Status of Indonesia Multi-sectoral Response Plan

Partners’ Response Overview

The Multi Sectoral Response Plan aims at complementing the efforts of the Government of Indonesia in addressing the direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

A Logistics Capacity Assessment concerning custom clearance, storage, cold storage, and transport capacities at the provincial level is underway in 14 targeted provinces: (East Java, West Java, Central Java, DIY, Banten, Jakarta, Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, West Sumatra, North Sumatra, West Nusa Tenggara, Bali, and Papua.) The interim result revealed that other than cold chain / storage most facilities seems to be intact in 14 provinces being assessed.

Partners’ COVID-19 response

Vulnerabilities

There is growing concern on the readiness of cold chains/storage for upcoming COVID-19 vaccines. At the moment there is no available mapping or assessment of full cold storage/chains capacity in Indonesia.

Partners’ COVID-19 response

Activities

WFP continues providing coordination support to the Government-led National Logistics Cluster, by facilitating regular, bilateral and technical coordination meetings involving the relevant Government counterparts and private sectors at the National and Sub-national levels.

BNPB issued a Decree of the National Logistics Cluster Companion/Supporting Team which formally acknowledge the logistics cluster as part of disaster response mechanism under BNPB's leadership. The momentum continues with the drafting of the provincial decree and its technical guidelines for the establishment of the Provincial Logistics Cluster of South Kalimantan which are currently being reviewed by BNPB.

WFP facilitated a strategic dialogue on humanitarian logistics and supply chain on 28 July, which was attended by 169 people from various logistics stakeholders. Furthermore, in collaboration with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, WFP is developing a country commercial supply chain strategy on essential goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WFP and National Logistics Cluster members continue to liaise with Indonesia Cold Chains Association (ARPI), MoH in regard to existing cold chain for vaccines, and other associations with limited to small capacity of cold storage. WFP is facilitating the technical coordination with the relevant directorate within MoH and BNPB on these issues.

Partners’ COVID-19 response

Cont. Activities

The Logistics Capacity Assessment in 14 provinces is being completed, through the support of Provincial Logistics Clusters and private sectors.

WFP is working closely with BNPB and NLC supporting teams to finalize the monitoring and evaluation tools for the ongoing logistics cluster operations undertaken by NLC.

WFP managed several TAGANA (Ministry of Social Affairs volunteers) capacity development sessions for 930 people, (M:754, F:176) members from five provinces (South Kalimantan , West Java, East Java, Central Java, and East Nusa Tenggara) in July and August 2020. The sessions were facilitated collectively by IFRC, WFP, IOM, UNICEF, RedR Indonesia, WHO and OCHA.

A dedicated logistics web-page and a Share-Point are maintained by WFP, with more documents available in Bahasa Indonesia and English. All can be assessed at Log Cluster Webpage and Klaster Nasional Logistik Website.

WHO is coordinating a procurement portal for the COVID-19 response aimed at facilitating plans to request critical supplies. Information about international shipments would be consolidated through the WHO Procurement Portal, so that WFP/NLC can coordinate the necessary logistics services with the relevant authorities and service providers (such as; customs documentation, BNPB recommendation, anticipate the needs of cold storage, transport capacity, etc.)

Partners’ Response Overview

Gaps and Constraints

WFP and NLC partners from the private sector see the importance of setting up a ‘hub and spoke’ business model, by utilising alternative entry points to speed up the delivery of critical supplies. This is also important for long term strategy, for instance once the vaccine has been produced, and requires fast distribution globally.

Activating the provincial logistics cluster and engaging more the private sector to be part of the provincial logistics operation partners remains of paramount importance..

There are growing needs for logistics management capacity at the downstream level concerning the implementation of health protocols, proper handling of goods, storage and distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.