Report : "Employment Support Forum"

The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration of Indonesia (MOMT) held an Employment Support Forum in January in Chilegon, Banten Province. This gathering was organized in cooperation with the Association for International Manpower Development of Medium and Small Enterprises, Japan (IM Japan), and included an orientation meeting for the recruitment of the Training Program in Japan by MOMT and IM Japan. This Employment Support Forum provided information pertaining to employment assistance for IM Japan's returned trainees with Japanese-owned companies as well as other companies.
Through cooperation with the Banten Provincial Government, this time the forum was held for Japanese-owned companies and others located in the Modelum Chikande industrial area and other industrial zones in Cilegon and Melac.
The MOMT Director General of Manpower Training & Domestic Placement attended this forum and made a speech. A detailed explanation of the Training Program in Japan was given by the MOMT Director of Manpower Training and Domestic Placement after these speech.
Many of those who were present at this forum said "It was deeply significant" and that, "We would like to consider the employment of trainees who had completed the Training Program in Japan."
IM Japan supports forums held by MOMT so that returned trainees may utilize the knowledge and skills they learned in Japan and contribute to the productivity development industrial circles.

1. Date
    January 16, 2002

2. Venue
    Conference room at the Hotel Permata Kyakatau in Cilegon, Banten

3. Organizer
    The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration

4. Number of participants
    117

(Outline of the statement by the Deputy Governor of Banten Province)

We expect that this program will contribute to the development of our province.
Under the current economic conditions, even those youths with so much potential have had difficulty in finding a job. We, the Banten Provincial Government, however, are taking measures toward human resource development through this training program in Japan and are expanding employment possibilities for young people in Banten.

(Outline of the statement by the Directorate General of MOMT)

This training program by MOMT/IM Japan is being implemented for the development of human resources in such a way that meets the needs of the times in this era of globalization and transfers Japanese technology and techniques to Indonesia in accordance with the Technical Intern Training Program founded by the Japanese Government.
Many Indonesian young people who have completed the 3-year Training Program in Japan and returned to Indonesia utilize Japanese labor customs and their Japanese language abilities in addition to technical skills they have acquired in Japan. These youths have played a vibrant role in Japanese-owned companies and in companies which they themselves have established.
I take this opportunity to ask you to take the returned trainees into Japanese-owned companies and local companies in Banten for the sake of the economic development of Indonesia.

Comment from a participant: (P.T, Asahimas Chemical - Mr. Saito, Managing Director, Factory Manager)

With their positive attitude, as evidenced in their having spontaneously gone abroad to study, these young people in their 20's will play an important role in local companies. Their 3-year experience in Japan will be very useful in that they understand how to tackle their work. We definitely want to consider giving employment priority to these capable local youths who have returned from studying abroad.