Project
Skills development and responsible business conduct in Indonesia
Funded by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the project focuses on upgrading skills and advancing responsible business practices in Indonesia’s electrical and electronics sector and supply chains.
Duration
3 April 2023 - 31 May 2025
Development partner(s)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) – Government of Japan
Reference
RAS/23/52/JPN
Location
Indonesia
Contact
Dede Sudono, Project Coordinator. Email: [email protected]
Additional details
Access project dashboardKey industry facts
- Relatively small but nationally prioritised industry
- Heavy domestic market focus, but with aspirations for GSC integration
- Key products: Home appliances (local), digital electronics (joint ventures) and computers
- Key foreign investors: Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and increasingly China
- 260.000 workers, 64 per cent female in computer, electric and optical products and 40 per cent female in electrical equipment (2019)
- US$7.8 billion total export value
- 13.5 per cent Share of total Foreign Direct Investment (2017)
Project objective
- Provide skills development to enhance workers’ responsiveness and productivity for structural transformation to a sustainable economy, including respect for human rights, which is consistent with the country’s development priorities.
- Promote responsible business conduct including corporate activities in harmony with the country’s development priorities and respect for the principles of international labour standards.
- Promote an environment to contribute towards a transition to resilient supply chains from the perspectives of trade and investment.
Expected outcomes
- Enhance the capabilities of ILO constituents for job creation in the electrical and electronics industry, and through skills upgrading enhance workers’ responsiveness and productivity for structural transformation to a sustainable economy, including respect for human rights.
- Strengthen institution and tripartite collaboration to promote responsible business principles and international labour standards, and sustainable corporate activities in harmony with the country’s development priorities.
Project partners
- Ministry of Manpower & other ministries/agencies
- Industries, Employer & Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs)
- Trade unions
- Japanese constituents and industry stakeholders
Target beneficiaries
- Employers in the electrical and electronics sector and its supply chain in Indonesia.
- Workers employed in the electrical and electronics sector and its supply chain in Indonesia.
- Students and future workforce transitioning to the electrical and electronics sector and supply chain in Indonesia from public technical and vocational training institutions.
- Public technical and vocational training institutions.
- Policy makers.
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