Key Note Speech K Mangkusubroto PGA launch Jakarta 6 May 2013

Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Head of Indonesia’s REDD+ Preparedness Task Force/ the Presidential Working Unit for Supervision and Management of Development (UKP4), refers to the PGA process in Indonesia as a “most valuable contribution to the process of improving governance of forests, land and REDD+” and emphasized the importance of regular governance data updates to “track progress or regression” towards the baseline now available. Dr. Mangkusubroto also sees a role for the PGA data as a key reference and starting point for local government leaders, both at the provincial and district levels, to improve governance accordingly. In addition, the importance of regular governance data updates to “track progress or regression” was highlighted.