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ELEVATE (Enhancing the Leverage of Women Environment Human Rights Defenders in Sustaining the Environment)

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Indigenous women of the Balik tribe resist the eviction of land and women’s management areas in Sepaku Lama, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan Photo credit: JATAM East Kalimantan

ELEVATE (Enhancing the Leverage of Women Environment Human Rights Defenders/WEHRDs in Sustaining the Environment) is a PARTNERSHIP project that aims to increase the capability and influence of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in conserving the environment.

According to Komnas Perempuan, there were 87 cases of violence and attacks against women human rights defenders that were directly reported in the period 2015-2021. However, this number is considered an iceberg phenomenon, as there are many unreported cases.

Capacity building and influence are focused on women and communities whose land and natural resource rights are threatened by large-scale development projects, such as the expansion of monoculture plantations and extractive industries that do not take into account environmental aspects.

About the project

Background
Public participation is crucial in influencing the formulation and implementation of state regulations, policies and decisions. However, there is a tendency for the state to limit participation in the policy-making process, one of which is experienced by human rights defenders in the form of threats, violence, and criminalization. The risks are increasingly experienced by environmental human rights defenders.
that are not only directed at her, but also her identity as a woman, mother, and community member. Sexual attacks, stigmatization, discrimination and neglect are often experienced.

Objectives
The two main objectives of the ELEVATE project were:
a. Promote state and community-based protection mechanisms for environmental PPHAM.
b. Enhance the leadership capacity and influence of environmental PPHAM and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to advocate for gender-sensitive policies in the environmental sector.

Project timeline
October 2022 – January 2025

Working area
National level and provincial level (Riau, East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi)

Work Program
In running the ELEVATE project, in addition to direct implementation, KEMITRAAN also works with partners at the national and local levels including in Riau Province, East Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi.

The strategies to achieve the program objectives are:

a. Capacity building for PPHAM, communities, supporting civil society organizations regarding security and protection of environmental PPHAM and strengthening networks.
b. Technical support to encourage collective efforts of the state and civil society organizations in providing legal protection instruments for women environmental human rights defenders that are gender sensitive.
c. Research on the condition of protection of women human rights defenders in Indonesia and the condition of women in mining and palm oil sites.
d. Advocacy to influence policies to protect PPHAM so that they can actively participate in negotiating gender-sensitive policies in natural resource and environmental management. This includes advocacy on priority issues related to gender-sensitive environmental human rights defenders, conducting stakeholder dialogues to support the strengthening of the capacity and protection of human rights defenders.
capacity and protection of human rights defenders, case advocacy in assisted communities, and provision of emergency assistance for cases of human rights defenders.
e. Knowledge management and learning as an important process to integrate data and information from various initiatives undertaken by civil society actors through the improvement of the HRDKS (Human Rights Defenders Knowledge System). This system is a platform for sharing, exchanging information and knowledge products on human rights defenders’ issues and PPHAM.

The ELEVATE project is expected to deliver:

1) Research, including:
a) Risks faced by PHAM and PPHAM and gaps in the legal framework on the protection of PPHAM LH
b) Annual Report: Current situation faced by PPHAM LH, including types of attacks and state responses to attacks; any changes in laws and other policies related to HRDs and PPHAM LH
c) Documentation of good practices and lessons learned regarding strategies and challenges faced by PPHAM LH at national and regional levels;
d) The impact of the Job Creation Law on the conditions of women in the palm oil and mining sectors and advocate for improving the law and its implementing regulations.

2) By partnering with civil society organizations at the national level, conduct policy advocacy related to:
a) Protection of PPHAM LH against the Threat of Defamation Crimes in the new Criminal Code
b) Revision of the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (ITE)
c) Strengthening the Implementation of ANTI SLAPP Rules in article 66 of the Environmental Protection and Management Law

3) Training on gender-sensitive community-based protection mechanisms for HRDs on environmental issues in partnership with civil society organizations in Riau, East Kalimantan and Central Sulawesi Provinces.

4) Capacity building of civil society organizations through:
a) Training on protection and security mechanisms for 6 local partners in Riau, East Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi Provinces and 3 national partners
b) Gender sensitive environmental policy advocacy for PPHAM LH and CSOs

5) National report on case data and handling of PPHAM

6) The existence of HRDKs (Human Rights Defenders Knowledge System) as a system for documenting attacks and handling of PPHAM LH cases

7) Emergency assistance for Human Rights Defenders who experience threats, attacks, and criminalization

8) National coalition for PPHAM LH advocacy and encouraging action plans to strengthen gender-sensitive policy advocacy in the palm oil and mining sectors.

2016

Pada bulan Maret 2016, KEMITRAAN menerima akreditasi internasional dari Adaptation Fund. Dewan Adaptation Fund, dalam pertemuannya yang ke-27, memutuskan untuk mengakreditasi KEMITRAAN sebagai National Implementing Entity (NIE) dari Adaptation Fund. KEMITRAAN menjadi lembaga pertama dan satu-satunya lembaga Indonesia yang terakreditasi sebagai NIE Adaptation Fund di Indonesia.
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2020

Perjanjian ini ditandatangani antara Green Climate Fund (GCF) dan KEMITRAAN. Perjanjian ini meresmikan akuntabilitas KEMITRAAN dalam melaksanakan proyek-proyek yang disetujui oleh GCF.

