In order to improve eLearning development at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the Environment and Forestry HR Training Center (EF HR Training Center) held an eLearning training session for all of its regional Training Centers (BPLHK) from 20 - 24 February 2023 at the EF HR Training Center in Bogor, West Java. This training session represented a continuation of the ongoing collaboration with GIZ and with CommonSense, a consulting institution with experience in digital learning capacity building, as well as in the creation of learning content, which was initiated in 2014.

The eLearning training was opened by the Head of the EF HR Training Center, Dr. Kusdamayanti, and was attended by 70 participants from the Environment and Forestry Training Center (BPLHK), which broke down as follows:
1. The Environment and Forestry HR Training Center: 12 people.
2. BPLHK Pematang Siantar (North Sumatra Province): 7 people.
3. BPLHK Pekanbaru (Riau Province): 9 people.
4. BPLHK Samarinda (East Kalimantan Province): 7 people.
5. BPLHK Makassar (South Sulawesi Province): 7 people.
6. BPLHK Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara Province): 5 people.
7. BPLHK Kadipaten (West Java): 14 people.
8. BPLHK Bogor (West Java Province): 8 people.
9. The Center of Counselling of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry: 1 person.

Participants were divided into four classes that were held as parallel sessions, as follows:
1. Class for structural officials, which was followed by 13 people.
2. Class on Online Facilitation and Moderation Skills: 22 people.
3. Class on Learning Technology Development: 18 people.
4. Class on Production Creative Team: 17 people.

The class for structural officials was held over two days and participants drafted a standard operating procedure (SOP) that addressed the implementation of eLearning within the scope of the HR Training and Counselling Agency (BP2SDM) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The experiences of participants from regional training centers were also compiled into an SOP draft and will subsequently be refined by the CommonSense team. The enhanced draft will ultimately be determined for implementation by the Environment and Forestry HR Training Center or BP2SDM.

After the conclusion of this training programme, the Head of the Environment and Forestry HR Training Center will issue a decree on the eLearning Working Group, which will comprise representatives from each BPLHK who participated in this eLearning training. A decision letter that addresses this matter is expected to be issued around April - May 2023.

For more information, please contact:
Wira Hakim, Advisor for Human Capacity Development
Danan P. Hadi, Advisor for Remote Sensing/GIS and eLearning
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 06 March 2023

FORCLIME has been organizing internship programmes for students from universities in Tanah Papua since 2019. In 2022, ten students joined the programme, comprising one from Cenderawasih University, two from Ottow Geissler University Papua, one from Musamus University Merauke and six from the University of Papua. This internship programme was linked to the Ministry of Education’s universities programme – independent study, independent campus (Merdeka Belajar, Kampus Merdeka - MBKM), which follows the reporting system of each university.

After participating in the FORCLIME internship programme for six months, Lasarus Mora and Ledrik Buiney, both students from the University of Ottow Geissler Papua (OUGP), shared their experiences with the Head of the Forestry Study Programme, lecturers and final year students of the university in the OUGP Meeting Room in Jayapura, Papua on 28 February 2023. This hybrid (online and offline) event, was also attended by two FORCLIME managers for the strategic areas of Sustainable Forest Management and Human Capacity Development, as well as by FORCLIME technical staff members based in Papua.

During their presentation, Lasarus and Ledrik explained the various lessons that they had learned during their internship, which encompassed technical activities such as the dissemination of information on customary forests through the application of the principles of Free, Prior Informed Consent (FPIC); forest area planning in relation to the preparation of the Long Term Management Plan (RPHJP) document for Forest Management Units (KPH); Preparation of the Papua Provincial Level Forestry Plan (RKTP); assessments of the effectiveness of area management through the use of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tools (METT) approach; digital marketing and e-commerce training for the marketing of non-timber forest products; as well as efforts to utilize non-timber forest products that are being undertaken by community groups in supported villages.

“During my internship at FORCLIME, I put into practice what I had learned at the university and also learned a number of new things that I had not learned on campus. I am grateful that through this programme, my capacities and skills have been able to develop and will become my assets in the future when I enter the world of work,” Lasarus said of his internship.

Lasarus' statement was reemphasized by the Head of the Forestry Study Program, Ir. Elisabeth Payung Allo, M.Sc., who explained that through the FORCLIME Internship Programme, students gain the experience to be able to apply the knowledge that they obtain and also learn about other areas that later prove highly useful in increasing student capacities and experiences as they enter the real world of work. "The big change can be seen in the increased levels of self-confidence in students who complete internships," she added.

For more information, please contact:
Theodora F. Resubun, Advisor for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua Province
Mohammad Sidiq, Strategic Area Manager for Sustainable Forest Management and Coordinator for Papua and West Papua Provinces

Created: 01 March 2023

The Training Center for Environment and Forestry in Makassar (BDLHK Makassar), the Vocational Forestry School of Makassar (SMKK Makassar) and FORCLIME held a recent discussion in Makassar on 7 February 2023 which introduced a number of developed draft syllabuses for forest inventory training. This meeting resulted in Ir. Iwan Setiawan, M.Pd., the main lecturer (Widyaiswara utama) in forest planning at BDLHK Makassar, offering to prepare a three-day training session on forest inventories, which will be held in April 2023.

After the teachers have finalized the details of this training, they will be able to commence teaching the students at SMK Kehutanan and practice their knowledge of forest inventory within the Training and Education Forest of Tabo-Tabo. During this training activity, the school will be simultaneously inventorying the Tabo-Tabo forest and collecting important data on tree species and tree combinations.

For more information, please contact:
Daniel Maertz, Adviser for Adult Education and Training
Edy Marbyanto, Strategic Area Manager for Human Capacity Development

Created: 23 February 2023