Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
Advancing Child Rights in the Context of
DRR Initiatives in Indonesia
Indonesia Country’s Experiences and Achievements
Nina Sardjunani
Deputy Minister for Human Resource Development and Cultural Affairs
Ministry of National Development Planning
Republic of Indonesia
UNICEF High Level Meeting on Child Right Protection in Asia and Pacific
Beijing, PRC, 4-6 November 2010
Disaster characteristics in Indonesia
1. Archipelago at intersection of four world
plates: Asian, Indian Continental, Australian
Continental and Pacific Ocean.
2. Located at confluence of three mountain
clusters: Alpine Mountain, Circum Pacific and
Circum Australia;
3. Has more than 500 volcanic mountains, 128 of
which are still active.
4. Has a population of 226 million with uneven
income distribution, and comprises various
tribes, community groups, races, religions and
customs.
5. 383 of 483 districts/municipalities are disaster
prone .
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Disaster management policy in development
Disaster Management (DM)
Law Number 24 Year 2007
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Government Regulation
21/2008 on Implementation
on DM
Government Regulation
22/2008 on Funding of DM
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Paradigm Change: :
Response- Prevention
Sectoral -- intersectoral
Government initiatives - joint responsibility
Centralization  Decentralization
Emergency Response Disaster Risk
Reduction
 National planning on disaster management
Government Regulation
23/2008 on Foreign Support
 National DM Plan
(2010-2014)
 National Action Plan
(NAP) DRR (2010-2012)
 Gov’t AWP 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011
 The involvement of multiple stakeholders –
activities of stakeholders in DRR
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DM and DRR activities by the ministries /
agencies and local governments listed in the
Government Strategic/Development Plan
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Specific needs to consider on child rights in DRR (1)
Rationale
1. Impact of disaster and climate change on
children is different from that of adults. Yet this
is rarely considered.
2. Children are effective communicators of risk
and agents of change in their communities.
3. Children have the right to participate in disaster
risk reduction initiatives, and also have
invaluable contributions to make.
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Specific needs to consider on child rights in DRR (2)
General condition of child-related DRR
1. Most teachers do not possess sufficient knowledge and
understanding of DRR and disaster management;
2. Lack of regulation, policy, guidelines, syllabus, and
teaching material on integration of DRR into school
curriculum
3. Students are overwhelmed by development issues
(gender, corruption, human rights, DRR and etc) that
are being integrated into school curriculum;
4. School building & facilities do not meet environmental
requirements and are not earthquake resistant.
5. Minimal resources (human resources, infrastructures
and budget allocation) available for DRR education
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National policy: the Strategy & Circular Letter of
Minister of National Education (1)
1. What is the National Strategy on
Mainstreaming DRR into the School Education
System?
A national policy, references and guidance to
mainstream DRR into the education system,
which includes programmes, strategic
framework, planning, institutional structure,
facilities and infrastructures, implementation of
learning for participants.
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National Policy: the Strategy & Circular Letter of
Minister of National Education (2)
2. Why is the strategy important?
a)Students (including those with special needs) are
community members who are vulnerable from
disasters.
b)School communities, especially students, are
agents of change as well as communicators who
could disseminate knowledge on disaster
education to their parents and neighbourhoods.
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National Policy: the Strategy & Circular Letter of
Minister of National Education (3)
3. How to implement the strategy?
a) The strategy is elaborated in a Circular Letter
from Minister of National Education to all
governors, mayors, and regents in Indonesia to
conduct DRR education in school.
b) The success of the strategy will depend on
active participation of schools, school
committees and parents as well as local
government on child-related DRR initiatives.
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Implementation (1)
National Campaign for 1 Million Safer Schools and Hospitals
1. Launched by Coordinating Ministry for People’s Welfare;
Ministry of Health; Ministry of National Education, National
Agency for Disaster
Management and the National
Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
2. Indonesia is committed to increasing the safety of 3,156
schools and 105 hospitals throughout the country.
3. More than 200 participants from government institutions,
NGOs and representatives of schools and hospitals
committed to various activities to improve the resilience of
schools and hospitals throughout Indonesia.
4. At least 27 organizations (government institutions, UN
agencies, NGOs, donor agencies, and private actors) will
support various activities relating to the campaign until July
2011
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Implementation (2)
Child-led and/or child-centred Disaster Risk
Reduction Program.
•Implemented by Save the Children and Plan International
Indonesia in Nias, Aceh, Rembang, Sikka, Jakarta and
Bogor.
•Implementation approach : child-led, community-based,
active learning, and promote children as agents of change
in the context of DRR and climate change adaptation.
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Implementation (2)
Disaster Preparedness Program.
Implemented by SCDRR in 3 locations/districts to assist school in
conducting school preparedness program. This project involves 9 schools,
1,330 students of primary school, 2,001 students of secondary school, 2,549
students of senior high schools and 419 teachers.
a. Duration of the project is 8 months, to conduct the following activities:
1) DRR integration into school curricula.
2) Formulate and implement of DRR School Action Plan.
3)Develop and disseminate DRR Information-Education-Communication
Material for student (public awareness).
4)Empower existing teacher forum.
5)Facilitate the formulation of local regulation/policy that
related/promote DRR education in school.
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Moving forward… (1)
Best practices and lessons learned
1. Dissemination of the new paradigm and policy
need to be continued
2. Effective communication and advocacy aimed at
the right audience to expedite the process
3. Utilize the existing education system to put the
strategy in place is effective.
4. Children are able to participate
5. Children’s participation is a long term process,
not a one-off initiative
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Moving forward… (2)
Remaining problems and challenges
1.Lack of coordination among related government
institutions in strategy implementation
2.Limited resources (funds, human resources,
infrastructure) to implement the strategy
3.Low level of awareness on the importance of disaster risk
reduction
4.Overwhelmed numbers of activities in learning process
without proper guidance in integrating DRR into school
curriculum in effective and joyful approach
5.Scaling up child-led DRR initiatives to national level
advocacy remains a huge challenge, involving changing
perceptions and attitude of adults, and acknowledging
children’s role in contributing to DRR strategies.
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