The Ministry of Home Affairs is a government body
which has mandate to coordinate all of the domestic issues in Indonesia,
especially in governmental issue and its political implementation.
The collaboration with IPEC goes from 1996 until
1999 with one main working title which is "Mainstreaming Child
Labour Elimination Efforts within the Government's poverty alleviation
programmes for backward villages (IDT)". During the collaboration
270 motivators from 6 selected provinces (Riau, Lampung, West Nusatenggara,
Central Sulawesi and West Kalimantan) had been trained to convince
many parents, local government and concerned parties on the risks
associated with child labour and the importance of education for
the children. The work of those motivators considered successful
since 1425 working children aged 7-14 years old were supported by
a scholarship, of which only approximately 300 to 350 were financed
by IPEC and the other children were funded by other government funds
or the national foster parents' movement.
After completion of the programme under the first
phase, the government continued provide scholarship to approximately
more than 3000 scholarships. Since the result of the programme was
successful, it is replicated for the second phase in other provinces.
During the second phase, the collaboration with related institutions
such as National Planning Board, Ministry of National Education
and Foster Parents Movement is continued and more of local government
take new initiatives to prepare program for child labour and also
the NGOs start addressing the issue and combating child labour in
the informal sector. The increasing number also goes to the media
reports and coverage on the child labour in informal sectors by
local mass media. 3 days workshop was organized for 350 motivators
from new 9 selected provinces (East Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta,
South Sumatra, Bengkulu, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bali and West
Java) on P2ADT (Penghapusan Pekerja Anak di Desa Tertinggal), particularly
on how to perform their tasks as the agent of the elimination of
child labour. A seminar in socializing the P2ADT programme to related
partners in the 9 targeted provinces conducted.
