Transcript Slide 1

• Extensive networks/partnerships among
CSOs and NGOs in the Sulawesi area
• CSOs/NGOs need to expand (to other parts
of Eastern Indonesia) and to consolidate
• Diversity of issues being addressed
• Lack of access to information
• Engagements by NGOs/CSOs at various levels • Lack of capacity for:
• Use of media
• Sharing of information among partners
• A number of NGOs/CSOs already working on
Public Finance Management (policy,
budgeting, expenditure tracking,
performance assessment
• Government
• Many policies are pro-people
• There are policies that support SAc
• Open democracy
• Political will
• Very rich in natural resources
• Decentralization policy
• Engagement with various govt levels
• Global change and local issues
• Data generation, analysis,
interpretation, and use (research &
knowledge management)
• Advocacy and policy interventions
• Resource mobilization
• Government
• Culture of bureaucracy & corruption
• There are policies that are not pro-poor
• Decentralization
• Not implemented at local level
• Orientation of people & govt is still
towards centralized govt
• Lack of info dissemination & education
• NGOs/CSOs
• Some “NGOs” just out to get money
• Conflicts among NGOs & citizens
Budget and expenditure
monitoring by EICG
Revenue-tracking by EICG
National government
Other public funds for
the environment and
community services
Community-managed forestry
projects and enterprises
Existing:
South Konawe Regency,
Southeast Sulawesi
Under development:
Jogjakarta
Papua
Aceh
• Tax department
Taxes paid to regency:
Rp 220 million/year
- Formal
- Informal
Taxes remitted to
national government:
Undetermined amount
Regency government
• Forestry department
• Cooperative department
Taxes paid to village:
Rp 2.4 million/year
Village government
Government allocation for:
• Forest rehabilitation
• Environmental protection
• Public services
- Health
- Education
- Women center
- Etc.