Response of Civil Society towards Indonesia PRS

1. 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

2. 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)

3. GAPRI’s PERSPECTIVE ON POVERTY - IMPOVERISHMENT • Impoverishment and Poverty is a result or impact of taking away resources and rights, it’s 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. • There’s 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.

4. CIVIL SOCIETY CONSENSUSFOUR PILLARS OF DEMOCRATISATION • Restructure political relations • Redistribution of wealth • Reorientation of economic management: towards people’s economy • Reform fundamental role of donors and trans/multinational companies (TNCs/MNCs)

5. GAPRI’s 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

6. GAPRI on PRS • First, ensure that the poor and women’s basic rights are upheld • Second, the poor and women’s 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)