The Indonesia Wing organized in phase 2 a round table meeting, a scoping workshop and co-organised with Bakosurtanal the Indonesian Delta Forum conference in Semarang. In chapter 7 the proceedings of an International Workshop held in Bandung are presented. This workshop was organized in cooperation with the Indonesia Wing and presented as one of the projects carried out in the second phase (see section 7.1). The Indonesian Wing is also involved in the implementation of the Jakarta Climate Change Adaptation Tools project (see section 7.3). Finally, the Indonesian Wing is now preparing for the organization of World Delta Summit to be held in November 2011 in Jakarta, which has to become the follow up of the Rotterdam Conference.
6.3.1 Round table meeting
On June 29, 2010 a round table meeting was held in Jakarta. The meeting was attended by 33 participants from the Indonesian government, research institutes, NGO’s, commercial companies and Delta Alliance representatives. A presentation was given by the chairman of Delta Alliance, Ir. Kees Slingerland followed by a presentation of the Indonesia Wing coordinator, Prof. Jan Sopaheluwakan. The emphasis of the meeting was on the added value of Delta Alliance and the specific issues and problems in Indonesian deltas. Special attention was paid to the organization of and participation in the Indonesian Wing.
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6.3.2 Scoping workshop
The Indonesian scoping workshop took place on August 3 and 4, 2010. The workshop was a follow-up of the round table meeting. Fifty persons representing a number of (inter)national institutions, local governments, universities, and private sector attended the workshop. Before the scoping workshop, a series of small workshops (pre‐scoping workshops) was organized.
Also a short questionnaire was distributed among various stakeholders concerned with Indonesian deltas as a preparation for the scoping workshop.
The main objectives of the scoping workshop was to consolidate the Delta Alliance International Indonesia Wing (DAII) network, to define DAII and its initial activities in Indonesia, and to discuss the concept of resilience in the Indonesian context. The most important results and findings of the Indonesian workshops are outlined in table 5.
Theme Activities and focus of DAII
Data sharing and interoperability develop a data sharing system for Indonesian research network, focusing on specific areas of the network interest
Risk assessment and ecosystem services
scenario based risk assessment of integrated natural and social hazards,
spatial management, integrating ecosystem and disaster risk management;
ecosystem economic valuation.
Planning and design ecosystem based planning with a vision on ecosystem service conservation for rural deltas
Governance issues establishment of a communication forum;
integrated data management;
development of model for integrated delta management (IDM), including training of trainers in IDM, training and socialization of IDM at national and sub‐national levels, implementation of IDM in potential areas, and comparative study on IDM for benchmarking;
development of educational modules targeting young generations.
Implementation, operation and adaptation
strengthen the existing activities with the threats from climate change.
Inter-regional delta cooperation Development of adaptation road map of delta cities, using examples from the Netherlands;
Dissemination of integrated delta management in the forms of modules;
Implementation of pilot projects;.
Table 5: Activities and focus of Indonesian
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6.3.3 Indonesian Delta Forum in Semarang
Following increasing attention on delta city problems worldwide, the Indonesian National Coordination Agency for Survey and Mapping organized a two-day workshop in Semarang, a delta city on the north coast of Java island, Indonesia. This event was well supported by the Diponegoro
University, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Delta Alliance International and International Centre for Interdisciplinary and Advanced Research –
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (ICIAR-LIPI). This is the first workshop in Indonesia focusing on deltas.
The workshop took place on October 21 and 22, 2010 in Grand Candi Hotel, Semarang. It was officially opened by the Vice Governor of the Central Java Province, Ms. Rustriningsih. She emphasized the need of clear job
description and distribution of institutions involved in the delta
management, and a synergy among them. She appreciated the initiative to create a delta forum, which is very useful for knowledge and experience exchanges, which is in-line with the effort to increase understanding on Indonesian deltas in order to reduce natural and human induced disaster risks associated with deltas.
More than 170 people attended the workshop, representing academic institutions, international and national research organizations, government, consulting firms and practitioners. The workshop presented a number of keynote speeches, including speeches by Prof. Jan Sopaheluwakan from ICIAR-LIPI representing the Delta Alliance Indonesia Wing, and Mr. Jan-Jaap Brinkman representing Delta Alliance International. A number of scientific papers and posters from various case studies in Indonesia were discussed and displayed that enriched the exchange of knowledge. On this occasion, the Vice Governor Ms. Rustriningsih urged Delta Alliance to help the planning of the City of Semarang. On the second day of the workshop, the participants visited Wulan Delta in Demak, West Java. The participants could see the delta problems and monitoring activities in the field.
By: Heru Santoso, member Delta Alliance Indonesia Wing
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6.3.4 Preparing for the World Delta Summit
The Indonesian Wing of Delta Alliance is now preparing for the World Delta Summit to be held in Jakarta on November 14 – 19 , 2011. The subtitle of the Delta Summit reads: ‘The pulse of deltas and the fate of civilisation’. This conference has to become the follow up of the international conference on Deltas in Times of Climate Change held in September-October 2010.
The Delta Summit will be organized to:
Share a common but differentiated responsibility on securing the deltas’ functionality for our survivability;
Call for an immediate action with long term shared vision;
Produce acceptable and robust worldwide policies, and
Address the challenges and to create new opportunities as well, while reducing the disaster risks and properly alleviating the poverty under the changing climate.
The organisation of the Summit has already gained the support of the
Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta and the Central Government through the Coordinating Ministry of Social Welfare.