Program Overview Since 2002, the J4P program in Indonesia has worked to foster innovation to promote more equitable dispute resolution processes, particularly for poor and vulnerable groups. It aims to achieve this objective by supporting increased community demand for better justice services and improved supply of those services by state, non-state and hybrid institutions. The program responds to a government request to assist in developing policies and modalities for implementation of the Legal Aid Law by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, while also scaling up efforts to support legal aid providers in meeting this new demand. Areas of Engagement Select operational activities include: Women’s Legal Empowerment (WLE): The J4P program funded the WLE project through to 30 June 2011. WLE supported legal empowerment activities in all Female Headed Household Empowerment Program (known by its Bahasa acronym PEKKA) locations, including 9 provinces and over 300 villages. In addition to work at the community level, J4P supported PEKKA to continue developing relationships with government counterparts to raise key policy issues at the national level. Support for Non-State Justice Systems (SNSJS): SNSJS aims to strengthen policy dialogue around, and responses to, the roles of non-state institutions in dispute resolution by developing the capacity of both providers and users of such mechanisms. It also supports policy dialogue around recognition of such dispute resolution mechanisms by both local governments and the Supreme Court. Integrated Community Legal Empowerment (ICLE): ICLE is designed to strengthen the capacity of local state and community institutions to deliver justice services and resolve disputes in Aceh. This includes a focus on enhancing community legal awareness in relation to key dispute categories. An important feature of ICLE is its planned integration with Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM) structures to deliver paralegal services at the sub-district level and thereby facilitate a more effective interface between communities, government actors and the state justice system. Mediation and Community Legal Empowerment (MCLE): MCLE operates in Maluku Province and is implemented as a component of the Government of Indonesia’s broader Support for Poor and Disadvantaged Areas (SPADA) program. MCLE supports the settlement of disputes through both formal and informal means, particularly through the creation of legal aid posts which increase community capacity to settle disputes through mediation. Partnership and Dialogue J4P-Indonesia works with local partners to conduct the operational and analytical activities outlined above, which in turn form the basis for evidence-based policy dialogue and reform as well as project design. Capacity development of local partners and institutions is an important element of these partnerships. Current activities include: Supporting the development of a National Paralegal Network, comprising the main NGOs involved in delivering paralegal programs in Indonesia; Working with local partners (government and NGO) to support improved information flows between local level initiatives and national policy processes; and Consolidating the work of donors in support of the Government of Indonesia’s National Strategy on Access to Justice.
Key J4P-Indonesia partnerships include: Directorate of Law and Human Rights, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) Support for Poor and Disadvantaged Areas Project (SPADA) National Community Empowerment Program (PNPM) Female Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA) Indonesian Centre for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK) Rapid Agrarian Conflict Appraisal (RACA) Institute Van Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University Open Society Institute, Jakarta Office Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Indonesia United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Indonesia Country Office
|
RSS