SUPA Component 1 and Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province Held the Launching of SUPA Pilot Site in Aceh, Indonesia

May 25, 2021

Location: Virtual

As a follow up to the signing of the agreed minutes for technical cooperation on Sustainable Use of Peatland and Haze Mitigation in ASEAN (SUPA) Component 1 on 25 May 2021, GIZ and Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province held the launching of SUPA Pilot Site in Aceh, Indonesia on 15 June 2021. This launching is the opening of a series of events related to SUPA Pilot Site in Aceh.

The virtual ceremony was attended by Sri Parwati Murwani Budisusanti, Director of Peatland Degradation Control; Anizar, MP, Secretary of Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province, and other relevant stakeholders. 

Reading the opening remarks of Head of Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province, Anizar shared some of the efforts that Aceh Province has done in peatland conservation. “Government of Aceh Province through the Environment and Forestry Office hopes that this SUPA programme will run smoothly and all the programme’s objectives can be achieved as planned.”

On 16-17 June 2021, a focus group discussion workshop was held to develop SUPA Pilot Site Work Plan. The workshop was attended by relevant stakeholders from Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province, NGOs, academics, and private sectors. The workshop generated valuable inputs and feedbacks from stakeholders that will be incorporated in the SUPA Pilot Site Work Plan.

The last meeting in this series of events is the preliminary meeting to prepare the 1^st Project Steering Committee of SUPA Pilot Site in Aceh, Indonesia. With guidance from Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Environment and Forestry Office of Aceh Province, SUPA Component 1 will organize the 1^st Project Steering Committee of SUPA Pilot Site in Aceh in due course.

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