ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste (CO-Jakarta)

What's new

1. 

   Newsletter

   ILO Jakarta newsletter, April 2014

   Describes briefly in English and Bahasa Indonesia with pictures the programmes and activities of the ILO in Indonesia, many of which are directly relevant to the national social and economic goals of the Government of Indonesia.

2. 

   Newsletter

   ILO Timor-Leste newsletter, April 2014

   Illustrates the broad range of programmes and activities of the ILO in Timor-Leste, many of which are directly relevant to the national social and economic goals of the Government.

1. Workshop

   Workshop on Mainstreaming Child Labour through Education Programme in Tangerang District

   Tangerang, 20 - 22 May 2014

   The International effort to achieve education for all and the progressive elimination of child labour are still challenges. Therefore, it is important to establish the link in policy making, to mainstream child labour concern into the education sector.

2. Campaign

   The Commemoration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Promoting OSH at the SMEs in Indonesia

   Jakarta, 28 April 2014

   The event is part of the awareness-raising campaign intended to focus international attention on emerging trends in the field of OSH and on the magnitude of work-related injuries, diseases and fatalities worldwide.

3. 

   Campaign

   Video Screening on disability inclusion for UN Agencies staff UNPRPD – Indonesia

   Jakarta, 10 April 2014

   The main objectives of the video screening is to raise better awareness of staff members of UN Agencies staff on disability rights, especially on barriers faced in accessing employment, sharing of experience of those already at workplace, accessibility and the expectation from the side of persons with disabilities.

4. 

   Seminar

   Collective Bargaining, Wage Policy and Productivity in Indonesia: Roles and Responsibilities

   Jakarta, 10 - 13 March 2014

   During June-July 2012, the ILO conducted a diagnostic process on freedom of association and collective bargaining (FoA and CB) rights in the export processing sector in Indonesia. On this basis, a national plan of action 2013 – 2015 on FoA and CB rights in the export sector in Indonesia has been developed by the tripartite constituents.

5. 

   Articles

   Domestic workers: The need to speed up change

   By Malte Luebker, ILO economist, Bangkok

   Over the course of two years, Kartika Puspitasari, a 30-year-old Indonesian domestic worker, was assaulted by her Hong Kong employers, who would burn her with an iron and beat with a bike chain. The trial judge called her treatment “cruel” and “inhumane”.

6. 

   Article with Video

   'Money finds us!' - Enriching the vegetable harvest in Timor-Leste

   Maubisse, Timor-Leste, 28 February 2014

   How an ILO supported project helped a local community to improve their farming practices, develop their market access, create jobs and support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

7. Press release

   Reinforcing the role of decent work in equitable growth a core priority, Says New ILO Report

   Launched in Jakarta, 17 Desember 2013

   Highlights that Indonesia has faced adjustments in its macroeconomic indicators in 2013, and these adjustments have been reflected in a decline in the employment situation. While there has been progress on selected indicators, such as educational attainment and formal employment, challenges remain, particularly on labour productivity, access to social protection and wages.

8. Workshop

   Accelerating action towards the elimination of Worst Form of Child Labour in ASEAN

   Jakarta-Indonesia, 16th- 18th December 2013

   The workshop is pursuant to the adoption of the ASEAN Roadmap on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour last November at the 5th SLOM Working Group on Progressive Labour Practices, and a direct follow up to the recent 3rd Global Conference on Child Labour held in Brasilia in October.