📋 Tender Overview
Efforts to create world peace with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs are one of Indonesias priorities as an Elected Ten a non-permanent member of the UNSC. For this reason Indonesia promotes peace building processes through economic development especially in agriculture plantations and the creative economy at the International Workshop on Crops for Peace 2019 IWCP 2019 in Jakarta 5-6 November 2019.The workshop was held in collaboration with the Government of Colombia and UNDP United Nations Development Program Indonesia to discuss success stories of agricultural and plantation-based economic development and its contribution to the process of peace building in post-conflict regions throughout the world and its relation to the achievement of SDGs. Furthermore the workshop also discussed the experiences and practical strategies of developing agriculture and plantation-based economies for peace or Crops for Peace.The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Mahendra Siregar in his keynote address said that the collaboration between Indonesia and Colombia was carried out at the right time given the role of the two countries in the mechanism of peace building in the world. Indonesia is currently elected ten Member of the UNSC and Colombia as Chair of the UN Peace Building Commission. The Deputy Minister also underlined that the elements of peace building which include conflict prevention mediation and conflict resolution must be in line with Agenda 2030 as a nexus between peace and development.The IWCP 2019 was attended by around 100 participants representing government academics and foreign representatives in Indonesia. Among them were 21 international participants from 12 countries namely Afghanistan Colombia Ethiopia Ghana Indonesia Myanmar Nigeria Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Thailand the Philippines and Timor Leste.The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Study and Development BPPK Dr. Siswo Pramono in the opening session said that the 2019 IWCP is a form of Indonesias commitment and contribution as a solution to various international peace and security challenges. Meanwhile on the same occasion the Colombian Ambassador to Indonesia Juan Camilo Valencia Gonzales emphasized 3 aspects in the implementation of Crops for Peace in Colombia namely legality entrepreneurship and equality of economic opportunities.IWCP 2019 is expected to increase understanding for all stakeholders related to foreign strategies and policies which are oriented towards the use of development to support peace. The expected outcome of this activity is the emergence of a recommendation for an SDG-based mechanism so that the crop for peace program can be successful. As part of a series of activities 2019 IWCP participants will make a visit to Riau Province to see the management of sustainable palm oil plantations that are in accordance with Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO standards.
