This event was held as a follow-up to CPI Indonesia’s 2015 studies on ‘Improving Land Productivity through Fiscal Policy’ and ‘How oil palm industry contribution to central government income gets  collected and distributed to the region’.

This workshop aims to:

1. Increase understanding of regional government’s needs to optimize fiscal policy in order to support sustainable and inclusive land use;

2. Discuss the format of studies to improve access to fiscal policy and regional finance;

3. Identify other inputs from stakeholders; and

4. Initiate working group and forum focused on improvement of fiscal policy in sustainable land use area in Berau.

The workshop was attended by local and provincial government officials, fiscal and/or finance-related stakeholders, academicians, and civil society.