2024 Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI)
Host Organization: Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI)
Website: https://oceanjusticeinitiative.org
Organization Profile: Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative is an Indonesian-based think tank and policy advocacy group that support Indonesia in attaining sustainable and equitable ocean governance
City: Jakarta
Internship format: In-person
Internship Department:
1. Maritime Security and Access to Justice
2. Sustainable and Equitable Ocean Governance
Department Description:
- Maritime Security and Access to Justice workstream advocates for safer ocean through maritime domain awareness, strengthening role of maritime institution & law enforcement at sea, declined threats from foreign fishing vessels based on accurate detection report, as well as improving the welfare and protection of coastal communities and Indonesian fisheries workers.
- Sustainable and Equitable Ocean Governance workstream advocate for sustainable and equitable ocean & fisheries governance
Work description:
Maritime Security Outlook Project: We are planning to develop a maritime security outlook and maritime security national system. The intern will do the following activities together with the team:
- research on the gaps of the existing maritime security policy, particularly on what type of maritime security threats that are overlooked or given only a little attention by the government of Indonesia
- identify ways to improve the legislation and rules upon the overlooked aspects
- conduct research and analysis on the methodology to develop and map on maritime security threats
- conduct research analysis on the strategy to improve the governance of maritime security
Feasibility Study on Blue Carbon Ecosystem Governance Project: The assessment seeks to enhance sub-national mangrove governance in Riau/Aceh Province (TBC) that can increase mangrove conservation value and improve the welfare of mangrove dependent communities. The intern will support the study through:
-Identifying potential improvement on local regulatory and policy framework on mangrove management
-Researching on social forestry policies as tenurial security for mangrove-dependent people
-researching on best practices of community-led mangrove conservation and management, including community-based business model and financing opportunities for mangrove conservation
-conduct research and analysis on high quality blue carbon projects
Blue environmental Law and Justice Project
- Conducting research on the existing legal framework and scientific findings on blue foods in Indonesia.
- Assist with designing research methodologies and instruments to evaluate justice and equity aspects within the blue foods policy in Indonesia.
- Potential involvement in field research across three locations in Indonesia.
- Engagement with government bodies, academics, experts, and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
Number of Opening(s): 2
Work Hours and Internship Start/End Dates: (Five days a week, June 24 – August 16, 2024): Five days a week, 4-5 hours per day
Work Attire: Semi-formal (for daily), formal (event's attire)
Local language: Bahasa
Local language level needed: Not required, but advantageous
Additional desired intern qualifications: Undergraduate studies in one of the following programs:
- Earth systems
- International relations and affairs
- Public policy analysis
- Political science and government
- Environment/environmental health engineering
- Public policy analysis
- Anthropology
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