East Kalimantan and World Bank Draft Evaluation Report for Emission Reduction Programme
Samarinda (ANTARA) - The East Kalimantan Provincial Government, together with a World Bank team, has begun drafting the final evaluation report for the East Kalimantan Project for Emission Reduction Results (EK-PERR), in order to document the success of sustainable forest governance in the region.
Nanang, Head of the Natural Resources Division at the Economic Affairs Bureau of the East Kalimantan Regional Secretariat, explained in Samarinda on Friday that the preparation of the Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) forms part of the project closure process. Its purpose is to evaluate the implementation of the programme comprehensively, from the planning stage through to completion.
He said the report will also document the various achievements, best practices and challenges faced during the implementation of the programme.
“We are continuing to gather input from all regional government organisations (OPD) and agencies involved, and then compiling the ICR Report as the official project closure report to the World Bank,” Nanang said during a meeting with Franka Braun, Senior Natural Resource Specialist at the World Bank, along with representatives of the East Kalimantan provincial government’s regional apparatus.
According to him, East Kalimantan was chosen as the pilot province because it has around 6.5 million hectares of forest cover. This figure makes it one of the largest tropical forest landscapes in Indonesia, playing a strategic role in supporting the national climate change mitigation targets.
In its implementation, the preparation of the Emission Reductions Program Document (ERPD) and the negotiation of the Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) were crucial stages. Both processes formed the basis for the application of a results-based payment scheme for verified reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The experience of implementing the FCPF Carbon Fund in East Kalimantan shows that jurisdiction-based REDD+ implementation is not solely oriented towards the carbon payment mechanism.