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BALI DECLARATION ADOPTED TO ANTICIPATE MANPOWER AFFAIRS` GLOBALIZATION
Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Oct 15 (ANTARA) - The Bali Declaration adopted by the Asia-Europe Meeting - Labor and Employment Ministers Conference II (ASEM-LEMC II) is the anticipation of ASEM member countries in facing the globalization of manpower affairs, Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration Minister Erman Suparno said.
"The Bali Declaration will serve as a reference to member countries in making memorandums of understanding, entering into cooperation or agreements in the manpower field," Suparno said.
The declaration was not binding but each member country was committed to implementing it, he added.
"The Bali Declaration is a monumental work that addresses migrant workers' welfare in a fundamental way," said Suparno.
Three main issues were discussed in the summit, namely training and employability, labor migration and social protection.
On training and employability, Suparno said, countries where migrant workers orginated and countries employing the workers agreed at the conference to share responsibility for manpower training.
"The employing countries were asked to allocate part of their budgets to train migrant workers to meet the competitive standards set by the employing country," Suparno said.
Employing countries were also required to give full social protection to migrant workers and not to make differences in workers' pay and other normative rights according to their countries of origin.
"But differences in pay can happen because of differences in field of work," he said.
French ambassador for promoting social cohesion and manpower Gilles de Robien said to implement the declaration and really provide protection for both sides, countries of origin and employing countries need to enter into an MoU or bilateral agreement.
"Consistency is also needed to implement the declaration," de Robien added.
China's vice minister of labor and social security Hu Xiaoyi said the Bali Declaration was a framework for the establishment of closer cooperation in manpower affairs.
"In a sitiation when economic conditions are unstable, an agreed manpower reference is needed to improve the economic situation," he added.
"Permanent social responses are needed to cope with the global financial crisis, one of them is through dialogues in forums like ASEM-LEMC," Giles added.
ASEN LEMC-II was a follow up to ASEM LEMC-I on globalization in Potsdam, Germany, as the first step to prepare ASEM LEMC-II.
Indonesia conducted a preparatory meeting for ASEM LEMC-II on September 12-13, 2007 in Yogyakarta and a symposium on preparations for ASEM-2 manpower ministerial meeting in Bandung, West Java, on April 10-11, 2008.
The preparatory meetings yielded a number of substantial recommendations for the process of ASEAM LEMC-II which was attended by 37 ASEM partners (19 from European Union + European Commission, and 14 from Asian countries), and officials from International Labor Organization (ILO), World Bank, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Jakarta representative Asia Development Bank (ADB).
The objective of ASEM LEMC-II meeting was to strengthen joint position between two regions in the field of manpower affairs by tightening relation and cooperation among developing countries.
"The Bali Declaration will serve as a reference to member countries in making memorandums of understanding, entering into cooperation or agreements in the manpower field," Suparno said.
The declaration was not binding but each member country was committed to implementing it, he added.
"The Bali Declaration is a monumental work that addresses migrant workers' welfare in a fundamental way," said Suparno.
Three main issues were discussed in the summit, namely training and employability, labor migration and social protection.
On training and employability, Suparno said, countries where migrant workers orginated and countries employing the workers agreed at the conference to share responsibility for manpower training.
"The employing countries were asked to allocate part of their budgets to train migrant workers to meet the competitive standards set by the employing country," Suparno said.
Employing countries were also required to give full social protection to migrant workers and not to make differences in workers' pay and other normative rights according to their countries of origin.
"But differences in pay can happen because of differences in field of work," he said.
French ambassador for promoting social cohesion and manpower Gilles de Robien said to implement the declaration and really provide protection for both sides, countries of origin and employing countries need to enter into an MoU or bilateral agreement.
"Consistency is also needed to implement the declaration," de Robien added.
China's vice minister of labor and social security Hu Xiaoyi said the Bali Declaration was a framework for the establishment of closer cooperation in manpower affairs.
"In a sitiation when economic conditions are unstable, an agreed manpower reference is needed to improve the economic situation," he added.
"Permanent social responses are needed to cope with the global financial crisis, one of them is through dialogues in forums like ASEM-LEMC," Giles added.
ASEN LEMC-II was a follow up to ASEM LEMC-I on globalization in Potsdam, Germany, as the first step to prepare ASEM LEMC-II.
Indonesia conducted a preparatory meeting for ASEM LEMC-II on September 12-13, 2007 in Yogyakarta and a symposium on preparations for ASEM-2 manpower ministerial meeting in Bandung, West Java, on April 10-11, 2008.
The preparatory meetings yielded a number of substantial recommendations for the process of ASEAM LEMC-II which was attended by 37 ASEM partners (19 from European Union + European Commission, and 14 from Asian countries), and officials from International Labor Organization (ILO), World Bank, International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Jakarta representative Asia Development Bank (ADB).
The objective of ASEM LEMC-II meeting was to strengthen joint position between two regions in the field of manpower affairs by tightening relation and cooperation among developing countries.
