Visiting The Netherlands, The Minister Of Manpower Meets The Indonesian Ambassador To Discuss Job Opportunities For PMI

Indonesian Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Manpower)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mayerfas in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Both discussed opportunities for Indonesian workers to be able to work in the Netherlands.

Currently, said Ida, there are only five Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) registered to work in the Netherlands. According to him, this number is still small and is an opportunity for Indonesian workers to be able to work in the Netherlands.

"I hope that job opportunities for Indonesian workers abroad, including the Netherlands, will become wider and more developed, not only in the health sector, but can also open up potential opportunities for the placement of Indonesian workers in other sectors," said Ida in an official statement, Monday, June 10.

The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Health and Your Medical Matchmaker (Yomema BV) of the Netherlands, continued Ida, has actually agreed to cooperate on a program to increase the capacity of Indonesian health professional workers, which includes nurses and caregivers on June 21, 2019.

"Unfortunately, the cooperation was not continued due to the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.

In addition, Ida said Indonesia is currently preparing to face Demographic Bonuses. With the Demographic Bonus, it is hoped that the productive age population in Indonesia can significantly drive the Indonesian economy.

One of the efforts made by the government in utilizing the demographic bonus is to increase access to the world of work for the workforce at productive age. These efforts can be made, among others, by increasing the relevance between the quality of the workforce and the needs of the labor market and opening up job opportunities abroad.

"This overseas work market expansion effort is actually supported by foreign work market conditions, especially European Union countries that are facing labor shortages (labour shortage) and really need workers from other countries, one of which is Indonesia," he said.

Apart from demographic conditions, the Indonesian government also has a serious commitment to protecting Indonesian Migrant Workers, namely by increasing protection for migrant workers and ensuring they get fair rights while working abroad.

These commitments include issuing Permenaker Number 4 of 2023 concerning Social Security for Indonesian Migrant Workers.

The Permenaker presents three employment social security programs, namely Work Accident Insurance (JKK), Death Security (JKM) and Old Age Security (JHT).

"So Indonesian Migrant Workers can get complete protection of employment social security starting from before, during, to after work," he said.