data
standards and as much as possible using the Aceh Spatial Data
Infrastructure that is currently under development.
Identification of the forest
areas in NAD and its condition. This will be done using
recent satellite and/or radar imagery. The status will be
classified according to FAO used parameters, i.e. crown cover,
cubic meters/ha and biomass/ha. This will have to be supported
by ground truthing. This would be in support of the current
logging moratorium, to allow for an appropriate basic level
stocktaking of forest resources in the province prior to any
further interventions. This would also help to identify
significant areas of logging activities.
Mapping of those parts of
the forests that are affected by human intervention and the land
use of the surrounding areas. If the available aerial and satellite imagery does not provide
sufficient level of detail, additional imagery is required. Also
ground truthing will be required. This will result in more
detailed baseline data for the areas identified.
Development of forest
management tools
The GIS-based forestry
information system will include tools to compile forest cover, land
cover, land suitability, and planned land use data in order to
compare these and provide management information to authorities that
are responsible for forest management, monitoring of activities in
and around forests and forest-related law enforcement.
Forest monitoring.
The forest monitoring application is a tool to periodically
determine changes using satellite and aerial imagery obtained at
different moments in time. Once this imagery has been compared
with that of a previous date and analyzed, the system will
provide essential information in order to detect changes in
forest use and status over time. The monitoring application will
be used to identify temporal changes, over one period (length to
be determined) and depending on available data. This temporal
analysis will be oriented to the identification of areas
affected by human activities (“hot spots”). Hot spots will be
reported to the appropriate forest management agency for
verification of actual activities on the ground.
Determination of
contradictions between different land uses. Contradictions will be
identified through comparison of the results of the spatial data
analysis, land suitability analysis and environmental
assessment. Based on Kabupaten-level documents and development
proposals by other APG agencies or line ministries (agriculture,
plantation, mining, forestry, infrastructure), overlaying of
forest cover data with designated land-use/ forest function
zoning (e.g. production forest, protected forest) and locations
for proposed development and forest management activities to
identify conflicting uses, current or potential.
Forest rezoning for NAD.
Integration of the outputs from vi-a and vi-b, together with
sustainable forest management alternatives for identified
conflict forest zones will identify no-go-, slow-go forest
areas, and other forest and land use management alternatives
including reforestation, which can be proposed as input for the
provincial forest zoning in NAD. The sustainable forest
management alternatives should be obtained through a
consultation process with forestry stakeholders. The zoning
results will be displayed in a map at appropriate scale showing
revised forest utilization/ management zones based on principles
of sustainable forest management and appropriate land use
recommendations for adjacent areas (buffer zones). This possibly
will provide the basis for legalization of the plans as part of
a new provincial law regulation (‘Qanun’) on sustainable forest
management in NAD, guiding future development planning (RTRW)
processes in the Kabupaten with significant forest resources.
Stakeholder capacity
building and knowledge transfer. To ensure sustainability of the forestry information system, including
that of forest and other land use spatial data analysis
described above, two to three provincial government forest
management officers with basic knowledge of GIS and remote
sensing will be trained on the job in using remote sensing
interpretation and, if applicable, field data collection methods
for critical and selected forest areas. One training focus will
be on information system management, and the other on using
remote sensing tools for the purpose of regular monitoring of
forest conditions. This involves the set up of a provincial
remote sensing monitoring lab with equipment used by the
Project. As much as possible, the trainees should be involved
from the very beginning of the creation of the forest management
system in order that they get ownership of the system. This task
will also provide financial assistance for the participation of
provincial government officials to meet the objectives of this
task.
Outputs
The following outputs will be
produced during the study:
GIS based forestry
information system;
Consultation of key
stakeholders and focused roadmap for forestry information
system.
Maps showing forest and
adjacent land cover for NAD at an appropriate scale;
Digital dataset as forest
and land cover baseline (2007) for future monitoring activities.
Identification of fringe
areas where human activities may affect the management of the
forest area to focus management and monitoring activities.
Maps for NAD, showing
current and future land-use-forest cover conflict areas at an
appropriate scale.
