Sejarah
9 Februari 1999,
18 lembaga swadaya masyarakat dari seluruh Indonesia sepakat untuk membangun gerakan bersama untuk berkontribusi bagi pembangunan yang lebih baik bagi masyarakat Indonesia bahkan dunia. Hari ini, setelah 20 tahun yang lalu semangat dan mimpi itu ditorehkan, dengan jalan yang penuh dinamika, gerakan bersama itu masih terus bergerak mencari titik keseimbangannya. Sangat panjang dan sungguh sangat melelahkan tetapi kesetiaan atas mimpi yang telah terpatri terus menjadi perekat bagi pencetus diawal dan semua pengerak komunitas JKTI yang bergabung setelah itu. Entah hingga kapan kemudian mimpi itu akan terwujud, biarkanlah waktu yang akan menjawabnya. Bukahkah kita hanya ditugaskan untuk berbuat yang terbaik yang bisa kita lakukan. Selebihnya biarkanlah alam semesta dan pemilik kehidupan ini yang akan memutuskan dan menetapkannya.
Bogor, 02 Januari 2019
Selamat Tahun Baru !
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Background
Traditional wisdom is a system in traditional communities’ livelihood, which usually covers social, political, cultural, economic and environmental aspects of the communities. Traditional wisdom values have been maintained and used within the communities for generations, for which reason the values are dynamic, sustainable, and accepted by all community members. These values, which are manifested in the customary law, knowledge, skill, and ethics, have for generations helped the communities to maintain the sustainability of their environment.
Traditional wisdom values have developed through traditional communities’ experiences with various social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental problems. From failures and gains in these experiences, traditional communities have invented values and practices that they think work best for their livelihood. The community holds the intellectual property right to these values; they are not aimed at commercial purposes. Unfortunately, focusing on economic development has driven Indonesia into the circle of globalization, which has forced the country to adopt global economic policies. The adoption of global economic policies has left little to no space for the accommodation of local values.
Capitalism and the global market, which focuses only on the benefit and loss ratio, work in opposition to the perspective of traditional wisdom values, and slowly but surely these have put aside the involvement of traditional communities and the contribution of their traditional wisdom values in the development. Our vision is The realization of a social order based on a diversity of cultural roots and our mission is to Preserve and strengthen traditionally wisdom to be the basis for just and sustainable community life.
Based on this problem, the Indonesia Traditional Wisdom Network (ITWN) has developed a series of activities:
1. Empowerment of traditional communities base on IPRs
2. Research/studies on traditional communities’ Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
3. Advocacy for IPRs-related cases
4. Advocacy for IPRs-related policies
5. Develop the local economy system
6. Raise public and decision-makers awareness and support for traditional communities’ IPRs