Master

Class Agriculture Beyond Food How to achieve social sustainability in biomass production for non-food purposes? With the current rising fossil fuel prices and the potential depletion of world oil stocks, obviously alternative sources of energy are becoming more important. Biomass is one of those sources. However, there are growing concerns around the world about the way agricultural commodities are being produced. Biofuel production can become competitive with food production when large areas of land are used for such cultivations. Large scale biofuel production for export can cause dispossession of land for local farmers, or deprive them from access to water. Increasingly, European and American consumers demand that the food and goods they purchase have been produced in a sustainable way. A number of policies, directives, laws, and market mechanisms have been passed to meet this demand. In the context of biomass for energy, in 2009, the European Commission passed the Renewable Energy Directive which is the basis for the sustainability criteria for biofuels and liquid biomass that are used in the European countries. In the near future, internationally set sustainability criteria create the challenge for Indonesias government and producers to assure that these criteria are met in the various sectors of biomass production for export. This master class will focus specifically on social sustainability issues, one - and perhaps the most challenging - dimension in the sustainability criteria. What are the concrete elements of social sustainability? What is required for achieving socially sustainable non-food bio mass production? There has already been ample debate and experience with certification of biomass production in the sectors of timber and palm oil. What can be learnt from those experiences for the production and trade of other crops in Indonesia? The emphasis of this master class will also be on mainstreaming social sustainable criteria in concrete Indonesian situations. What are the main barriers for social sustainability that exist currently, and how could those be overcome? The master class will provide a unique opportunity to meet with a variety of stakeholders and to understand their strategies to make sustainable biomass production work. Location: University of Indonesia (Jakarta), Depok. Period: 30 November 2 December, 2011 Organizers: Dutch-Indonesian Research programme Agriculture Beyond Food, cluster: JARAK the commoditization on an alternative Biofuel crop in Indonesia. Convenors: Dr. Suraya Afiff (University of Indonesia), and Dr. Jacqueline Vel (Van Vollenhoven Institute, University of Leiden). Structure of the master class: There will be lectures in the morning session and discussion and sharing sessions in the afternoon. Participants will be asked to develop a concrete proposal or recommendation

on how to increase social sustainability in biomass production for non food purposes, directly related to their own work. Working language: English. Invitation to apply for participation The organizing team aims at composing a group of enthusiastic, engaged and concerned participants for this workshop. Government officials, agriculture producers (foreign and Indonesian, corporations or small-holders groups), civil society groups, including researchers who are eager to contribute to improving social sustainability of agriculture beyond food, are invited to submit an application for participating in this master class. The organizing committee aims at 1. A balance between the various types of participants and encourage co-applications by pairs of candidate participants (for example: researcher with business representative, government official with NGO worker, etc.) 2. A group of maximum 24 participants: 20 Indonesian and 4 foreign applicants will be selected to participate. 3. Covering a variety of regions and crops. How and Where to send the application: In order to apply you need to submit a short resume and letter in English explaining the reason why you would like to participate in this master class, and describing shortly which case (region, crop, question) you propose for presention and discussion during the master class. We encourage co-applications by pairs of participants, submitting two CVs and one shared case for presentation and one shared motivation letter. Please register your interest to participate at: http://www.osm2011.org/content/agriculture- beyond-food, and send your resume and letter to: masterclassjarak@gmail.com. The deadline for submitting requests for participation is 10 October 2011. Candidates will be informed by the organizing committee in the last week of October 2011 whether their application to participate has been selected. Fees and costs of participation Selected participants will not be charged (nor paid) a fee. Participation in the master class includes meals and accommodation. However, participants will be responsible for their own transportation to and from the workshop location. Limited support to cover transportation costs might be available for a few low-income participants from outside Java who are selected to attend and need financial assistance. Outline of the Programme (details will be announced later) Day 1: 30 November 2011: Introduction and lessons learnt from timber Morning: Opening and welcome by representatives of Universitas Indonesia and the research programme Agriculture beyond Food. Introduction to the master class by the conveners. Responsible finance and social sustainability International Investor

Certification for social sustainability: experiences from timber sector speaker from Leiden University Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Sustainability speaker from University of Indonesia Afternoon: sharing session What is social sustainability in the concrete cases of the participants? Day 2- 1 December 2011. Cases : (socially) sustainable biomass supply chains? Morning: Case 1: Jatropha in Central Java.

Case 2: Candlenut in Lombok Case 3: Oil palm in Sanggau, West Kalimantan Case 4 : Sweet Sorghum in West Java (or other (participants) case)

Afternoon: Sharing session: Similarities and differences in social sustainability issues between varying crops. Identifying main challenges and how to address them.. Day 3- 2 December Certification or other solutions for practically assuring social sustainability Morning: What are the mechanisms to prove that social sustainability criteria have been met? Speaker of Badan Standarisasi Nasional (The National Standization Board) Challenges and strategies to mainstreaming social sustainability criteria in Indonesian context Speaker from Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia Lunch and afternoon: Presentation of the participants Award for the best initiative for improving social sustainability Closure