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Scaling jurisdictional approaches in the Indonesian palm oil sector

Scaling jurisdictional approaches in the Indonesian palm oil sector

Duration: January 2020 - September 2024

About the project

The project aims to enhance the readiness of four palm oil producing jurisdictions in Indonesia for the implementation of durable Jurisdictional Programs (JPs). It does this by adopting a participatory, multistakeholder, and (gender-) inclusive approach. This involves developing a thorough understanding of the antecedent conditions that JPs should aim to resolve or leverage. In those jurisdictions where JPs are likely to be viable, the project works with relevant interest groups to systemically document and identify viable pathways for achieving desired group-specific JP outcomes. This feeds into a multistakeholder planning process at the level of the jurisdiction to generate a shared vision and durable, actionable and fundable JP plans. Since higher-level barriers to implementing such plans will inevitably emerge, the project similarly engages with national stakeholders and processes to identify viable pathways to fostering an enabling environment conducive to the implementation and scaling of JPs across the country. These planning activities make use of a nested approach to developing theories of change (ToC) and action (ToA) and appropriate monitoring and evaluation frameworks (MEF) to evidence impacts and appraise progress. This involves developing ToCs, ToAs and MEFs at the level of the stakeholder, before nesting these in collaboratively developed and negotiated ToCs, ToAs and MEFs at jurisdiction and country levels. While instrumental to effective long-term planning, the deployment of such approaches also makes important immediate contributions by raising stakeholder awareness of and capacity to address critical issues, building trust, developing new partnerships, aligning existing sustainability actions and facilitating social learning.

CIFOR and partners implemented the Scaling Jurisdictional Approaches in the Indonesian Palm Oil Sector research project to enhance the ‘readiness’ of palm oil producing jurisdictions to implement durable jurisdictional programs (JPs). Project activities were carried out in:

  1. Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan in partnership with the University of Palangka Raya;
  2. Pelalawan Regency, Riau in partnership with Jikalahari;
  3. Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan in partnership with the University of Palangka Raya;
  4. Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan in partnership with FKMS (Forum Komunikasi Masyarakat Sintang).
Project locations and regency profiles

The project, which was supported by the Walmart Foundation and ran from 2019 to 2024, adopted a participatory, multistakeholder and inclusive approach, drawing on lessons learned by CIFOR and other stakeholders. The project had three outcomes targeted for achievement by producing five main outputs through the following three work packages:

  1. A comparative analysis of antecedent conditions
  2. The co-design of a Theory of Change (ToC), Theory of Action (ToA), and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF) for each regency
  3. The co-design of a national-level Theory of Change (ToC), Theory of Action (ToA), and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF), and outreach.
The project design

Contact us

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Herry Purnomo

Principal Investigator

Details

Project locations

Indonesia

Project duration

January 2020 - September 2024
(4 years, 8 months)

Thematic areas

  • Indonesia

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

  • Responsible consumption and production

Transformative Partnership Platforms (TPP)

  • Inclusive and green value chains

Research team

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Herry Purnomo

Senior Scientist
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Agus Andrianto

Research Officer
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Ani Adiwinata

Scientist
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Beni Okarda

Senior Research Officer
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Dyah Puspitaloka

Research Officer
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Heru Komarudin

Researcher

Lila Juniyanti

Research Consultant

Monica Azzahra

MELIA Specialist

Salwa Nadhira

Research Assistant
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Sonya Dyah Kusumadewi

Research Officer
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Swetha Peteru

Scientist

Knowledge products

National workshops

Project outputs

Tools (JAPOS)

Tools (SIPOS)

Tools tutorials

Publications

Presentations

Podcasts

News

Datasets

Implementing partners

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Supporting partners

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