Recommended revisions to
provincial forestry zoning at an appropriate scale, as input for
a strategic plan for sustainable forest management in NAD.
Capacity building and
knowledge transfer to provincial government forest authorities;
guidelines for the use of the forestry information system.
In the start-up phase Dr. Danker Schaareman acted as interim Team Leader, and was responsible for
conducting initial discussions with the Agency for Reconstruction
and Rehabilitation (BRR) and ADB, mobilization of the expert team,
stakeholder liaison, finalization of the work plan, and delivery of
the inception report. As project Director he was responsible for
general project implementation, timely delivery of reports and
quality control, management of the expert team, and liaison with the
Client and ADB as well as, in June 2009, project close-out
Thematic Evaluation of Visibility of EU External Action
SM41/2011
Project facts:
Project country:
Indonesia
Financing source:
European Commission
Duration of Jakarta
evaluation component: 2 weeks
Client: European
Commission
Lead firm:
Development Researchers' Network (DRN), Italy
Associate firm for
the Jakarta evaluation component: PT. Pugajinou International
Consulting
Project description:
Evaluation study addressing the
visibility of EU external action; thematic study on “Environment,
Biodiversity and Deforestation”. Indonesia was selected for
undertaking a country visit with the aim of assessing the visibility
of EC policy and cooperation portfolio in that country with a focus
on the thematic areas and particularly on Forest Law Enforcement
Governance and Trade (FLEGT), a flagship program of the EU in the
fight against illegal logging. A Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA)
was signed in May 2011 between Indonesia and the EU.
Objective
The field visits had the
following objectives:
To collect data in order to
answer the agreed evaluation questions;
To evaluate eventual
hypotheses formulated at the end of the desk phase;
To assess whether there is
need for further research and interviews to prepare the
synthesis report, and in particular the conclusions and
recommendations chapter.
Activities
During the Field Phase,
Pugajinou associate Ms. Budi Prati carried out the following tasks:
Conduct of interviews and/or
focus group discussions and/or project visits, with the
identified informants related to the issue “Forest Law
Enforcement Governance and Trade” (FLEGT) following the agreed
methodology and guidelines. The organization of the field visits
in project locations was decided after the briefing of DRN
expert with the EU Delegation staff on Monday, 27th of June.
Assist in conducting a media
survey of main national newspapers and other national web
sources. The survey covered a defined timeframe (i.e. May 2011)
and was based on selected key words (“Forest Law Enforcement
Governance and Trade”, “FLEGT”, “Voluntary Partnership
Agreement”, “VAP”, “forest”, “Indonesia”).
Provide interpretation
services as needed.
Outputs
As result of the above
activities, the expert contributed to the delivery of the following
outputs:
A report of the media
coverage survey explaining the sources of information, the
methodology applied, the preliminary findings and the analytical
outcome;
The list of people met for
the purpose of the assignment and the highlights of such
meetings;
A description of other
activities such as field visits, documentary reviews, etc.
Supporting the Cities Development Initiative for Asia - PFS in Palu
Bay Development
Project Facts:
Project Country: Indonesia
Financing Source:
Asian Development Bank
Duration of
Pugajinou's involvement: 54 days from November 2015 to February 2016
Client: Regional
Development Planning Board (Bappeda)
Lead firm: Urban
Solutions BV in association with PT. Ciria Rancangbangunan
Mandiri (CRM)
Position of
Pugajinou: Sub-consultancy with PT. Ciria Rancangbangun Mandiri
The
objectives of this assignment are
·To
develop a Pre-feasibility Study (PFS) for the Palu Bay
Development concept focusing on developing Palu Bay as a
well-planned, well-serviced locale for catalyzing the City
economy as well as enhancing the aesthetic and historic-cultural
value of the Palu Bay area. Smaller components relating to the
sanitation, drainage, sewerage, flood management, solid waste
management, water-based transport, climate change and disaster
risk reduction needs of the area and are also to be considered.
·To
develop financing options for the project and help the City
Government of Palu identify potential financial resources,
particularly from external sources, to implement the Palu Bay
Development design concept and all (or some) of its components.
