Strengthening Rights and Economies of Adat and Local Communities Project

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1. Country/Region: Indonesia 2. CIF Project ID#: (Trustee will
assign ID)
3. Source of Funding:  FIP  PPCR  SREP
4. Project/Program Title: Strengthening Rights and Economies of Adat and Local Communities
Project (DGMI)
5. Type of CIF Investment:  Public  Private  Mixed
6. Funding Request in million Grant: 6.325 million Non-Grant:
USD equivalent:
7. Implementing MDB(s): IBRD
8. National Implementing Cristi Nozawa, The Samdhana Institute, Jalan Guntur No. 32,
Agency: Babakan, Bogor Tengah, Babakan, Bogor Tengah, Kota Bogor,
Jawa Barat 16128, Indonesia. Email: cristi@samdhana.org
9. MDB Focal Point and Headquarters- Focal Point: TTL: Diji Chandrasekharan
Project/Program Task Team Gerhard Dieterle Behr; Gayatri Acharya
Leader (TTL): Madhavi Pillai
10. Project/Program Description (including objectives and expected outcomes):
1. The project development objective is to improve participating indigenous people and local communities’
(IPLCs) capacity to engage in tenure security processes and livelihood opportunities from sustainable
management of forest and land.
2. The DGMI project has three components which are described below.
Component 1: Grants to Strengthen IPLC Capacity to Enhance Tenure Security and Improve Livelihoods (USD
4.03 million)
3. This component will, through the provision of grants, build the capacity of IPLC to pursue: (i) clarity and
security over their rights to land (including forest land) in rural areas, and (ii) improved livelihoods. This
component will result in mechanisms, skills, and outputs that will assist the participating IPLCs to advance
efforts to strengthen tenure and improve their well-being. It will help the participating IPLC to fulfill (to the
extent possible) government requirements for greater land tenure security and access to services that
improve livelihoods.
4. The selection of communities eligible for support from this component will be based on criteria such as: (i)
community has started or has completed participatory mapping of territories or process for applying for
social permits, (ii) areas are part of vulnerable landscapes (e.g., peatlands, lowlands, fire prone areas, small
islands that are subject to pressure from industries such as mining and plantations), and (iii) feasibility (both
financial and political). The latter will be determined based on evidence of districts’ willingness to engage in
recognition of IPLC and their claims for collective land rights. Additional criteria, such as percentage of
women beneficiaries, community support and organizations’ capacity, will be used to screen proposals
(these are presented in Annex 1 and will be elaborated in the Project Operational Manual (POM)).
5. Grant proposals associated with this component will include a combination of activities for all three
subcomponents or activities for subcomponent 1.1 and 1.2, or activities for subcomponent 1.1 and 1.3
(when there is clear tenure). The project aims to issue 60 block grants over the course of the project life.

Several of these grants will span multiple years. The minimum grant size is estimated to be $30,000. The first
tranche of each grant will be for implementing subcomponent 1.1, and is expected to not exceed $7,500.
Details regarding the activities, selection process, and the financing mechanism are described in Annex 1 and
will be further detailed in the POM.
Subcomponent 1.1. Community Outreach and Mobilization (0.3 million)
6. Funds associated with this subcomponent will be accessible to non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
CSOs, and CBOs that have been shortlisted following an open call for proposals. The support is to enable
the short-listed proponents to sensitize their targeted beneficiaries and other relevant stakeholders (e.g.,
local government) about the project scope and implementation arrangements, and to refine the project