Meeting The Minister Of Palestinian Labor, Minister Of Manpower Ida Offers Employment Cooperation

JAKARTA - The Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah offers employment cooperation in the form of training assistance for capacity development and increased competence in the employment sector to Palestine.

Ida said that her party plans to provide assistance in the field of Vocational Training and Development of the Capacity of Safety and Work Health (K3). This was conveyed by the Minister of Manpower in a bilateral meeting with Palestinian Labor Minister Nasri Abu Jaish, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, February 23.

"This training will be provided in the form of Training on Trainers (TOT) and/or knowledge and information sharing," said the Minister of Manpower in a written statement, Friday, February 24.

He said Indonesia and Palestine have had close diplomatic relations since it was declared by the Palestinian State in 1988. The Indonesian government is committed to continuing to strengthen this diplomatic relationship through various collaborations, including cooperation in the employment sector.

"With this bilateral meeting, we hope that bilateral relations and cooperation between the Palestinian State Government and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in the field of employment can be closer and stronger," said Ida.

He explained that this meeting was a follow-up to the meeting that took place in Singapore some time ago.

The Minister of Manpower added that as the basic initiation of cooperation agreements for the two countries, his party had compiled a zero draft Letter of Intent (LoI) which contained a cooperation plan related to Vocational Training and Development of K3 Capacity.

"We hope that this collaboration can be followed up with the preparation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), before it continues with the implementation of the agreed activity program," he said.