International Development Grant
Environmental Governance and Sustainable Livelihoods
Project Number: CA-3-A031866001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $13,785,643.00
Start Date: January 08, 2008
End Date: June 30, 2015
Duration: 7.5 years
Project Description
The project aims to reduce rural poverty in Sulawesi by protecting and creating livelihoods that are based on the sustainable management of renewable natural resources and the environment. A watershed management approach that considers the interactions between land water plants animals and people in a holistic manner is used to improve environmental health while meeting the many livelihood and other needs of various stakeholders. The project operates in 10 sub-watersheds in two provinces in Sulawesi (Gorontalo and Southeast Sulawesi) and engages with individuals and groups at the community level in 196 villages. It aims to achieve cooperation between community actors and those at the broader watershed level and at the various levels of government in order to improve both the quality of environmental and natural resource governance and the sustainability of resource-based livelihoods. To do so it links policy-makers and regulators at various levels of government with the multitude of resource users. Activities include: training and awareness raising to increase the capacities of key stakeholders to take action on priority environmental and natural resource management issues; training in the use of inclusive and equitable dispute prevention and resolution processes; facilitating the participatory development and implementation of solutions by key stakeholders at the community and watershed levels; assisting the National Development Planning Agency and other Government of Indonesia agencies in adapting structures and processes for improved environmental and natural resource governance at different levels. The project includes a Community Development Fund and a Watershed Ecosystem Development Fund that make financial support available for the implementation of local collaborative initiatives.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of June 30 2015 include: AT THE VILLAGE LEVEL: (1) 193 Village Working Groups were formed which utilized a participatory appraisal process to implement 1 700 village priority projects including slope stabilization sustainable forest management water and sanitation(2) Village level priority projects directly benefited over 5 760 people extending the benefits to their families and communities representing almost 59 000 people. AT THE WATERSHED LEVEL: (1) 10 Watershed Working Groups were formed to develop Watershed Action Plans recognizing the importance of a holistic watershed-based approach to water management; (2)Three Watershed Management Plans were developed in Konaweha (Southeast Sulawesi) Bolango and Bone in Gorontalo; (3) Between 4 and 6 initiatives were implemented under each Plan ranging from forest conservation and management agro-forestry sustainable agriculture practices and alternative livelihoods in forest conservation areas; (4) Both target provinces Southeast Sulawesi and Gorontalo developed provincial level regulations on watershed management and continue to utilize the management process instituted by the project. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL: (1) Building on the village- watershed- and province-level work the project supported the Government of Indonesia's Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) to develop a white paper on Integrated Water Conservation Management contributing to the policy development process at the national level.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
OGM Indo-Pacific
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP