Motivation Matters: Lessons for REDD+ Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification from Three Decades of Child Health Participatory Monitoring in Indonesia.
Participatory Measurement, Reporting and Verification (PMRV), in the context of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation with its co-benefits (REDD+) requires sustained monitoring and reporting by community members. This requirement appears challenging and has yet to be achieved. Other successful, long established, community self-monitoring and reporting systems may provide valuable lessons. The Indonesian integrated village healthcare program (Posyandu) was initiated in the 1980s and still provides effective and successful participatory measurement and reporting of child health status across the diverse, and often remote, communities of Indonesia. Posyandu activities focus on the growth and development of children under the age of five by recording their height and weight and reporting these monthly to the Ministry of Health. Here we focus on the local Posyandu personnel (kaders) and their motivations and incentives for contributing. While Posyandu and REDD+ measurement and reporting activities differ, there are sufficient commonalities to draw useful lessons. We find that the Posyandu kaders are motivated by their interests in health care, by their belief that it benefits the community, and by encouragement by local leaders. Recognition from the community, status within the system, training opportunities, competition among communities, and small payments provide incentives to sustain participation. We examine these lessons in the context of REDD+.
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
Dian
D
Ekowati
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
Carola
C
Hofstee
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
Andhika Vega
AV
Praputra
Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway and Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia.
Douglas
D
Sheil
D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003153:Community Health Services; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005843:Geography; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D009042:Motivation; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires