December 30 2007

Government Should Be Making an Agreement for Indonesian Manpower Protection

The violence that often was experienced by the Indonesian guest workers in his workplace caused the concern for the Indonesian nation. Moreover, not rare of them who experienced mistreatment to result in died. According to the Migrant Care data, the number of the Indonesian guest workers who died in his workplace year around 2007 reached 122 people.

The Indonesian government better more played an active role in anticipating the bad possibility that happened to Indonesian guest workers in the aim country of their place worked. One of the efforts that was hoped for by non-governmental organizations and the People’s Representative Council was government participation to make the MOU (memorandum of understanding) with the aim countries of the Indonesian guest workers.

The Indonesian guest workers who often experienced the violence most were proffesional as the servant / caretaker. So, the People’s Representative Council member from the Kebangkitan Bangsa Faction, Badriyah Fayumi, said that although the servant / caretaker were the workers from the informal sector, but the government continued to be able to urge the country - the other country to make the MOU.

She added, in this MOU could be included concerning the rights that was owned by the Indonesian guest workers, among them the right for holiday, the right to contact the Indonesian delegation, and might not to the existence of the violence that was carried out by his employer.

Moreover, in this MOU better also included the problem of the culture in the place country of the Indonesian guest workers worked. For example, the culture in the Saudi Arabia considered that the person outside their group was lower his strata, especially the servants / caretakers. So, often the servants experienced mistreatment.

The Indonesian government got remmitance as big as US$ 6,5 billion per the year from these Indonesian guest workers. The government quoted US$ 15 as the protection fund from each departing Indonesian guest workers. According to the temporary data BNP2, the number of Indonesian guest workers who was despatched by as many as 4,9 million people.

December 30 2007

Indonesia - Korea Got Up The Centre of The Technical Co-operation and The Culture

The Manpower and Transmigration Minister, Erman Suparno, carried out the laying of the development cornerstone of the central building of the Technical Co-operation and the Culture. That was located in Ciracas, East Jakarta. This agenda was also attended by the Korean Ambassador to Indonesia, East Jakarta Mayor, the public figures of Ciracas, as well as the officials in the Department of Manpower and Transmigration environment.

This development was help of the grant Korean government. It was carried out by KOICA (Korea International Coorporation Agency) with the value of help as big as US$ 3.000.000.

This development had a purpose as training means and the provisioning for the Indonesian guest worker who wanted to look for the work in Korea. Hoped the seekers of the work could have knowledge about the culture and Korean language so as to become the skilled and competent at could work in Korea worker.

Moreover, this co-operation was one of the efforts that was carried out by Indonesian government to give the workforce’s skills and the seekers of the work eventually, in view of fact that the opportunity and the interest of the seekers of the work in Indonesia to Korea were high.

The development of this building will it was estimated be finished during 2008. The work of the construction was carried out by Sammy Contractor that was appointed by KOICA side. Indonesian government in this case was involved in the provisions of the land, the process of the permissions, the development of the road access, the security, the appoinment, as well as the building management.