Twelfth Quarterly Report: Changes for Justice Project

The project is focused on producing a less corrupt, more accountable, and more efficient justice system through a more efficient, credible, and transparent Supreme Court and Attorney General's Office. The project's goal is to be achieved through a more efficient, credible, and transparent Supreme Court (Component 1) and Attorney General's Office (Component 2), including increasing the competence and integrity of judges, prosecutors, and staff. During the period of April to June 2013, C4J focused on coordination with counterparts on several key initiatives. These included proposed streamlining of the Supreme Court's organization through administration and management changes, revising and developing the Supreme Court's legal aid procedures and budgeting, expansion of version 2 of the automated case tracking system (CTS) in the general district courts, and sustainability of CTS implementation through policy support and technical assistance. The Supreme Court, with the support of C4J, has finalized standard decision templates for deployment in all district courts. Upon approval, the templates and forms will be made available electronically and in the CTS for all district courts to use. In May, C4J together with Jaringan Riset Indonesia (JRI) completed a Public Perception Survey on courts' services in 10 courts. C4J has also produced the first draft E-learning module on Judicial Ethics and gained initial approval from the Supreme Court Training Center (Pusdiklat) leadership and Director Generals to apply the training to judges in the general, religious, and administrative courts. In Component 2, C4J has completed and submitted the workload assessment (WLA) report to the Attorney General's Office. The report will enable AGO officials to define a formula for identifying the numbers of prosecutors and support staffing needs for general crimes. The final draft Prosecution Guidelines for Terrorism Cases has been finalized and submitted to the AGO in May. C4J has started the bidding process for printing and dissemination of the Guidelines to all district prosecutors' offices (DPO). In Component 3, C4J has started working with a subcontractor on a public information and awareness-building campaign on biodiversity issues, with the goal of increasing public participation in combatting threats and preserving biodiversity. C4J has also completed the first draft of the Rapid Assessment on Biodiversity and developed one-year action plan to implement the Biodiversity Program activities. The key highlight this quarter was the approval of the Year 3 Work Plan. Prior to this quarter, C4J had submitted a draft Year 3 Work Plan to USAID and the project's counterparts. Based on consultations with the Supreme Court and Attorney General's Office (AGO), revisions were made and the work plan was accepted at a joint session hosted by Bappenas on 14 June 2013. The final work plan, GANTT charts, and respective revisions to the C4J Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) will be submitted to USAID in early July. The project's progress is described under Component 1, which focuses on sustaining and broadening reforms in the Supreme Court. The key results achieved in this quarter include the completion of competency profiles for the Supreme Court's Echelon II positions, the development of a draft policy paper on restructuring options for the administrative support framework of the Supreme Court, and the completion of a Public Perception Survey on courts' services in 10 courts. The project's progress is also described under Component 2, which focuses on prosecution activities. The key results achieved in this quarter include the completion and submission of the workload assessment (WLA) report to the Attorney General's Office, the finalization and submission of the Prosecution Guidelines for Terrorism Cases, and the conduct of PPID roll-out trainings for public information officers in the prosecutors' offices at Denpasar and Pontianak. The project's progress is also described under Component 3, which focuses on biodiversity activities. The key results achieved in this quarter include the completion of the first draft of the Rapid Assessment on Biodiversity and the development of one-year action plan to implement the Biodiversity Program activities.