"Sustainable Tourism: When Nature and Culture Blends"
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HEART OF BORNEO (HoB) TECHNICAL SPECIAL MEETING (PREPATORY COMMITTEE MEETING), 20th September 2011 THE 5th HEART OF BORNEO (HoB) TRILATERAL MEETING, 21st - 23rd September 2011 Balikpapan - East Kalimantan, Indonesia "Sustainable Tourism: When Nature and Culture Blends" Introduction The fifth Heart of Borneo (HoB) Trilateral Meeting will be held in Balikpapan on 21 – 22 September 2011. Indonesia as a host country propose that a technical special meeting (Preparatory Committee Meeting) be held directly prior to the main meeting on 20th September 2011 in order to further prepare the documentation and to make the meeting effective so we can achieve better results of the trilateral meeting. The meeting will be attended by delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia and some observers. There are several pending issues from previous meeting which need to be considered and decide at the upcoming trilateral meeting. These issues include those derived from the newly agreed HoB Institution and Modalities which need further action, namely consideration on the establishment of a technical committee to study the needs and possibility to develop Permanent Secretariat of HoB and establishment of several technical committees, such as on GIS and Sustainable Financing. It has been among the awareness by the three countries that HoB has agreed the Strategic Plan of Action (SPA) to guide the implementation of the initiative on the ground. It is necessary that joint activities by three countries and/or individual actions by country should be undertaken to implement the SPA on the ground level. Therefore this meeting is the perfect place where each country can share or propose any activity within the scope of HoB. Objective The specific objectives are: - To discuss some pending issues such as HoB branding (logo) and HoB forest carbon, secretariat, and technical committees on GIS and sustainable financing - Share or propose initiatives and actions within the scope of HoB - Report of each country's progress after the 4th HoB Trilateral Meeting Venue Novotel Hotel Jl. Brigjen Ery Suparjan No. 2 Balikpapan 76112, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Ph. +62 542 820820, Fax. +62 542 732999 Email: [email protected] Tentative Program Monday, 19th September 2011 19.00 - 22.00 Welcoming Dinner and Social Event host by Major of Arrival and Registration of Participants for HoB Balikpapan Technical Special Meeting Thursday, 22nd September 2011 Tuesday, 20th September 2011 09.00 - 09.45 Discussion on the HoB and 08.00 - 17.00 HoB Technical Special Meeting Forest Carbon (Preparatory Committee Meeting) 09.45 - 10.15 Consideration of HoB 12.00 - 14.00 Opening of Side Event/Exhibition Branding Arrival of the 5th HoB Trilateral Meeting Delegation 10.15 - 10.30 Coffee break 10.30 - 12.00 Consideration of the Wednesday, 21st September 2011 Implementation of the Institution and Modalities of 08.00 - 09.00 Registration the HoB 09.00 - 09.45 Opening 1. Secretariat 1. Speech by Head of Delegation 2. Discussion on the of Brunei Darussalam Proposed Formation of Technical Committee on 2. Speech by Head of Delegation GIS (Geographic of Malaysia Information System) and 3. Keynote speech by Director Sustainable Financing General of PHKA 3. Others: Rio+20 4. Welcoming remarks and official 12.00 - 12.10 Venue and Date of the Next opening by Governor of East Meeting Kalimantan 12.10 - 13.10 Lunch Break 09.45 - 10.30 Photo Session, Coffee Break and 13.10 - 14.10 Any other business: Rio+20 Press Conference (UNCSD) 10.30 - 10.45 Election of Chairperson and Vice 14.10 - 15.00 Drafting committee to work Chairperson on the report 10.45 - 11.00 Adoptions of the Agenda of the 15.00 - 16.00 Adoption of the Report meeting 16.00 - 16.30 Closure of the meeting 11.00 - 10.05 Business Arrangement 19.00 - 21.00 Farewell Dinner hosted by 10.05 - 12.30 National Report on the progress of HoB National Working Group the implementation of HoB especially on the development of National Project Documents and Friday, 23rd September 2011 institution 08.30 - 12.00 Partnership Forum 1. Brunei Darussalam (Integrating Green Economy 2. Indonesia & Sustainable Financing into 3. Malaysia HoB initiative action) 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 - 17.00 Field Trip and Delegation Tree Planting (Sungai Wain 13.30 - 15.30 Discussion on the Implementation Protection Forest) of Transboundary Protected Area Management and It's Possible Link to Ecotourism Development Exhibition Exhibition will be set up during the meeting from Novotel Hotel 20 – 23 September 2011 to show HoB activities. Community photo exhibition as part of Heart of Jl. Brigjen Ery Suparjan No.2 Borneo Indonesia activities in West and Central Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Kalimantan will be presented in the venue, as well Tel: +62 542-820 820 as the community exhibition of local products from Fax. +62 542 732999 the Heart of Borneo. [email protected] www.novotel.com