Tripartite Validation Workshop of the Indonesia Decent Work Country Profile

Background

Monitoring and assessing progress towards decent work at the country-level is an important concern for the ILO and its constituents. Against this background, the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization (2008) details that member States may consider “the establishment of appropriate indicators or statistics, if necessary, with the assistance of the ILO, to monitor and evaluate the progress made” (Paragraph II.B.ii.).

In response to member states requests on technical cooperation to support measuring progress towards decent work, the ILO, with funding from the European Union, is implementing the ILO/EC Project “Monitoring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP)”. Over a period of four years (2009 to 2012), the MAP project works with government agencies (including Ministries of Labour and National Statistical Offices), workers’ and employers’ organizations and research institutions to strengthen the capacity of developing and transition countries to self-monitor and self-assess progress towards decent work. Indonesia is one of ten countries globally to implement the MAP project.

Under the MAP project in Indonesia, a Tripartite Consultation Workshop on Measuring Decent Work in Indonesia was organized in Jakarta from 24 to 25 March 2010. The meeting involved 47 participants, including policymakers from the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (MOMT) and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), representatives from the Employers Association of Indonesia (APINDO) and the confederation of trade unions, and statisticians from Statistics Indonesia (BPS). In addition, the workshop provided an opportunity for stakeholders to identify Decent Work Indicators (DWIs) for Indonesia which can support the design and monitoring of the national development plan and the Decent Work Country Programme as well as to prioritize areas of ILO support to Indonesia under the MAP project.

As a key outcome of the workshop, constituents requested the systematic compilation of DWIs for an integrated, policy-oriented analysis of the past trends in decent work in Indonesia. Based on the data compilation, the Decent Work Country Profile has been completed, which illustrates the Decent Work trends in Indonesia. The objective of the Decent Work Country Profile for Indonesia is to take stock of the progress made in Indonesia since 1996, the remaining challenges and the policies required to address them. The Profile covers eleven thematic areas of decent work and draws on relevant statistics and presents important aspects of the legal framework for decent work in Indonesia. The draft of this Profile will be discussed at the Tripartite Validation Workshop of the Indonesia Decent Work Country Profile, which will take place on 27-28 June.

Aims and expected outputs/outcomes of the Validation Workshop

The workshop aims to facilitate technical discussion among the tripartite constituents on:

• Content of each chapter referring to the statistical indicators, the legal framework information and the analytical text.
• Strengths and possible uses of the Profile, e.g. as baseline information to inform policies and programmes (including Decent Work Country Programme), advocacy tool, etc.
• Way forward, e.g. how often the Profile should be updated, what could be done differently for future updates, etc.
• Policy implications of the Profile, e.g. how the Profile can help the national constituents in defining decent work country priorities.

The expected outputs/outcomes of the workshop are:

• Written detailed comments made by the tripartite constituents on the statistical data, legal framework information and the analytical text of the Profile given during the workshop.
• Validation of the profile by the tripartite constituents.
• Consensus among the tripartite constituents on how the Profile should be disseminated and used.
• Consensus on the way forward for future updates of the Profile.

Participants

The meeting will target policymakers from the Government Ministries in particular the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), other technical ministries, representatives from the Employers Association of Indonesia (APINDO), the trade unions, statisticians from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) and some of the international organizations.

Adequate representation from the workers’ and employers’ organizations should be encouraged so that the break-out sessions have a tripartite composition. The aim is to enhance social dialogue through these parallel discussions, as each group will report a consolidated set of comments to the plenary.