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The challenge
Our planet"s resources are limited, and environmental pollution is on the rise.
The OECD projects that plastics and packaging consumption will nearly
double by 2050, underscoring the urgent need to transition from a linear
"take-make-dispose" economy to a circular one. Our predominant linear
model depletes finite resources, generates escalating waste volumes, and
strains ecosystems, with only 9% of plastic waste globally being recycled as
per UNEP reports. A circular economy (CE), on the other hand, emphasises
on resource efficiency through reuse, recycling, and recovery, offers a
sustainable alternative to mitigate environmental degradation and optimise
material lifecycles.
In Indonesia, where local governments struggle with providing waste
management services and infrastructure that needs to keep pace with rapid
urbanisation and consumption growth, adopting circular principles is critical to
addressing mounting environmental and economic challenges. Extended
Producer Responsibility (EPR) is pivotal in operationalising a circular
economy by enforcing the Polluter Pays Principle (PPP), compelling
producers to internalise the costs of managing their products" end-of-life
waste. By implementing a dual system for packaging and other waste
streams, EPR shifts the financial burden from overburdened municipal
budgets to producers, incentivising eco-design and efficient waste
management.
In Indonesia, where inadequate financing hampers effective waste collection
and processing, resulting in over 60% of plastic waste being mismanaged
(World Bank, 2021), EPR offers a mechanism to secure sustainable funding
and enhance operational capacity, ensuring that waste is managed
responsibly and diverted from landfills, rivers, and oceans.
Our approach
InCircular supports the implementation of Indonesia"s Circular Economy
Roadmap and National Action Plan 2025-2045 (Bappenas, 2024) which
emphasises circularity for key sectors to address climate change, biodiversity
loss, pollution, and enhancing resource efficiency. By fostering multi
stakeholder collaboration among government, private sector, and civil society
to develop EPR frameworks, the project supports the Indonesian
government"s objective of creating inclusive, evidence-based policies that
strengthen economic resilience and sustainable resource management.
InCircular aims to unite a diverse coalition of stakholders to jointly develop
strategies, policies, and an operating system that fit to the Indonesian context.
By fostering stakeholder dialogue and leveraging German and global best
practices, the project seeks to deliver actionable policy recommendations to
the Indonesian government, paving the way for systemic change in waste
management financing and operations while promoting a circular economy
that benefits both the environment and society. InCircular works towards 5 outputs:
1. Support the coordination of the implementation of the Circular
Economy Roadmap and Action Plan;
2. Enhance regulatory frameworks for EPR and selected material
streams (packaging, residual waste, e-waste);
3. Strengthen collaboration with industry partners for the transition to a
Circular Economy;
4. Improve waste management in selected provinces and
municipalities;
5. Advance Green/Sustainable Public Procurement (G/SPP) for
selected goods.
The benefits
InCircular will address crucial challenges in policymaking to make polluters
pay. Thereby, it creates a new income stream to further transform waste
management financing on local and national level which would enhance
economic growth and activities in a systemically underfunded sector. This will
alleviate public budgets, reduce pollution and create economic opportunities
within material value chains.

The contractor will be responsible for the implementation of Output 4: "The
technical capacities of provincial and municipal administrations to plan and
report on measures in waste management and circular economy have been
strengthened", and achieving the Module Objective Indicator 3 and Output
Indicators 4.1 and 4.2 by implementing the activities, producing the
deliverables and fulfilling corresponding milestones as defined within these
Terms of Reference.
The overall objective of the tendered services is to provide high-quality
technical advisory and capacity development support for the implementation
of the project "InCircular: Promoting a Circular Economy in Indonesia". The
service provided by the contractor will support the implementation of circular
economy principles through enhancing waste data collection and transfer,
improving local governance and financing, EPR implementation, by
conducting capacity building, material flow analysis, stakeholder engagement
and dialogue, guiding the improvement of regional circular economy
implementation, as well as the establishment of EPR pilots in pilot provinces.
In addition, the contractor will provide ongoing technical support on waste
management to project municipalities. By fostering multi-stakeholder
collaboration and institutional engagement and capacity, the contractor will
help establish the conditions necessary for a transition towards more circular
and inclusive economy in Indonesia.
For the preparation of the delivery of Output 4, GIZ has already started
implementation in a preparatory phase preparing provincial stakeholder
mapping and analysis, preliminary packaging waste and residual waste flow
analysis and a cities selection in close coordination with national and
provincial partners. During project preparation it was anticipated that activities
for Output 4 will be conducted in East Java and potentially in Bali.
Expected Outcomes
Public and private sector stakeholders in selected pilot municipalities in
project provinces will be better equipped to independently plan, implement, and report data on waste management, as well as respond to governance
prerequisite requirements for implementing circular economy initiatives and
EPR schemes. Main outcomes of the contract are aligned with the following
project indicators and are the following:
1. Output indicator 4.1: 10 partner municipalities in the pilot provinces of
East Java and Bali have shared digitalised data on recycling of packaging
waste based on uniform standards with the national level (by 12/2028).
2. Output indicator 4.2: 12 project proposals are developed by partner
municipalities on expanding existing waste treatment plants in East Java and
Bali to enable them to produce RDF (by 12/2028).
3. Module objective indicator 3: 1 implemented approach by public and
private actors to improve the collection and recycling of packaging in the East
Java and Bali (by 06/2028).

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