Field Trip The field trip and tree planting by all delegations Grand Senyiur Hotel will be held at Sungai Wain Protection Forest. Jl. Ars Muhammad No.7 Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Transportation Tel: +62 542-820 211 Fax: +62-542-820222 Transportation to and from the airport and the [email protected] meeting venue will be provided upon request. www.gran.senyiurhotels.com Accommodation Le Grandeur Hotel The delegation and participants are kindly advised Jl. Jend Sudirman No.1 to make their own accommodation. The HoB Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Indonesia's secretariat will help you to arrange at Tel: +62 542-420 155 the Novotel Hotel; the meeting's venue. The suggested list of hotels and their contacts are Fax: +62-542-420 150 provided. [email protected] www.balikpapan.legrandeurhotels.com Flight Schedule to and from Balikpapan Grand Tiga Mustika There are frequent domestic flights from Jakarta to Jl. Jl ARS Muhammad No.51 Balikpapan as well as many international flights from Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Kuching and Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Bandar Sri Begawan. Domestic airlines currently Tel: +62 542-733 788 providing routes to Balikpapan from Jakarta are Fax: +62 542 733 288 Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air, Batavia Air, Kartika [email protected] Airlines and Sriwijaya Airlines. International www.hotelgrandtigamustika.com flights to and from Balikpapan are serviced by Garuda Indonesia, Air Asia and Silk Air. Garuda Hotel Menara Bahtera Indonesia provides two flights daily from Kuala Jl. Jend Sudirman No.02 Lumpur to Jakarta and eight flights daily from Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Jakarta to Balikpapan. Air Asia flies directly from Kuala Lumpur to Balikpapan a few times a week. Tel: +62 542-738 000 Silk Air flies from Singapore, Kuching and Bandar Fax: +62 542 731889 Sri Begawan. [email protected] www.bahterahotel.com For more information please kindly contact: Zurich Hotel The Secretariat Heart of Borneo National Working Group Jl. Jend Sudirman No. 81 Directorate General of Forest Protection and Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Nature Conservation Tel: +62 542-760 808 Ministry of Forestry Republic of Indonesia Fax: +62.542 761447 Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok VII Lt.7 [email protected] Jakarta, Indonesia www.zurichhotel-balikpapan.com Telp/Fax: +62 21 5720 229 Other Information Balikpapan City Balikpapan, located in the southern part of East Kalimantan, is one of the big cities in the province – a resource-rich region well known for its timber, mining and petroleum export tongue and long nails to find different types of insects such products. Balikpapan is also famous as an east as beetles, termites and caterpillars that live inside timber. coast seaport city. They are also fond of eating honey. Orang-utans, monkeys, birds, fish, and so on, are all common too. Transportation Balikpapan's airport is the Sepinggan International Near the entrance of SWPF, there is a reservoir built by Airport. It permits large aircraft and is the second Dutch Oil Company in 1947. But since 1972, the Sungai busiest Indonesian airport after Soekarno-Hatta Wain reservoir has been managed by Indonesian Oil International Airport. Consequently, most people arrive Company (Pertamina). Before entering the protected by air. It is located on the coast just outside of the city. forest, visitors have to contact the SWPF management at Airport taxis operate from the terminal and there is a Pos Ulin. It is located 6 km from the intersection 15 km fixed fare depending on the destination. There are between Balikpapan and the Samarinda Highway. frequent flights from Jakarta, as well as commercial services from Surabaya, Banjarmasin and Makasar. If visitors like trekking they can enjoy a short walk along There are also some international flights operated by the Ulin Trek Bridge stretching for around 240 metres. Silk Air and Air Asia a few times a week. This trek is built across the marshes. There are some shelters built in the bridge for visitors to enjoy the Interesting places in Balikpapan atmosphere of Sungai Wain swamp accompanied by birdsong, the sound of forest insects and other wild 1. Sungai Wain Protection Forest animals. Other types of animals that could be found during Sungai Wain Protection Forest (SWPF) is one of the this trek are long-tailed monkeys, proboscis monkeys, natural forest areas remaining in East Kalimantan squirrels, butterflies and birds. Province. Boasting both tropical rain forest and river systems it covers 9,782 hectares and is located between 2. Bekapai Garden (Taman Bekapai) the Balikpapan and Samarinda road (approximately 15 Taman Bekapai is a place where locals use to spend their km to the north). Established as a reserve in 1934 by the leisure time with friends of family. There is a steel statue Sultan of Kutai, SWPF contains a large number of rare describing the process of oil exploration from the earth. It and endangered species.