HISTORY OF ECOLABELING CERTIFICATION IN INDONESIA

1994 NATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON ECOLABELING WAS ESTABLISED. LED BY A HIGHLY-RESPECTED FORMER ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND A PROMINENT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, PROF. EMIL SALIM

LATE 1997 LEI'S SFM CERTIFICATION SYSTEM COMPLETED

FEB 1998 THE INDONESIAN ECOLABELING INSTITUTE (LEI) WAS ESTABLISHED AND CHAIRED BY PROF. EMIL SALIM

JUNE 1998 THE NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION BODY ADOPTED LEI'S SFM CERTIFICATION SYSTEM AS THE NATIONAL SYSTEM

1998 A CONCESSION HOLDER, PT DIAMOND RAYA TIMBER, WAS CERTIFIED. PRODUCT SOLD TO UK

SEPT 1999 LEI-FSC SIGNED MOU AND JOINT CERTIFICATION PROTOCOL

DES 1999 MODIFICATION OF LEI'S C & I WAS COMPLETED. INPUTS FROM FSC CERTIFIERS ADOPTED


OCT 1999 - MAY 2000

    * JCP FAILED
    * COMMUNICATION BREAK DOWN
    * THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

· SCOPING

· INFORMATION SHARING
· CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES
· PERSONNEL ARRANGEMENT
· COST SHARING
· CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT
· LANGUAGE
· LEI'S DUAL ROLE AS A CERTIFIED AND AN ACCREDITATION BODY
* ALL CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES WERE SUSPENDED

JUNE 7, 2000 RESCUE MEETING IN LONDON

· COMMUNICATION IMPROVED
· COMMITMENT REITERATED BY ALL PARTIES
· STANDARD USED CLARIFIED
· CERTIFICATION PROCESS, CERTIFIERS, CERTIFICATES CLARIFIED
· CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES RE-COMMENCED


AUG 2000

    * FOUR LEI-ACCREDITED CERTIFIERS ANNOUNCED
    * B & Q ACCEPTS LEI CERTIFICATE

SEPT 2000

    * NEW AGREEMENT SIGNED BY FSC-LEI
    * NEW JCP AGREED, ISSUE ON SCOPING CLARIFIED

OCT 2000 EXPERT PANEL RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATE FOR ONE CONCESSION. WINDOW PERIOD APPLIED

DEC 2000 - JAN 2001

    * LEI'S PERSONNEL REGISTRATION BODY ESTABLISHED
    * ACCREDITATION OF SFM TRAINING INSTITUTION COMPLETED
    * CERTIFICATE FOR THE FIRST CONCESSION CANNOT BE ISSUED :

      > FSC CERTIFICATION PROCESS NOT COMPLETED
      > FSM SHOWS THE CONCESSION'S TAX DUE

* FOREST CERTIFICATION MONITORING (DIRECT AND INDIRECT) COMMENCES TAX DUE DISCOVERED (CONCESSION A). CIRCULAR ISSUED TO PRESS: NO

    CERTIFICATE FOR WOODS COMING FROM FOREST CONVERSIONS (FSC 6.10)

FEB 2001 - ONWARD

    * MILLIONS OF AGENDAS ON PLATE . . . . . .

  1. LEVELS OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT (MRA)

1. STANDARDS

2. SYSTEMS

3. ACCREDITATION

INITIAL STEP TOWARD MRA

    * JOINT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

POSITIVES

    * LEARN EACH OTHER'S SYSTEM
    * IF WELL MANAGED, IT CREATES CONDUCIVE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CERTIFIERS ON BOTH SIDES

NEGATIVES

    * EGO VS COMPROMY
    * COSTS INCREASES

NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR MRA ON STANDARS

· STANDARD COMPATIBILITY (ESPECIALLY C & I)

      > SHOW LEI, FSC, ITTO COMPATIBILITY

· CREDIBILITY OF STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

      * MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
      * DYNAMIC NOT STATIC
      * INDEPENDENCE

· RECOGNITION OR MERGER

      NOT ACQUISITION

· DETAILS CLEARLY SPELLED OUT/STUDIED

      * SCOPING
      * PROCESS/STAGES
      * DECISION MAKING PROCESS
      * CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT

SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS

1. COMMUNICATION

2. FLOW OF INFORMATION

3. FASILITATOR (GTZ etc.)

OBSTACLES

> COMPETITION AMONG

    * SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND ACCREDITATION BODIES

    * CERTIFIERS

> PHYLOSOPHICAL GAPS

IF NO MRA OR JCP

    A MESSY CERTIFICATION WORLD

NOTE :

CERTIFICATION IS NOT AN END, IT IS A MEANS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT