Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration; Directorate of Labour Standards

Directorate of Labour Standards is a directorate under Directorate General of Industrial Relations in Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration. The Ministry of Manpower is a government body which has mandate to coordinate all of the activities and issues that relates to the manpower and transmigration matters in Indonesia.

The collaboration with the Directorate since 1992 until now. In the first biennium of the collaboration the working title was "Upgrading knowledge and skills of labour inspectors on child labour". During this collaboration 130 inspectors were trained and guided in doing child labour inspections with the methodology developed by the ILO Labour Administration Branch. For the second biennium of collaboration, the working title was "Training of labour inspectors in methods for resolving problems related to child labour". 60 labour inspectors coming from 6 provinces have been trained on Methods for Resolving Problems Related to Child Labour. In 1996/1997 collaboration a guideline on child labour inspection has been completed which aim to protect working children and progressively prohibit, restrict and regulate child labour with a view to its ultimate elimination as mention in the MOU. As for the latest collaboration which the working title is "Setting up a Mechanism within the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration to Ensure Immediate, Effective and Sustainable Action is Taken to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour, as is required by Convention 182", the collaboration succeeded in producing a new module on child labour for regular labour inspectors training and a preliminary draft on child labour regulation. Another training for labour inspectors from eastern part of Indonesia was also organized which is attended by 60 labour inspectors from 12 provinces.

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