1. Beyond Consultation:
Participatory Village Boundary Setting (VBS) and Community Mapping (CM) in Rural Indonesia
Sigit Widodo & Akhmad Safik – MCA-Indonesia
Martin Hardiono & Kevin Barthel - MCC
Washington DC, March 2014

2. Outline
Green Prosperity Conceptual Framework
Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP)
Key Roles of PLUP in Green Prosperity Project
Conceptual Approach
Process Flow: Sensitization or Piloting of Village Boundary Setting/Community Mapping
Location of initial effort
Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
Conclusion

3. What is the Green Prosperity Project?
BASIC FACTS:
Implementation by: Millennium Challenge Account - Indonesia
Financed by: Millennium Challenge Corporation (USA)
Amount: US$332.5 million
Entry Into Force: April 2013
Project Duration: Five Years

4. What is the Green Prosperity Project?
PURPOSE:
Promotes environmentally sustainable, low carbon economic growth
Supports rural economic development that raises real incomes of Indonesians in a manner that reduces reliance on fossil fuels
Improves land management, protects natural capital and complements efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and environmental degradation

6. Green Prosperity Conceptual Framework

7. Participatory Land Use Planning - PLUP
PLUP is one of four GP activities that focus on developing renewable energy and natural resources management on a ‘landscape’ level
PLUP is intended to put in-place the foundational spatial land use planning elements needed to enable and sustain Green Prosperity project

9. PLUP Activities
Village Boundary Setting and Community Mapping (VBS/CM), including
location of major and minor settlements within villages,
development of appropriate guidelines for participatory village boundary setting
mapping and demarcating village boundaries
(ii) Updating and integrating land and other natural resource
uses, including
(1) inventories of existing and pending licenses for land and natural resource use,
(2) technical assistance to relevant Government agencies to help integrate and administer spatial data, to improve their ability to conduct transparent licensing, determine the most effective land use and investments, and available to the public;
(iii) Enhancement of district and provincial spatial plans.

10. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF VBS/CM

11. Sensitization of VBS/CM
Development of GP PLUP VBS/CM Process
PLUP analysis and preparation of VBS Guidelines
Focus Group Discussions with stakeholders in ‘starter districts’
Coordination with local government to establish VBS Delineation and Demarcation Technical Committee
Preparation of Bupati (regency) Decree as the legal basis of VBS process
Test for operational, social and techncial aspects in 68 villages
Combination of participatory mapping and government regulations
Procurement of specialized contractor for technical assistance
Establishment of Village Participation Teams (VPT)
Compile Landscape VBS/CM Base Map
Identification and mediation of disputes on a willingness basis as possible
Implement ‘18-step VBS/CM process’ with Community - contractor provides technical guidance and assistance
Map critical natural & cultural resource areas with UAS and sat. imagery
Physical demarcation of village boundaries
GIS Database, Maps and Signed Minutes of VBS/CM Process

12. Flowchart of VBS/CM Process

13. Location of Villages for VBS/CM Sensitization
Phase One

14. Location of VBS - Continued
Phase Two

15. Issues/Opportunities/Challenges
There are about 78,609 villages and many community group territories in Indonesia and almost none of them have not been officially delineated, demarcated and mapped appropriately
Government and Community approaches are different in identifying and determining boundaries of villages and community areas
GP PLUP VBS/CM is a participatory approach that ensures all groups are involved in the process including gender and vulnerable groups
GP PLUP VBS/CM combines technical approaches with social aspects; therefore, an appropriate dispute mechanism is important
Use of UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) is initiated to provide precise identification and geo-referencing of natural and cultural resources in difficult terrain and to ensure safeguarding of these areas

16. Conclusion
The GP PLUP Participatory VBS/CM process is designed to push beyond a process of conventional consultation with women, men and potentially marginalized groups of community stakeholders.
GP PLUP VBS/CM provides the opportunity and means to communities to actively participate in, and own the results of the process.
Participatory VBS/CM achieves this by providing GP project-based planning and specialized technical assistance to the community while organizing with the relevant local government agencies to coordinate, recognize and approve the results of the process.

17. Community participation prior to initiating fieldwork in East Nusa Tenggara
Identifying important features and geographic places in West Kalimantan

18. Reviewing of interim field work with community participants in West Kalimantan
Using sub-meter GPS for geographic positioning of village boundaries

19. Thank You - Terima Kasih