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Canada has
had a long relationship with Indonesia in the field of environmental
management. CIDA began the first phase of the Environmental
Management Development in Indonesia [EMDI] Project in 1983. At
that time, EMDI was the only donor-supported project assisting the
Government of Indonesia to build its environmental management capacity. A
second phase of EMDI was implemented from 1986 to 1989, and included
support to selected university Environmental Studies Centres for the first
time. The final phase of EMDI was implemented from 1989 to 1995 and saw a
significant expansion in both project size and scope. Canadian grant
contributions increased from approximately CAD $2 million during Phase I
to over CAD$37 million for Phase III. Support provided t
 o the State Ministry for Environment was enlarged to include BAPEDAL
after its creation in 1990. EMDI concluded its activities in 1995, and
Canadian assistance shifted from policy development to program
implementation.
The
introduction of CEPI in 1996 signaled a move away from working mainly at
the national level in order to address environmental management needs at
the sub-national levels. CEPI is focusing assistance on strengthening the
new Regional BAPEDAL (Wilayah III) office established in Ujung Pandang in
1995 to assist with decentralization of BAPEDAL's environmental management
functions to the provinces and districts. CEPI has also adopted a learning
by doing philosophy to reinforce skills transfer, and technical advisors
and university faculty act as mentors and resource persons to support
Indonesian project participants who carry out the work. In order to
measure results, CEPI places a greater emphasis than have previous
projects on undertaking baseline needs assessments, on using a team
approach to design appropriate activities which will address these needs,
and on monitoring of indicators to document progress in capacity
development.
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