To identify capacity gaps in
the preparation and implementation of the Project and design and
deliver capacity development interventions that address these
gaps so as to enable the City Government of Palu to implement
its projects in a successful and sustainable manner.
The Social & Institutional Development
Specialist provided by Pugajinou has the following tasks:
Review, existing urban development
strategies/plans, and data relevant to urban poverty and the
relation between the proposed projects and other on-going
initiatives.
Review, existing relevant governance and
institutional set-up.
Provide a brief overview of urban poverty,
gender and social issues in Palu (situational analysis), related
to urban infrastructure in general and to the project area and
specific project sectors, in particular.
Assist TL and DTL in the development and
application of the Stakeholders Communication and Consultation
Plan and assure that the poor, women, minorities, and
disadvantaged groups are well represented.
Ensure a participatory PFS development
process ensuring that all stakeholders are appropriately
consulted (including beneficiaries, affected communities, NGOs,
CBOs, formal and informal organizations and leaders), and that
consultations lead to well informed and transparent decision
making.
Assist the TL and DTL in carrying out the
design of Palu Bay area with particular attention on the
informal vendors and settlements (refer to the TL tasks for more
details).
Conduct a stakeholders identification and
analysis and a social and poverty needs analysis and assessment
that includes formal and informal activities and trades in and
around the market area to ensure that the market
renovation/revitalization design sufficiently addresses the
needs of all stakeholders, that it is inclusive of the urban
poor, and gender-sensitive.
Ensure that all team specialists are informed
of the result of the social analysis and assessment, and that
the specific issues, requirements, and needs raised during
project research and consultations are considered in the
project's technical, environmental, financial and institutional
analysis and design. If they are not considered, an explanation
to be provided.
Ensure maximization of project impacts on the
poor with the application of the CDIA Checklist for Pro-Poor and
Socially Inclusive Urban Infrastructure Development attached to
this TOR.
Assist in developing objectives for poverty
reduction in the proposed projects and suggest concrete design
options to ensure positive impacts on poverty reduction and
inclusiveness. Develop indicators for poverty reduction and
inclusiveness as part of the project Design and Monitoring
Framework.
Highlight human capital as special arts,
traditions and behaviors in order to provide synergies or to
prevent conflicts in tourism.
Identify and develop social support systems
or mechanisms to enhance, empower or facilitate the inclusion of
poor and disadvantaged in the project (support for cooperatives,
subsidies, employment in O&M of project services, facilities,
formation of saving groups, etc.).
Assure that investments and cost analysis
consider the inclusion of poor groups, and that access to
affordable services is assured.
Identify potential adverse social impacts
(relocation, loss of income, loss of livelihoods,
gentrification, economic exclusion, etc.) and recommend
mitigation measures, ensuring that internationally acceptable
social safeguard criteria are built into PFS project
recommendations.
Assist in highlighting any significant social
development issues requiring further in-depth analysis and
assist to develop the scope of work for in-depth review later at
PF stage. Assist the assessment of how these issues could affect
feasibility/viability of the investment.
Provide a brief overview which groups and
what areas will benefit from the project and how this is ensured
by the design features on long-term.
Document the participatory process (type of
meetings, objective, persons attending, sex, main issues, and
decisions), and write and edit the social and poverty inputs for
inclusion in the PFSs documents
She will work with other consultants to:
Help recommend the implementation and
business structure taking into account downstream financing
arrangements.
Coordinate with the TL and the Infrastructure
Finance Specialists on alternative options for operations and
management to benefit urban poor and reach gender balance.
Provide detailed recommendations and
identified next steps related to the institutional arrangements
to implement the revitalization project.
Assist with the development of the Design and
Monitoring Framework (DMF)
Educational policy, reform,
management and administration; Decentralization, assessment and
implementation; Educational finance/ access to education; Monitoring
and evaluation of education programs; Educational assessment studies;
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Community-based needs assessment;
Participatory community development and engagement; (Participatory)
monitoring and evaluation; Child protection; Gender equity and
mainstreaming; Cooperative and association development; NGO and
partnership formation and management; Social impact analyses; Ethnic
minorities; Customary law; Management training; Organizational
research
and analysis; Technical capacity training and development; Human
resources management and development