:: JAVA LEARNING CENTER ::

Java Learning Center (JAVLEC) is initiated by Komunitas Pendukung Penyelamatan Hutan Jawa (KPPHJ - Supporting Group for Saving Java’s Forest), a network of non government organizations (NGO) which concern on supporting CBFM development in Java. They are:

1. Paramitra  Foundation – Malang (East Java)
2. LeSEHAN – Madiun (East Java)
3. Gita Pertiwi – Surakarta (Central Java)
4. Shorea Foundation – Yogyakarta
5. ARUPA – Yogyakarta
6. YBL Masta – Magelang (Central Java)
7. POKLAN – Bandung (West Java)

In collaboration with other stakeholder, these NGOs have worked actively in achieving their vision and mission since 1999. Some activities which had been run between 1999 to 2005 are :

It is different with KPPHJ, Java Learning Center (JAVLEC) is developed as a network based on individual commitment. Nowadays, JAVLEC has 16 members, and it is open for stakeholders, such as NGO, community organization, university, company, and government. JAVLEC is designed to be a resource center in Java.

Vision

To be an institution which play a strategic role in developing democracy and civil society due to meet community welfare.

Mission

Strategy

In order to achieve the mission, JAVLEC has developed some programs to provide facilitations for stakeholder. Strategies and facilitations which will be developed by JAVLEC are

Base on the vision and mission, JAVLEC wil not only concern on the issue of forestry, but also in some others relate with developing democracy and civil society in Indonesia. Good forestry governance is the issu ethat currently JAVLEC deal with. Through those issues JAVLEC already played some important roles on developing and improving Community Forestry scheme in some places. In Yogyakarta, JAVLEC  in cooperation with FKKM and government in province level, was initiating and developing the task force of HKM (Hutan Kemasyarakatan) due to secure the access right of community to the forest, esspecially in Gunungkidul and Kulonprogo. The taskforce now had been  working together with some othes civil society element in Yogyakarta to give technical assistance to the community who involve in HKM Program. The task force had been also runing some dialog series, with the main issue: how to help community generating income from the forest surrounding them.

In grass root level, JAVLEC have also some agendas that currently are still runing. It’s called Share Learning Program. Through this program JAVLEC had been facilitating the community, especially they are who have strong relationship with the forest, to develop their own lesson learned about community forestry they have done, as well as to share their experiences of managing forest to the others. It is considered a very important step to improve their ability and capacity in forestry field. It is also a strategic approach to promote the issues of Community Base Forest Management to the decission makers, especially government.

There are approximately 150 forest villager (mostly from Java) who have involved in this program. There are at least 15 best practices of Commnuity Base Forest Management in Java organised by JAVLEC to become share learning site.  There are many stakeholders, such as Perhutani (State Forest Company), forestry agency in district and province level, local government and paeliament, as well as departement of forestry, which had been joining into this program. Shortly, through Share Learning Program, JAVLEC had tried to facilitate, support, and develope a strong and powerful community network – an important element to develope Community Base Forest Management.

JAVLEC had also been runing the program of developing information center on Java forestry. Through this program JAVLEC had been colecting and distributing information relate with forestry and community to many stakeholder who have interest on the issue of good forestry governance. And due to achieve broad base constituency JAVLEC had been  developing a network  with local and national press. Sistimatically, this programs are being design to promote the idea of : “put people first and forest sustainability will follow”.

Secretariat:
Pogung Baru Blok G – 22 
Jl. Kaliurang Km. 5,5
Yogyakarta 55284
Phone / Fax : + 62 274 514 503
E-mail : kpphj@jmn.net.id

Management and Contact Persons

JAVLEC Resources