Indonesia and ILO launch 2026–2030 employment programme
The programme prioritises social dialogue, inclusive employment and social protection, as around 60 per cent of Indonesia’s workforce remains in informal jobs.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a five-year employment programme by signing a joint declaration in Jakarta on October 28. The Decent Work Country Programme for 2026–2030 is the initiative’s fourth phase.
The Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO) and labour unions also took part in the signing ceremony. Manpower Minister Yassierli said the programme represented a national commitment rather than an undertaking for the ILO alone.
Yassierli put Indonesia’s workforce at 155 million people, with around 60 per cent in informal employment. He said employment policy needed to focus on productive, formal jobs offering protection and decent incomes, rather than simply the number of jobs available.
The programme has three priorities: strengthening and institutionalising social dialogue, widening access to productive and inclusive jobs and business opportunities, and extending universal, adaptive social protection.
The minister identified skills mismatches, unequal access to jobs and gaps in social protection as continuing problems. He said digitalisation, artificial intelligence, the green transition, demographic changes and shifts in the global economy were also creating challenges.
Simrin Singh, the ILO’s country director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, said digitalisation, AI expansion and the green transition offered opportunities to raise productivity and create jobs. She urged countries to pursue inclusive employment to benefit from those changes.
