Public Consultation: Jurisdictional Approach for RSPO Certification
RSPO has embarked on a journey to develop an approach that will allow the RSPO Principles and Criteria (P&C) to be applied at the jurisdictional level for the State of Sabah, Malaysia; District of Seruyan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia and Ecuador. This approach is referred to as the Jurisdictional Approach to Certification (JA for short).
The JA aims to address environmental and social issues by strengthening stakeholders’ engagement and ensuring smallholder inclusion through strong government involvement, and enabling a wider impact area than that of single producer certification.
In March 2018, the RSPO Board of Governors (BoG) endorsed the establishment of a Jurisdictional Working Group (JWG) for the development of the approach, centered around local applicability, acceptance by the market, and pragmatic development over time through ensuring alignment and learning experiences with current RSPO JA landscapes.
The draft of the approach is now open for public consultation. The public consultation period will last for 60 days, from 24 June through to (and including) 23 August 2019.
You can download the draft text of the RSPO Jurisdictional Approach for Certification below:
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You can also download the background slides below:
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To provide and submit your feedback on the draft text of the RSPO Jurisdictional Approach for Certification, please access the online survey below.
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Face-to-face consultation workshops will also be organised in six (6) locations; pre-registration will be required. Please see below an overview of all the consultation workshops scheduled during the period of this public consultation.
We very much encourage and welcome all comments and feedback.
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For registration, click here |
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1st July |
The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta, Indonesia |
English & Bahasa Indonesia |
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2nd July |
The Sultan Hotel & Residence Jakarta, Indonesia |
English & Bahasa Indonesia |
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5th July |
Aquarius Boutique Hotel Sampit, Indonesia |
English & Bahasa Indonesia |
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9th July |
Venue [TBD] Netherlands |
English |
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11th July |
Hotel Dann Carlton Quito, Ecuador |
English & Spanish |
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19th July |
Venue [TBD] Monrovia, Liberia |
English |
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29th July |
Promenade Hotel Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
English |
Workshop Agenda
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08:30 – 09.00 |
Registration |
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09.00 – 09.10 |
Opening Remarks |
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09.10 – 10.30 |
What is Jurisdictional Approach?
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Break |
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11.00 – 12.30 |
Jurisdictional Certification
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12.30 – 13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30 – 15.00 |
JA Governance
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15.00 – 15.30 |
Break |
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15.30 – 17.00 |
JA Membership & Claim
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17.00 – 17.30 |
Closing Remarks |
For more information, please contact [email protected] and/or [email protected].
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