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KEMITRAAN with Pekalongan City Government to Ground Climate Change Issues to Youth

15 August, 2024 Admin

PEKALONGAN – Climate change is increasingly facing the people of Pekalongan City, including its youth. They now directly feel the impact of climate change such as tidal flooding due to rising sea levels. Therefore, it is important for the youth of Pekalongan City to have awareness and knowledge to deal with climate change.

For this reason, KEMITRAAN through the support of the Adaptation Fund together with the Pekalongan City Government (Pemkot) organized the Pekalongan City 2024 Youth Competition. This event is a series of creativity competitions with the theme of climate change. This competition includes creative content competitions, poster designs, written works, and stand up comedy. The event, which has been held for the third time, took place on August 2-7, 2024 in Pekalongan City and was attended by 155 participants.

The hope is that the issue of climate change, which seems complicated and distant from young people, can be grounded and become an everyday discussion. They were then invited to express their concerns and voice their concern for climate change in the Batik City through their works. In the poster design and creative content competitions, the problem of waste management and the use of single-use plastics were also mentioned. There was also a participant who used the tidal floods as stand-up comedy material because his campus was often flooded.

By making climate change a daily conversation, it is hoped that the awareness of Pekalongan’s youth towards the environment will increase. They are expected to become agents of change in their city to reduce the impact of climate change through concrete actions. These include reducing the use of single-use plastics, actively sorting and recycling waste, or even participating in mangrove planting to minimize the effects of tidal flooding.

This is in line with the objectives of the Adaptation Fund program run by KEMITRAAN in Pekalongan City, which is to increase community resilience to climate change. Therefore, the involvement of young people is very important to maintain the sustainability of adaptation efforts to climate change.

The same thing was conveyed by Pekalongan City Regional Secretary Nur Priyantomo in his speech at the peak of the Pekalongan City 2024 Youth Competition event at Santika Hotel, Pekalongan City, Wednesday (7/8/2024). He said the role of young people is vital in building resilience to climate change.

“This is clear evidence that we are empowering the younger generation to play an active role in dealing with climate change. I am sure with the knowledge you (young people) have, you can become agents of change for the community,” said Priyantomo.

He also hopes that the participants of the Pekalongan City 2024 Youth Competition can become an extension of the Pekalongan City Government in sensitizing citizens to protect the environment. Thus, Pekalongan City residents are able to transform into a climate change responsive society.

KEMITRAAN Program Director Eka Melisa said that her party continues to be committed to supporting Pekalongan City in adapting to climate change. Therefore, KEMITRAAN always involves the Pekalongan City Government and the community in every climate resilience action.

“All of you are winners because you have dared to express your creativity in helping to voice the importance of handling climate change,” Eka said.

For information, the Adaptation Fund program in Pekalongan City has been running since 2021. Along the way, KEMITRAAN and the Pekalongan City Government have made a number of efforts to address climate change such as planting mangroves to reduce the risk of rising sea levels. KEMITRAAN has also helped procure urban farming facilities and systems for farmers who lost their land due to tidal flooding.

In addition, in the Adaptation Fund program in Pekalongan City, KEMITRAAN also actively involves the community. In 8 urban villages affected by tidal floods, KEMITRAAN involves its citizens to carry out climate change adaptation programs such as mangrove planting and urban farming. KEMITRAAN also actively involves the youth of Pekalongan City in climate resilience actions to build awareness of protecting the environment.

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR GOVERNANCE REFORM (KEMITRAAN)

For two decades KEMITRAAN has worked to promote the principles of good and transparent governance in government, society and business in line with the principles of anti-corruption, human rights and natural sustainability.

KEMITRAAN builds close networks with international institutions, national governments and grassroots movements, to collaborate strategically. KEMITRAAN is currently the only Indonesian organization accredited to channel international Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund for developing countries’ resilience to climate change.

In 2020, KEMITRAAN was included in the 2020 Think Tank with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy category issued by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program from the University of Pennsylvania, America. In 2021 KEMITRAAN officially joined the UNCAC Coalition, a global network of more than 100 countries committed to promoting the ratification, implementation and monitoring of UNCAC (United Nations Convention Against Corruption).

For more information, visit www.kemitraan.or.id

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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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