The Strategic Role of the NTT Provincial Transboundary Watershed Working Group in the Management of Transboundary Watersheds
Kupang, April 23, 2026 - Efforts to build transboundary watersheds management in East Nusa Tenggara are moving gradually, from villages, to districts, to now to the provincial level. After the Transboundary Watersheds Working Group is formed and its capacity is strengthened in Belu and Malacca Regencies, the next step is to ensure that all processes are connected in the same direction.
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Second Day of PRA Workshop: GTK Deepens Village Analysis
After on the first day the members of the Community Task Force (GTK) of the Talau Loes and Mota Masin watersheds mapped the village area, the second day of the workshop in Atambua took them deeper, reading the changes, remembering events, and understanding the relationship between humans and their environment. Understanding a village is not enough in one step.
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Strengthening the Role of the Community
In the border area between Indonesia and Timor-Leste, efforts to maintain the sustainability of watersheds cannot rely solely on policies at the top level. Efforts to maintain the sustainability of watersheds require voice, knowledge, and direct involvement from the communities that live in them. This is where the role of the Community Task Force (GTK) becomes important, as a bridge between the realities on the ground and the broader planning process.
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Aligning Working Group and Community, Mota Masin Watershed Management Strengthened in Malaka
Malaka Regency, April 17, 2026 — Efforts to manage the Mota Masin transboundarywatershed continue to move from institutional strengthening to broader involvement at the community level. Continuing the process that has begun in Belu Regency, Indonesia's Resilient Innovation (InTI) facilitated a workshop that brought together the Malaka Regency Transboundary Watershed (LBN) Working Group (Pokja) with the Mota Masin Watershed Community Task Force (GTK) at the Motamasin Cross-Border Post (PLBN) Meeting Building. If the previous stage in Malaka was focused on the formation and strengthening of the Pokja structure, then this meeting is the next step: connecting the work of the Working Group with the role of the community at the site level. The Malaka Regency Transboundary Watershed Working Group and GTK Mota Masin were brought together to start building the collaboration. In this context, the role of GTK is crucial as a liaison between the community at the site level and the Transboundary Watershed Working Group at the district level to the national and regional levels.
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