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ASEM-LEMC II SCHEDULED TO ISSUE A DECLARATION
Jakarta, Oct 10 (ANTARA) - The Asia-Europe Meeting - Labour and Employment Ministers Conference II (ASEM - LEMC II) is scheduled to issue a declaration on improved cooperation in labour matters to develop better vocations.
"If the ASEM-LEMC I produced a chairman's conclusion, in the ASEM-LEMC II, we will issue a declaration," Indonesian Foreign Ministry's director of intra-regional cooperation for America and Europe, Dian Wirengjurit, said on Friday.
The conference will be focusing on three main objects namely training and employment, labour migration and social protection.
The ASEM - LEMC II will carry the theme "More and Better Jobs, Strengthening Partnership to Take Advantage of the Global Labour Market For More Decent Employment."
The forum is a continuation of the first ASEM - LEMC in Postdam, Germany, which set up a globalization team. The aim of ASEM - LEM II is to take jointbenefits from the experiences of the ASEM member countries.
During the event, the Ministry of Manpower will act as a steering committee in the support of the Intra-American-European Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In preparations for the meeting, Indonesia has held a preparatory meeting in Yogyakarta on September 12-13, 2007. It has also held a symposium on ASEM II in Bandung, West Java, on April 10-11, 2008. These meetings produced several recommendations for the holding of ASEM - LEMC II.
The meeting in Bali will be attended by 34 ASEM partner countries (19 European Union countries plus the European Commission and 14 Asian countries).
The International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank, IOM and Asian Development Bank (ADB) had also been invited.
"If the ASEM-LEMC I produced a chairman's conclusion, in the ASEM-LEMC II, we will issue a declaration," Indonesian Foreign Ministry's director of intra-regional cooperation for America and Europe, Dian Wirengjurit, said on Friday.
The conference will be focusing on three main objects namely training and employment, labour migration and social protection.
The ASEM - LEMC II will carry the theme "More and Better Jobs, Strengthening Partnership to Take Advantage of the Global Labour Market For More Decent Employment."
The forum is a continuation of the first ASEM - LEMC in Postdam, Germany, which set up a globalization team. The aim of ASEM - LEM II is to take jointbenefits from the experiences of the ASEM member countries.
During the event, the Ministry of Manpower will act as a steering committee in the support of the Intra-American-European Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In preparations for the meeting, Indonesia has held a preparatory meeting in Yogyakarta on September 12-13, 2007. It has also held a symposium on ASEM II in Bandung, West Java, on April 10-11, 2008. These meetings produced several recommendations for the holding of ASEM - LEMC II.
The meeting in Bali will be attended by 34 ASEM partner countries (19 European Union countries plus the European Commission and 14 Asian countries).
The International Labour Organization (ILO), World Bank, IOM and Asian Development Bank (ADB) had also been invited.
