Samdhana - NICFI 2021-2025: Expanding Community Rights, Livelihoods Innovation & REDD+ in Indonesia The project proposal is a continuation and expansion of the existing project INS-16/0001 The Samdhana Institute Community Rights and REDD+ in Indonesia. It will continue work in seven existing districts and expand into five new districts. 

Main outcomes are to secure communities more secure rights over land and natural resources, enhanced livelihoods through improved resource governance and sustainable enterprise development, enabling policies and institutions actively promote and support rights-based community development and increased capacity among indigenous people and local communities (IPLC) to sustain, protect and manage their forest resources as part of resilient and self-reliant livelihoods. 

A gender-sensitive approach will be integral to all project activities at community level, and in addition the project will provide targeted support to women’s groups, offering opportunities for sharing information, building consensus and improving organisational management, leadership and facilitation skills. Particularly outcome 4 will have a clear focus on empowerment of women’s and youth groups.

The project will be implemented by Samdhana with a consortium of six organisations:
-	The Ancestral Domain Registration Agency (BRWA), specialising in the registration and promotion of ancestral domain mapping.
-	Kaoem Telapak, specialising in community capacity building around livelihoods and natural resource management.
-	Kitong Bisa, specialising in product and value-chain development, with a particular focus on Papua.
-	Perempuan AMAN, the women’s wing of the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago, working with women leaders and women’s groups in indigenous communities.
-	Rainforest Foundation Norway 
-	The Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI), working with village and district governments on issues of budget transparency, planning and sustainability.