Response of Civil Society towards Indonesia PRS

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Response of Civil Society towards Indonesia PRS

• Case of GAPRI (Movement for Anti-Impoverishment
  of Indonesian People)

Second Regional Workshop on Gender and PRS 17
18 September 2003
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What is GAPRI?

• KIKIS conducted a mapping of poverty in 1999
  2001 through participatory method and integrated
  gender perspective to communities in agriculture,
  fishery, forestry, factory (labour), small
  enterprise and urban poor.
• KIKIS then expanded its networking to a social
  movement called GAPRI (Movement for
  Anti-Impoverishment of Indonesian People)
• Public consultation was conducted in 8 provinces,
  supported by OXFAM-GB, involving the poor, women
  organisations, local governments and CSOs
• National Conference on Poverty October 2002
• Grand Strategy of Anti Poverty and Anti
  Impoverishment FOUR PILLARS OF DEMOCRATISATION
  AGAINST POVERTY and IMPOVERÎSHMENT
• Monitoring and advocacy for KPK (Poverty
  Reduction Committee) and IPRSP Process and
  substance of PRS based on the reality of the poor
• Loose coalition and social movement anti poverty
  (national NGO and women NGO network)

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GAPRIs PERSPECTIVE ON POVERTY - IMPOVERISHMENT

• Impoverishment and Poverty is a result or impact
  of taking away resources and rights, its not
  only about the absence of income or low income.
  Internally, poverty is mostly caused by unfair
  distribution of power and wealth. Externally, it
  is caused by unfairness in the financial system
  and international aid and trade
• There is a need to improve the role of the state
  and the market. The state and the market are both
  responsible for poverty.
• The strategy to fight poverty and impoverishment
  is by making these institutions take the side of
  the poor.
• Theres a need for a new strategy, based on a new
  paradigm, born from the consensus of civil
  society and social movement in Indonesia
• The strategy should be based on human rights and
  prioritize the importance of transforming social,
  economic and political relations to a fairer and
  more sovereign manner. Thus improving human
  rights as a whole and strengthening foundations
  for social justice and democracy.

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CIVIL SOCIETY CONSENSUSFOUR PILLARS OF
DEMOCRATISATION

• Restructure political relations
• Redistribution of wealth
• Reorientation of economic management towards
  peoples economy
• Reform fundamental role of donors and
  trans/multinational companies (TNCs/MNCs)

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GAPRIs ACTIVITIES

• Monitor and influence IPRSP and PRS ensure that
  the voice and needs of the poor and women are
  included in PRS
• Strengthening the poor and CSOs intervention
  through poverty analysis and pro poor budget with
  the integration of gender perspective
• Mobilize collaboration and share information and
  poverty analysis among GAPRI network
• Strengthen capacity in analysis, macro-economic
  policies and right-base approach

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GAPRI on PRS

• First, ensure that the poor and womens basic
  rights are upheld
• Second, the poor and womens basic rights could
  not be given nor taken away
• The voice and needs of the poor and women should
  be the basis for PRS
• Third, for the State to respect, protect and
  fulfill the rights of the poor and women, it has
  to be sensitive and active in taking
  non-discriminative political actions. PPA
  (Participatory Poverty Assessment) must be
  conducted.
• Fourth, GAPRI emphasis on the importance of PPA
  for the ongoing PRS process
• PPA (Participatory Poverty Assessment)
• PSIA (Poverty and Social Impact Analysis)