Kampala Principles Encourage Civil Society Development

Attending Inclusive Workshop on Kampala Principles in Indonesia

By: Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta

The Kampala Principles are guidelines for business and civil society to achieve the SDGs. The Kampala Principles emerged from the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) meeting in Kampala, Uganda (March 2019). GPEDC itself was founded in 2011 in Busan, South Korea, as a platform for stakeholders that aims to increase the effectiveness of development cooperation and to contribute to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The point of achieving the SDGs became a concern for Stube HEMAT to take part in the online workshop initiated by YAKKUM about Inclusive Workshop and Dialogue on Kampala Principles in Indonesia: Opportunities for Collaboration between Government - Private - Civil Society Organizations for Development Effectiveness (Thursday, 18/04/2014). YAKKUM is a member of GPEDC in Indonesia that took part in monitoring training on the extent to which the government and private sector involve civil society in development cooperation, as emphasized by GPEDC and the Kampala Principles as its guidelines, YAKKUM received a mandate to report progress in Indonesia after last year's monitoring.

In her presentation, Rita Tri Haryani from the YAKKUM Rehabilitation Center explained that the meeting was aimed to socialize the results of the Kampala Principle Assessment survey and consultation in Indonesia and to initiate inclusive dialogue for opportunities for effective partnership cooperation between the Government, the Private Sector and civil society organizations. So, it is hoped that stakeholders will know the gaps in the implementation of the Kampala Principles, especially regarding cooperation between the private sector and civil society organizations, and strengthen effective partnership cooperation between government, the private sector, and civil society organizations in development cooperation.

She continued, that the Kampala Principles include: 1) inclusive state ownership by strengthening coordination, alignment, and capacity development at the state level; 2) results and impacts following sustainable development targets through schemes that benefit all parties; 3) inclusive cooperation by building trust through inclusive dialogue and consultation; 4) transparency and accountability by measuring and disseminating sustainable development results; 5) goals that no one is left behind, by identifying, sharing and mitigating risks for all parties.

The next resource person, Rokhmad Munawir from YAPPIKA (Foundation for Strengthening Indonesian Community Participation, Initiatives and Partnerships) explained that YAPPIKA is engaged in policy advocacy and improving public services in Indonesia. In his presentation, one of the programs was presented, namely safe schools, where education is a basic right, schools become inclusive and safe places, by improving the quality of school sanitation, school facilities, and freedom from violence. Moreover, he also revealed that the various donors who participated in supporting program activities came from the public, institutional donations, philanthropy, corporate CSR, and multi funding.

Beta Wicaksono, from Exxon Mobil Cepu Limited Community Relations, said that the company's oil mines cover the Cepu, Tuban, and Bojonegoro areas, so the company's priority is to develop communities in these three areas, in line with regional development plans. There are several forms of corporate social responsibility, including increasing human resources through teacher training centers, training woven craftsmen, including quality control from craft market providers, providing sanitation and biogas installations, and renovating local markets.

From this meeting, the idea emerged to create more intense communication between civil society organizations in the form of coordination and sharing information on opportunities for cooperation with the government and the private sector, so that civil society organizations become more solid and the community life improves. ***