CO-Jakarta

What's new

1. ILO – Union Confederations release a new study on workers’ perception on sustainable enterprises in Indonesia

   February 8, 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the four trade union confederations (KSPSI Pasar Minggu, KSPSI Kalibata, KSBSI and KSPI) will release a new survey titled “Workers’ Perception on the Factors Supporting Sustainable Enterprises in Indonesia” on Thursday, 9 February 2012 in Jakarta. The first of its kind, the survey was carried out by the trade unions with the assistance of Bandung-based research organization called AKATIGA-Centre for Social Analysis.

2. ILO – Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration assess the impact of trade liberalization on employment

   February 3, 2012

   In the era of globalization most economists and policy-makers have asserted, that trade liberalization has a strong potential to contribute to growth and that those effects will be beneficial for employment.

3. Promoting basic social protection in Indonesia

   December 14, 2011

   In Indonesia, informal economy workers and employees without contracts are largely uncovered by social security benefits. It is estimated that 54 per cent of the total population does not have access to social health protection (most of the excluded are workers in the informal economy and their families) and 83 per cent of workers do not have access to other social security benefits (old age, death, work injury).

4. Indonesian major confederations establish Joint Trade Union Secretariat

   December 12, 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing a two-day Sub-Regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia” from 12-13 December 2011 in Jakarta.

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   ILO Asia Pacific Regional Meeting concludes with Recommendations to counter employment consequences of global economic turmoil

   December 7, 2011

   Representatives of governments, workers and employers from the Asian, Pacific and Arab states have concluded a four day meeting at which they discussed ways the region could prepare to counter the consequences of the current economic uncertainty.

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   The Indonesian Minister of Manpower promotes decent work at the ILO Regional Meeting in Japan

   December 5, 2011

   The Government of Indonesia urges countries in Asia and the Pacific region to develop employment policies which focus on social protection and job creation for, especially, young people.
   

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   ILO Director-General says policy makers need to reconnect with the needs of working families and put job creation at the centre of economic recovery efforts

   December 4, 2011

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Juan Somavia, warned that “dark clouds” are gathering again in Asia, even as growth rebounds and investment is flowing back. Asia’s economy is more open than ever before but with the risk of the global economy slipping into a double-dip recession, this openness has positive as well as negative implications.

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   ILO Director-General praises Japan's commitment to decent work, says efforts to solve global economic crisis must put people first

   December 4, 2011

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Juan Somavia, praised Japan's commitment to creating decent work opportunities for women, men and young people, and called on the country to continue to use its voice in the G-20 to support more concerted international action to put the creation of jobs at the centre of efforts to solve the global economic crisis.

9. ILO Regional Meeting to focus on employment, economic and social vulnerabilities in Asia, the Pacific

   December 3, 2011

   Government ministers, representatives of workers' and employers' organizations, and academics from about 40 countries in Asia, the Pacific and the Arab States will be gathering in Kyoto, Japan to discuss how employment, economic and social progress can be safeguarded in the face of the uncertain global economic outlook.

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    15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 4-7 December 2011

    The Meeting will consider the challenges of realizing decent work across Asia and the Pacific, mindful of the region’s great diversity, the impact of natural disasters and rapidly changing social, economic and political developments in the Middle East. Employment and social protection, backed by fundamental principles and rights at work and social dialogue, are critical to the recovery and to the pursuit of economic, social and environmental sustainability.

11. Roll-Out Training for Beginner Ecotour Guides
    

    November 28, 2011

    The main purpose of the roll-out training for ecotour guides therefore is to give experienced tour-guides and potential eco-tour guides the necessary skills to conduct their specific activity following the ecotour guide national competency standards as stipulated by the Indonesian Government.
    

12. 

    Building a future with decent work: the historic year for the ILO and Indonesia

    November 25, 2011

    ILO Special Edition on 100th Session of the International Labour Conference

13. 

    Reducing poverty and building peace for a better Maluku

    November 21, 2011

    Special edition on ILO/UNIDO Pelagandong Project

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    Factsheet on labour inspection in Indonesia

    1 November 2011

    Factsheet on labour inspection in Indonesia and the role and support of the ILO in strengthening labour inspection services.

15. Enhancing Rural Access (ERA) Project - EEC (Timor-Leste)

    01 September 2011 to 31 August 2015 -

    To substantially improve the quality of life of its people and to reduce the incidence of poverty, the Government has therefore prioritized the accelerated development and improvement of a well-connected and coherent road network and other key infrastructure, which is seen as being fundamental to the country’s development.