 

Untuk diketahui, GCF adalah dana khusus terbesar di dunia yang membantu negara-negara berkembang untuk mengurangi emisi gas rumah kaca dan meningkatkan kemampuan mereka dalam merespons perubahan iklim.

 

Dana ini dihimpun oleh Konvensi Kerangka Kerja PBB tentang Perubahan Iklim (UNFCCC) pada tahun 2010. GCF memiliki peran penting dalam mewujudkan Perjanjian Paris, yakni mendukung tujuan untuk menjaga kenaikan suhu global rata-rata di bawah 2 derajat celsius.

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2000-2003

KEMITRAAN memainkan peran krusial dalam mendukung pengembangan undang-undang untuk membentuk KPK. Hal ini diikuti dengan langkah mendukung Pemerintah dan DPR dalam memilih calon komisioner yang kompeten dan juga mendukung kelompok masyarakat sipil untuk mengawasi secara kritis proses seleksinya. Setelah komisioner ditunjuk, mereka meminta KEMITRAAN untuk membantu mendesain kelembagaan dan rekrutmen awal KPK, serta memainkan peran sebagai koordinator donor. Sangat jelas bahwa KEMITRAAN memainkan peran kunci dalam mendukung KPK untuk mengembangkan kapasitas dan strategi yang diperlukan agar dapat bekerja seefektif mungkin.
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2003

Pada tahun 2003, KEMITRAAN menjadi badan hukum yang independen yang terdaftar sebagai Persekutuan Perdata Nirlaba. Pada saat itu, KEMITRAAN masih menjadi program yang dikelola oleh UNDP hingga akhir tahun 2009. Sejak awal tahun 2010, KEMITRAAN mengambil alih tanggung jawab dan akuntabilitas penuh atas program-program dan perkembangannya.
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1999-2000

Kemitraan bagi Pembaruan Tata Kelola Pemerintahan, atau KEMITRAAN, didirikan pada tahun 2000 setelah berlangsungnya pemilihan umum pertama di Indonesia yang bebas dan adil pada tahun 1999. Pemilu bersejarah ini merupakan langkah penting dalam upaya Indonesia keluar dari masa lalu yang otoriter menuju masa depan yang demokratis. KEMITRAAN didirikan dari dana perwalian multi-donor dan dikelola oleh United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) dengan mandat untuk memajukan reformasi tata kelola pemerintahan di Indonesia.
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2020

This agreement was signed between Green Climate Fund (GCF) and PARTNERSHIP. This agreement formalizes KEMITRAAN’s accountability in implementing projects approved by the GCF.

For your information, the GCF is the world’s largest special fund that helps developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase their ability to respond to climate change.

These funds were collected by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010. The GCF has an important role in realizing the Paris Agreement, namely supporting the goal of keeping the average global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.

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2020

This agreement was signed between Green Climate Fund (GCF) and PARTNERSHIP. This agreement formalizes KEMITRAAN’s accountability in implementing projects approved by the GCF.

For your information, the GCF is the world’s largest special fund that helps developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase their ability to respond to climate change.

These funds were collected by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010. The GCF has an important role in realizing the Paris Agreement, namely supporting the goal of keeping the average global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius.

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2016

In March 2016, KEMITRAAN received international accreditation from the Adaptation Fund. The Adaptation Fund Board, in its 27th meeting, decided to accredit KEMITRAAN as National Implementing Entity (NIE) from the Adaptation Fund. KEMITRAAN is the first and only Indonesian institution to be accredited as a NIE Adaptation Fund in Indonesia.
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2003

In 2003, KEMITRAAN became an independent legal entity registered as a Non-Profit Civil Partnership. At that time, KEMITRAAN was still a program managed by UNDP until the end of 2009. Since the beginning of 2010, KEMITRAAN took over full responsibility and accountability for the programs and their development.
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2000-2003

KEMITRAAN played a crucial role in supporting the development of legislation to establish the KPK. This was followed by steps to support the Government and DPR in selecting competent commissioner candidates and also supporting civil society groups to critically monitor the selection process. After the commissioners were appointed, they asked KEMITRAAN to help with the institutional design and initial recruitment of the KPK, as well as play the role of donor coordinator. It is clear that KEMITRAAN plays a key role in supporting the Corruption Eradication Commission to develop the capacity and strategies needed to work as effectively as possible.
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1999-2000

The Partnership for Governance Reform, or KEMITRAAN, was founded in 2000 following Indonesia’s first free and fair general election in 1999. This historic election is an important step in Indonesia’s efforts to move away from an authoritarian past towards a democratic future. PARTNERSHIP was established from a multi-donor trust fund and is managed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with a mandate to advance governance reform in Indonesia
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1999-2000

Kemitraan bagi Pembaruan Tata Kelola Pemerintahan, atau KEMITRAAN, didirikan pada tahun 2000 setelah berlangsungnya pemilihan umum pertama di Indonesia yang bebas dan adil pada tahun 1999. Pemilu bersejarah ini merupakan langkah penting dalam upaya Indonesia keluar dari masa lalu yang otoriter menuju masa depan yang demokratis. KEMITRAAN didirikan dari dana perwalian multi-donor dan dikelola oleh United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) dengan mandat untuk memajukan reformasi tata kelola pemerintahan di Indonesia.
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