CO-Jakarta

What's new

1. Workshop

   Launch of Decent Work Country Profile for Indonesia

   Jakarta, 23 May 2012

   Through the Decent Work Country Profile for Indonesia the constituents can take stock of the progress made in Indonesia since 1996, and the remaining challenges and the policies required to address them.

2. Press release

   Indonesian Supreme Court and ILO Improving the Capacity of Industrial Relations Court Judges

   May 7th-11th 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Supreme Court of Indonesia, the Industrial Relations Court (IRC) and the Judicial Training Centre are working in partnership to develop a training programme for newly appointed judges to the Industrial Relations Court (IRC).

3. Press release

   Key results of council of ministers meeting in Dili, Timor-Leste

   02 May 2012

   The Council of Ministers met this Wednesday on 2 May 2012 in the Council of Ministers Meeting to discuss key issues, including plan for professional technical education training.

4. Press release

   World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Promoting a safety culture in Indonesian small and medium enterprises

   25 April 2012

   Employing more than 95 per cent of the world’s working population, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the main source of employment in developing countries, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, SMEs have also become a significant support to the sustainable development of the economy and important channel to absorb surplus labour. In fact, more than 60 per cent of the labour force is employed in SMEs.

5. Press release

   Protecting the health rights of Indonesian migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS vulnerabilities

   27 March 2012

   Although the Government of Indonesia has issued a number of regulations concerning migrant workers and gender mainstreaming, significant challenges still hamper the development of effective policy and regulations for the protection of migrant workers against gender based violence and HIV and AIDS. Indonesian women migrant workers, a majority of whom work as domestic workers, are particularly vulnerable to gender based violence and to HIV and AIDS throughout the entire course of the migratory cycle.

6. 

   Booklet

   Bersama Bisa 'Together It's Possible': 10 years of work on youth employment in Indonesia

   26 March 2012

   For ten years… the ILO and its partners have worked together to help Indonesia’s young people get ready for the world of work.
   This is the story of how the ILO and the partnership of government, employers and trade unions and donors did it.

7. Press release

   Examining conditions of domestic workers and child domestic workers in Nusa Tenggara Timur, East Java, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi and West Java

   15, 19, 21 and 26 March 2012

   Despite of the importance of the role of domestic workers, domestic work is still not recognized as work. Since their work is done in private households, which are not considered work places in many countries, their employment relationship is not addressed in national labour laws or other legislation, denying them recognition as workers entitled to labour protection.

8. 

   Report

   Labour and social trends in Indonesia 2011: promoting job-rich growth in provinces

   launched on March 29, 2012

   The fourth issue of the Labour and Social Trends in Indonesia focuses on employment growth in provinces. Indonesia has maintained positive economic growth for over a decade and this trend is forecasted to continue with acceleration in economic expansion. It is obvious that bright opportunities lie ahead of Indonesia.

9. Press release

   Examining ratification of international migrant workers instruments

   13 March 2012

   As the second largest sending country, some 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009, around 4.3 million Indonesians were estimated to be working abroad.