Phase II activities of the Coastal Community Development project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia included several components: Community Engagement, Issue Identification and Group Selection, Coastal Community Development Projects, Provision of Material Support, and, Outreach and Education.

1. Community Engagement, Issue Identification and Group Selection. Phase II activities were started in earnest in June 2003 following the completion of Phase I activities. The Save the Balikpapan Bay Foundation (YSTB) began working directly with local community groups and village government officers in three pilot sites. In three other sites, YSTB started working closely with partner NGOs directly responsible for working with the local communities. Initial activities undertaken in the selected communities included issue identification, group selection and training. The priority issues for each of the communities had initially been identified during the YSTB strategic planning process and discussed intensively with stakeholders. These issues were further defined through individual interviews and focus group discussions with respected members of the community, as well as through community meetings. Each of the partner NGOs used a different process to identify priority issues. One partner NGO, the Fisherman Community Alliance (AMaN), conducted a series of community meetings with their constituents in Manggar village to collect input and to inform and seek approval from the community to join the project. Another partner NGO, the Social and Environment Foundation (SIKU) conducted a series of individual interviews with key informants in Gersik village. In contrast, the Center for Environment Awareness and Human Rights Studies (Lingkup Sepaham) used existing secondary information compiled from a local workshop on participatory community planning that had been conducted by UNOCAL Indonesia and the Pesut Foundation in Nenang village in November 2002.All field activities conducted used a collective approach of working either with existing or newly formed community groups in each site. Group selection in each site was conducted differently, mostly based on the priority issues identified. Selection of beneficiary groups for micro-enterprise and livelihood development was conducted differently in each site depending on which NGO was implementing the field activities. Some NGOs targeted low-income community members who required assistance to develop additional livelihood opportunities. Other NGOs promoted and supported local initiatives identified and developed by the community groups themselves.
2. Coastal Community Development Projects. Training programs for community groups began once issues were identified and community groups selected. Initial training events concentrated on livelihood development and micro-credit schemes. AMaN and Lingkup Sepaham conducted training programs on micro-credit management for their beneficiary groups in June 2003. Cross-visits to sustainable shrimp pond management sites were conducted in Bontang by Lingkup Sepaham in order to obtain information on how to develop these practices in Balikpapan Bay.
3. Provision of Material Support. Each NGO established a local office. All basic equipment for the project was purchased by the end of June 2003. All offices are now equipped with a minimal amount of office equipment, such as computers, furniture, telephones, faxes, and Internet access and all offices have electricity, piped water and phone lines. The YSTB office also purchased two motorcycles for fieldwork, four computers and one laptop, and installed a local area network. Existing equipment includes a photocopy machine, a digital camera and one laptop computer. All material support and equipment purchases were completed by mid-year.
4. Outreach and Education. YSTB staff were actively involved in the development of various resources manangement articles in the local Kaltim Post newspaper. Information for these articles has been provided by the consortium of environmental NGOs in East Kalimantan and supported by the United State’s Agency for International Development’s (USAID)Natural Resources Management program, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)and CRMP.