RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests holds
a unique and important place in the world of forestry. It is the only
international not‐for‐profit organization that specializes in capacity development
for community forestry and devolved forest management. RECOFTC engages in
strategic networks and effective partnerships with governments, non government
organizations, civil society, the private sector, local people, and research
and educational institutes throughout the Asia‐Pacific region and beyond. With
over 25 years of international experience and a dynamic approach to capacity
development—involving research, analysis and synthesis; strategic
communication; training and learning networks; and piloting and
demonstrating—RECOFTC delivers innovative solutions for
people and forests.
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests is looking for a
consultant(s) to conduct a Capacity Development Needs Analysis (CDNA) for
community forestry in Indonesia.
Terms of Reference for Consultancy Services for Capacity Development
Needs Assessment (CDNA) in Indonesia.
Background
Many see
Community forestry (CF) as one of the best modalities for achieving sustainable
forest management. CF can support multiple objectives, including the
realization of socio-economic (e.g. poverty reduction) and environmental (e.g.
reducing deforestation) benefits. The success of sustainable CF is dependent on
a combination of the clarity, strength, realization, and the security of
rights; the appropriateness of resources and regulations; capacity and
performance of key stakeholders; and the availability of, and access to market
opportunities for the community forestry products and services. Community, as a
sense of being, is a basic condition to realize this, as well as an objective
for CF. The governance of this process is important, but this is dependent on
who is involved, and their capacity to realize rights and responsibilities over
access, use, and management of forest resources. While there is no one model
for community forestry, nevertheless stakeholders’ capacities will be key for
realizing the objectives of community forestry.
Capacity to make
this work has a number of conditions, including: awareness, understanding,
skills, attitudes / aspirations, but also regulatory environment, technology,
infrastructure, and resources. While there have been numerous prescriptions of
the capacities needed for CF development, a systematic framework looking at key
knowledge and skills can help to assess the actual capacity needs, and will be
fundamental in all stages of the program development. For this project, the
focus is on developing a framework of competences – covering the understanding
and skills of individuals and their organizations - as a prerequisite for
successful community forestry.
During the implementation of the 2008-2013 strategic plan RECOFTC
conducted 7 capacity building needs assessments (CBNAs) focusing on community
forestry and 5 for grassroots REDD+ capacity building. These assessments used a
framework which unpacks CF competences (knowledge and skills) into 9 competence
groups (plus an additional one on REDD+ for grassroots REDD+ capacity
building). These were cross-referenced with the cross cutting themes (rights,
governance, benefits). The competence groups identified covered: CF policy and
planning; Sustainable CF Management; Forest Resources Assessment; Participatory
Action Research; Socio-Economic and Cultural Assessment; Sustainable
Development and Conflict Management; Awareness, Public Relations and Advocacy;
Individual Capacity Development and Training; Program Development and Project
Management.
For its 2013-2018 strategic plan RECOFTC developed a program framework
around four strategic outcomes (thematic areas – the ‘what’), and five
intermediate outcomes (functional approaches – the ‘how’) (see RECOFTC’s
program framework below). In the previous strategic phase capacity development
was understood to cover mainly training, learning networks, and study tours as
methods to improve the capacities. For the current strategic phase the learning
cycle has been reviewed to mainstream the process of delivering outcome
oriented high level capacity development services by integrating functional
approaches research, analysis and synthesis; training and learning networks;
strategic communications; and piloting and demonstration.
During the development stages of its current strategic plan, RECOFTC
recognized the role and importance of revisiting the capacity building needs
assessments (renamed as capacity development needs assessments [CDNA]). The
challenge of developing CDNAs is that they should be detailed enough to have a
logical progression leading into country specific planning processes, flexible
enough to deal with the context specific issues, and robust enough to ensure
actionable results.
In the above context RECOFTC has been revising the CDNA framework for
rolling out in the financial year 2014-15. We now have a draft CDNA framework
ready to be finalized in consultation with key stakeholders, with the view to
implement the CDNA, in order that a comprehensive capacity development program
can be developed and implanted by RECOFTC and partners.
The revised CDNA will initially be rolled out in Indonesia and
Myanmar. One of the first steps is identifying a suitable consultant(s) to
conduct the CDNA. The consultant will perform the following tasks in close
consultation with the RECOFTC country program coordinator, and key stakeholders
at relevant opportunities:
- Finalize the CDNA objectives, methodology, processes and the format of the report.
- Provide an overview of community forestry in Indonesia, conduct a policy analysis, examine the opportunities and barriers to the development of CF in the country.
- Conduct a stakeholder mapping and analysis and stakeholder capacity analysis
- Conduct CDNA for CF at local landscape levels
- Recommend capacity interventions to address the capacity gaps, also recommendations based on the policy and regulatory analysis.
Qualifications
The consultant
should have the following qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years of work experience in participatory forest management / community forestry
- University degree in forest / natural resource management, or sociology
- Good knowledge of the forestry sector in Indonesia
- Good command of English
Interested candidates are requested to submit CV and a cover
letter indicating why they are suitable for this position along with salary
requirements and current contact details of three referees, including recent
supervisors to indonesia.recruitment@recoftc.org, Please quote the position title in the subject
line of the email. Only
short-listed candidates will be notified. RECOFTC
has a competitive compensation package. However, offers shall be based on
salary history, relevant experience and qualifications of the selected
candidate.
Application deadline: 31st August 2015
Women
and candidates from the Asia-Pacific region are strongly encouraged to
apply. RECOFTC is an equal opportunity
employer and the successful candidate will be selected based on merit.
*RECOFTC
reserves the right to offer the position at a lower grade.
