INDONESIA: SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE INVESTMENT COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT

INTRODUCTION TO GGGI

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PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has committed to reducing GHG emissions through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) with an unconditional target by 29% independently and a conditional target by 41% by 2030, which will be achieved through energy, waste, industrial processes, and products use (IPPU), forestry, and agriculture. Currently, around 60% of Indonesia’s NDC commitments come from the forestry and land use sector (AFOLU). However, financing in the sustainable landscape sector is still limited even though around 30% of climate change solutions could be addressed from the forest, peatlands, and agriculture sectors. 

Scaling up green financing and enabling tools for sustainable landscape and renewable energy project investments are crucial to achieving the country’s green objectives and targets. As a national environment financial institution, the Indonesia Environment Fund (IEF) has been established to support fundraising and fund disbursement, as well as a trustee for ten (10) line ministries, in particular the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF).  GGGI Investment Team through the Green Investment Project focusing on leveraging sustainable landscape investment partnerships in Indonesia aims to enable, leverage, and invest in sustainable forestry natural capital contributing to Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink goals. The project currently in the preparation stage that focus on co-design of the program with MoEF and IEF and support to accelerate green investment in particular at GGGI’s six focal provinces: Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Papua, and Papua

The project aims to support MoEF and IEF achieving the FOLU target especially FOLU Net Sink and NDC through investing in three components, namely multi-purpose forestry business (Multi Usaha Kehutanan), social forestry (Perhutanan Sosial), and payment for ecosystem services (Pembayaran Jasa Lingkungan).

With several ongoing and evolving projects, there is a critical need to support these initiatives by a) providing secondary research and analysis across key components, and b) developing clear and concise communications materials tailored for external stakeholders, including government partners, potential funders, and other development organizations. These communications will take the form of teasers, concept notes, and brochures that effectively communicate the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the projects, while also outlining the required investment. Additionally, concise databases (e.g., Excel) will be created to organize information relevant to green investment opportunities.

Further tasks include the creation of a comprehensive policy and regulation database to support the alignment of project activities with existing legal frameworks. This database will provide critical insights into the regulatory environment and inform strategic decisions for project implementation. To enhance stakeholder understanding, data visualization tools will be developed from these databases, presenting key data and insights in an accessible format for decision-makers and potential investors.

These efforts align with the overarching objective of scaling up green financing and enabling tools for sustainable landscape and renewable energy investments in support of Indonesia’s green goals. The Indonesia Environment Fund (IEF), as the national environmental financial institution, plays a key role in fundraising, fund disbursement, and serves as a trustee for ten ministries, including the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF). The Green Investment Project, led by GGGI’s Investment Team, focuses on leveraging sustainable landscape investments to contribute to Indonesia’s FOLU Net Sink goals. Currently in the preparation stage, the project centers on program co-design with MoEF and IEF, accelerating green investment, particularly in GGGI’s six focal provinces: Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, West Papua, and Papua. The project supports MoEF and IEF in achieving FOLU targets, particularly the FOLU Net Sink and NDC commitments, through investments in three components: multi-purpose forestry businesses (Multi Usaha Kehutanan), social forestry (Perhutanan Sosial), and payment for ecosystem services (Pembayaran Jasa Lingkungan).

CURRENT OPPORTUNITY

For this task, the Consultant will work with:

• Sustainable Landscape Investment (ID24) team for coordination and technical assistance

[Tasks]

• Developing communication materials and strategies for green investment projects at both the national and provincial levels for both external and internal communication purposes.
• Coordinating closely with the Communications team on promotional activities and communications strategies related to green investment projects and programs.
• Creating investment teasers, concept notes, and brochures for current projects and programs, designed to be presented to potential donors and investors.
• Assisting the GGGI Indonesia Investment Team in developing summary presentations and impact case studies to showcase the progress and benefits of ongoing project pipelines
• Conducting secondary research and analysis of literature, policy documents, databases, and news articles related to sustainable landscape projects, such as Social Forestry Management, Multipurpose Forestry Businesses (MUK), and Payments for Environmental Services (PES), to provide detailed inputs for project objectives, expected outputs, activities, and implementation arrangements.
• Developing specialized databases, such as a database for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in key provinces, containing relevant data on social forestry projects.
• Establishing a comprehensive policy and regulation database to ensure alignment with existing legal frameworks, providing strategic insights to inform project implementation.
• Creating data visualizations from these databases to present key insights in a clear and accessible format for stakeholders, decision-makers, and potential investors
• Assisting Green Investment team on other related tasks deemed necessary to the assignment

Due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings and the work will be conducted in hybrid (offline and virtually) unless there is an internal policy change taken by the provincial/district government, GGGI or both.

Any communication by the Consultants to other external partners must be approved by GGGI

DELIVERABLES AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

The Individual Consultant is required to submit countersigned Coversheet Form in which Work Completion section was signed by the service requestor as the deliverable of each service.

Following are the deliverables of the Consultants, to be fixed upon signing of the contract:

The Consultants may also be required to produce additional output(s) as deemed reasonably necessary by GGGI.

In order to be considered for the position, the candidate must meet the minimum qualification listed below. Consideration and selection will be based on a panel evaluation of the evaluation criteria factor below. Please note that only shortlisted/finalist applicants will be interviewed or contacted. GGGI does not pay for any expenses associated with the interviews unless expenses are pre-authorized. Reference check will be conducted on those candidates selected for an interview. The applicant's references must be able to provide substantive information about his/her past performance and abilities.

Interview and writing exercise may be requested. Applicants are required to prepare a brief narrative demonstrating how prior experience and/or education and training address selection criteria factors listed below:

1. Professional Competency (30 points): At least a bachelor's degree related to economics, international relations, environmental conservation, environmental science, communication, public policy, or other relevant degree from a reputable local or overseas universities
2. Experience (30 points): Track record of experience with working in the environment and development sectors. Experience with sustainable forest management, prevention of forest degradation, payment environmental services, mangroves, peatlands restoration, watershed restoration and restoration projects in Indonesia). Strong knowledge/background of technical issues in, aspects relating to environment, climate change, forest land use, peatlands emissions, restoration and conservation will be highly favorable. Also, Presenting communication materials of previous work
3. Individual Competency (40 points): Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with people in a multi- disciplinary and multi-cultural environment and demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently while also having the skills and interests to work effectively within teams.

Maximum Points Available: 100

At GGGI's discretion, reference checks and interviews may be conducted as part of the evaluation process.

Applicants must also include in their application package as follows:

1. A cover letter of no more than 1 page that demonstrates how the candidate's qualifications meet the work requirements.
2. A curriculum vitae which, at a minimum, describes education, latest experience, and career achievements.
3. Names, current and accurate contract numbers (email and phone) of three professional references that have knowledge of the applicant's abilities to perform the duties set forth in the solicitation.

All the above information must be included in the application package in order for the package to considered complete.