Improving Public Participation To Conserve Ciliwung River,

Indonesia

Muhamad MUSLICHEen Irawan PUTRA

Bogor Ciliwung Community, IndonesiaTelapak, Western Java Territory

The Outline

• Ciliwung as a Water Resource• Threat to the Water• What’s KPC Doing?• Lesson Learned and Challenges• The Video

Ciliwung: Sources of LIFE

Ciliwung as water intake provide services of drinking water and sanitation for households

Thousands hectares Irrigation of paddy field

Threats to the Water

Rubbish

Waste

Riparian Conversion

What’s KPC Doing?

The InitiatorHapsoro / R.I.P

The PROCESS

Fishing in Ciliwung

Polluted water

Trying to be more responsible

Ask friends

Inspiring peoples

Almost No CONCEPT

• Simple• Easy to do• Voluntary• Continuousl

y• Happy

Activities

Regular

• Picking up trashes

• Seedling and planting the tress

• Simple research

• Plastic recycle

Annual

• KPC Anniversary

• Trashes Competition

Tentative

• Discussions• Campaigns• Events

Communication Strategy

http://tjiliwoeng.blogspot.com

SMS BLAST

Funding • Donation from

individual• Small scale

proposal• Creative products

Lesson Learned

• It’s proven that public involvement is a must and should be done

• Ciliwung Community take an important role as frontline of public movement, sharing ideas, facilitator, and support government programs

• Working with no “hidden agenda”: nothing to loose, honesty, and happy

Challenges• Linking the dots; Strengthen network

of Ciliwung Community Groups• Improving capacity of Ciliwung

Community Groups• Develop common interests and

common problems• Keeping up the Spirit

Acknowledgment

All of Ciliwung Communities

A glance of Bogor Ciliwung River Care Community