GOAL
Strengthening local communities to have the adaptability to the COVID-19 pandemic through the promotion of conservation of natural economic resources.

ACTIVITIES
1. Social survey and need assistance Collecting data and information from various parties is very necessary when designing a project proposal. Study documentation and establish limited communication with certain people, visit locations to ascertain potentials and problems to formulate an activity plan.
2. Strengthening staff capacity Building a common perspective with the people who will be involved is important when starting a project. These people should have basic abilities according to their job descriptions, but to get a team work that has certain capacities and capabilities requires a shared learning process from the start.
3. Project socialization Before starting with field activities, it is necessary to socialize the project to key figures in the target village including village officials, traditional leaders and community leaders. The socialization material includes the stages and forms of activities for funding sources as well as the work team: person in charge and field assistant.
4. Bio-circular local economy approach
5. Natural weaving training and workshops. The production of woven fabrics made from natural materials has begun to be displaced by the supply of ready-made goods. Lifestyle (trend) now demands sufficient aesthetic value. Market trends are changing so fast that producers must be more creative and innovative in responding to them. The touch of millennial art towards natural goods without changing shape is capturing public taste, indicating the courage to combine the natural and the modern. Woven fabrics have a high economic value by offering elegant natural colors. Indigenous peoples must also be able to manage the potential of their natural resources in order to maintain their sustainability. These trainings and workshops provide a node between local wisdom and globalization. Modifications and innovations can occur for motifs and the selection of natural colors and colors. The weaving process that takes a long time is a form of patience
6. 6 women who are also the future dreams of their children and the dignity of the women weavers. Ikat weaving is a story of women and the culture of the local community that should be cared for and must be preserved.
7. Photography techniques using a smartphone. It feels like any good work with the local community is incomplete without this learning package. How the local community has the ability to read and meet the demands of this millennial era. The local community will be ready to promote their cultural values, natural goodness and abilities to the world. That way they will further suppress their dependence on parties who want to promise them something.
8. Monitoring and evaluation. Monitoring and evaluation on a regular basis, either monthly, 3 monthly, 6 monthly, annually or at the end of the project, is a form of institutional responsibility for the tasks and responsibilities that have been given by GEF-SGP Indonesia through this project. Being aware of the more work and self-evaluation more often is a learning process with the local community for the common good.
9. Reporting and accountability Periodic reporting and accountability either monthly, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or the end of the year is a form of the institution's responsibility to the GEF-SGP donors and to assisted residents. Final documentation and reporting can also be packaged in the form of the Nekmese Project Success Story mini-book.

Expected results
1. Supporting local communities to have:
a) Critical awareness to be an active actor in the prevention and handling of the Covid 19 pandemic by using knowledge from outside and local traditions through forest, soil and water conservation which will be distributed in weaving.
b) Availability of shared learning experiences about forest, soil and water conservation to face the Covid 19 pandemic together through weaving motifs.
c) There is maximum technical knowledge and skills for economic improvement during the Covid 19 pandemic through forest, soil and water conservation through natural weaving.
d) There is a learning network with the local community with partners related to natural weaving.
e) There is a mitigation initiative behind the shadow of death.
2. The formation of indigenous communities that can produce woven products with high cultural value, aesthetics and global competitiveness that can not only be sold but have a taste value that can touch the heart of every human being wherever they are. The marketing techniques will also be uploaded through the social media platform of the local community to transfer the value of taste wherever they are.
3. The presence of Rumah/Ume as a center for local wisdom that is packaged according to the wisdom of each culture.
4. There is support from the village government / district government / provincial government / DPRD with community development in the 4 assisted villages.