According to the Statistic Bureau of Indonesia (BPS), the COVID-19 pandemic has affected over 29 million workers in Indonesia as of August 2020, adding to the existing pool of about seven million job seekers that face significant difficulties in finding a job.

While the development of vaccination gives hope, a labour market recovery tends to lag behind an economic recovery. Thus, the number of workers and their families who are affected by the pandemic is likely to stay at a high level throughout 2021 and during the first half of 2022. It is therefore urgent to save and create jobs. Business continuity and safety at workplaces are vital to this goal.

Two main objectives of the webinar are to encourage business to think of strategies to adapt to the uncertainties and adopt new ways of working and to address the future of occupational safety and health after a drastic change in business operations.

Speakers

Opening remarks
Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Indonesian Minister of Health, Masato Usui, Minister for Economic and Development Affairs, Embassy of Japan in Indonesia and Kazutoshi Chatani, ILO's Employment Specialist

Panel discussions

Chatib Basri, Economist and Former Minister of Finance of Indonesia 2013-2014 

Shinta Kamdani, Chairwoman of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo)

Aloysius Budi Santoso, Chief Corporate Human Capital Development, Astra International 

Elly R. Silaban, President of the Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Union (KSBSI)

Pandu Riono, Epidemiologist of University of Indonesia 

Moderator
Rika Amru, Katadata