The smallholder P&C is delivered in 2 (two) languages, Bahasa Indonesian and English. Public consultation period was provided and a public consultation workshop was also held to enable more stakeholders to give comments on the draft. The process also involved field testing of the 2nd draft in different provinces namely Riau, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan and East Kalimantan done with both scheme and independent smallholders. The 5th physical meeting was held to refine the 1st draft and to become 2nd draft which includes determination of major and minor indicators as required in the RSPO Certification System. It required 4 (four) physical meetings to discuss and produce the 1st draft. It refers to the RSPO Certification System document endorsed by RSPO Executive Board on 26th June 2007. The process to develop the smallholder P&C was a long journey. Indonesian laws, regulations and norms STF Indonesia has also incorporated changes and amendments made in the revised generic RSPO P&C October 2007 that was agreed at the 4th General Assembly on 22 November 2007. Characteristic and situation of oil palm smallholders, both scheme and independent 3. STF Indonesia develops the smallholders P&C based on the followings: 1. STF-Indonesia’s works are equivalent with the national interpretation process of RSPO P&C in Indonesia developed by INA-NIWG, but scaled and modified to the smallholders’ needs and situations in Indonesia while maintaining verifiable indicators for auditing and eventual certifications against RSPO P&C. STF Indonesia comprises of different constituent groups namely producers (companies and smallholders), environmental interest, social interest and related government representatives. The objective of STF Indonesia is to deliberate, develop, test and promote a smallholder P&C for Indonesia. A need to establish STF Indonesia was mooted during exploratory meeting held by RSPO Indonesia Liaison Office (RILO) on 18th January 2007 to determine the best approach in coordinating and expediting the Smallholders Task Force (STF) related activities specifically for Indonesia. This is vital to bring smallholders becoming sustainable palm oil producers and not to be marginalized from the certification process.
Among the proposed activities, the STF is to conduct trials on the application of the P&C with smallholders in order to test the suitability of the P&C and verification procedures and to suggest modifications to better suit smallholders’ interests, without compromising the goals of the RSPO. Preamble Smallholder Task Force (STF) was established by RSPO on recognisition that smallholders had not been well integrated into the work and standard-setting of the RSPO Principles & Criteria (P&C).
National Interpretation RSPO Principles & Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production For Oil Palm Smallholders Republic of Indonesia Final Document November 2007įinal Document National Interpretation of RSPO Principles & Criteria for Indonesian Oil Palm Smallholders.