Jakarta, Kompas.com – The ecological fiscal transfer (EFT) funding scheme is a potential solution for addressing the climate crisis in Indonesia, particularly at the local government level. Indonesia’s climate funding needs are estimated to exceed Rp 343 trillion per year, while contributions from the state budget and other funding sources are still far from sufficient. […]
Makassar, July 29, 2025 — The increasingly severe environmental crisis demands visionary regional leadership that champions the preservation of nature. This was a key point at the Green Leadership Forum (GLF) II, held in Makassar on Tuesday (29/7), which focused on promoting the integration of green development into regional planning and budgeting. Deputy Minister of
Jakarta, May 23, 2025 — In commemoration of Open Government Week 2025, the Center for Regional Studies and Information (PATTIRO) held a webinar themed “Regional Financial Accountability to Promote Sustainable Urban Waste Management.” The event featured three speakers: Zulkarnaen Nasrun, Head of the Parepare City Development Planning Agency (Bappeda); Dini Inayati, a member of the
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Jakarta-the Center for Regional Studies and information (PATTIRO) held a public discussion entitled “Strengthening the integration of ecological-based fiscal Transfer policies in the regions in the 2025-2029 RPJMD” (17/04). The event, which took place in a hybrid manner, presented various speakers from ministries, local governments, and civil society organizations to encourage the institutionalization of Ecological
PATTIRO, together with 19 civil society organizations and The Asia Foundation, successfully held a Partner Coordination Meeting (PCM) for the SETAPAK 4 Program on 24-26 February 2025 in Bali. In addition to discussing program developments, the meeting also discussed various current issues and strategies to encourage sustainable forest and land governance through green financing strategies.
Aware of the lack of participation of women and youth groups in regional planning and budgeting on environmental conservation programs, civil society groups were moved to initiate grassroots forums to provide capacity building to the community related to local governance. PATTIRO through the support of the Asia Foundation photographed this good initiative in the EFT
Fiscal 2025 incentive policies offer great opportunities for regions to improve environmental and forestry performance. “This fiscal incentive can spur the performance of local governments, especially in the environmental and forestry sectors. Local governments can focus on the indicators set by the Ministry of technical,” said Jaka Sucipta, director of the village fund, incentives, special
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In an effort to strengthen advocacy for environmental conservation through local budgets, a number of civil society organization (CSO) partners attended a capacity building training to support the implementation of the Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) scheme organized by PATTIRO through the support of the Asia Foundation on November 4-7, 2024 in Bogor, West Java. The
PATTIRO welcomes the government’s steps, especially the Ministry of Home Affairs, in revising government regulation (PP) number 12 of 2019 on regional financial management. This regulation is a mandate from law (UU) No. 23 of 2014 which still refers to Law No. 33 of 2004 on financial balance between Central and local governments. However, since
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The government has pushed various policies to address the impacts of climate change. However, there is still homework to overcome the gap between the needs and financing of climate change action in the state budget. Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) policy innovations through ecological-based provincial budget transfers (TAPE), ecological-based district budget transfers (TAKE), and ecological-based Kelurahan
In an effort to create a positive impact on the environment, the Ministry of Home Affairs, has released regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs (Permendagri) number 15 of 2024 on guidelines for the preparation of the regional budget (APBD) of 2025 which adopts the Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) scheme or ecological-based fiscal transfer scheme
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The Civil Society Coalition for Environmental Protection Funding (KMS-PPL) is proud to announce the successful implementation of the National Ecological Fiscal Transfer (EFT) Workshop, as part of the 5th EFT National Conference – 2024. This event was organized with the support of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ford Foundation, and The Asia Foundation. Active
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