YOGYAKARTA — During the 13th Indonesia Green Forestry Environment Expo held from March 2nd to March 5th, 2023, at the Jogja Expo Center, the Scouts from the Special Region of Yogyakarta participated by showcasing their Scout Village, known as Kampung Pramuka, to the public.
A “scout village” is a term for an area or area that carries out scouting activities as a form of embodiment of the scout promise and scout law.
The miniature Kampung Pramuka featured several parts, including the Scout Honey Business Unit (Madu Pramuka), Yogyakarta Nature Conservation Agency, the Trash Bank in collaboration with Saka Kalpataru of the Yogyakarta City Regency Scout Council, Saka Kalpataru from the Sleman Regency Scout Council, and the Kampung Pramuka itself.
Planned activities included ecobrick and ecoprint simulations, simulations demonstrating how scouts can reduce carbon emissions, and tree planting practices.
The Kampung Pramuka booth at the expo was primarily coordinated by the provincial Scout Council of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, focusing on community service, disaster management, and the environment.
Let’s see how the Scouts in Indonesia have maintained a successful partnership with the government, specifically the Ministry of Forestry and Environment. The Scout Movement in Indonesia offers a group of interest for Rover and Senior Rover Scouts, known as Penegak and Pandega, respectively.
This group, called SAKA (Satuan Karya), offers various skills and partnerships with government authorities. According to Gerakan Pramuka’s definition, SAKA serves as an educational forum for scouts to explore their interests, develop their talents, and gain experience in various fields of science and technology.
SAKA is designed for Rover Scouts and Senior Rover Scouts, or young people between the ages of 16 and 25, who meet certain terms and requirements. Scouts who join SAKA are encouraged to view their activities as a service to society, and the program provides non-formal education in several vocational areas for educational purposes.
As the supporting organization within Gerakan Pramuka, SAKA has several purposes as a forum for partnership between Gerakan Pramuka and government agencies, communities, professionals, and other stakeholders. The primary aim of this partnership is to provide non-formal education services based on skills.
Additionally, SAKA serves as a place to develop and innovate ideas from scouts in the fields of science, technology, art, ethics, work attitudes, and mastery of skills and functional skills in line with the demands of the times.
Furthermore, on March 4th, a Scout from the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Kak Dijah Inprijati, was invited as a speaker to a talk show on the topic of “The Role of Women in Environmental Preservation and Sustainable Forests.”
This talk show was attended by hundreds of participants, including scouts, students from several universities in Yogyakarta, and the public.
Kak Dijah emphasized that women have great potential for adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change and can become active environmental activists, as demonstrated through collaborations between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the National Scout Council of Indonesia.
So how this participation can be connected to the SDGs? Starting with the 11th goal of sustainable cities and communities, followed by the 13th goal of climate action, and lastly the 17th goal of partnerships for the goal.
The partnership between the Scouts of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the local community, and government stakeholders, as well as Kampung Pramuka, is essential to the realization of the SDGs’ 11th and 17th goals.
Saka Kalpataru is also a great example of how the Scouts and the Ministry of Forestry and Environment collaborate and act to limit climate change, aligning with the 13th SDGs goal.
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by Karunya Saka