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Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati when giving her speech on Tuesday July 23rd 2024, (Photo : NK-VOI) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian government is committed to strengthening cross-sectoral coordination in strengthening the management of migration of Indonesian citizens. Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, revealed this at the National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia, at Jakarta, Tuesday (23/7).

According to Penny Dewi Herasati, this effort was carried out, among other things, through training and outreach, so that Indonesian citizens migrate through well-managed procedures. To the media, Penny Herasati explained to measure the effectiveness of the existing migration policy implemented, the Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) is used. 

"Migration governance indicators are a tool prepared by the IOM (International Organization for Migration) where the government is asked to carry out introspection. So this tool is a tool that will measure how effective our migration policy is, from there we can see whether our migration policy is good enough or there is something that needs to be strengthened based on that tool", Penny added. 

Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, explained that cooperation in strengthening migration governance between the Indonesian Government and UN agencies in Indonesia is one of the good practices of the UN's efforts to support increasing Indonesia's capacity.

National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

This activity marks the peak of the progress of the Migration program Governance for Sustainable Development after running for two years//VOI

Head of United Nations Representative in Indonesia, Gita Sabharwal, giving her speech at the National Symposium in Jakarta on Tuesday July 23rd 2024 (Photo : NK-VOI) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations held a "National Symposium: Migration Governance for Sustainable Development" in Jakarta Tuesday (23/7). The event marked the peak of progress of the Migration Governance for Sustainable Development Program after running for two years.

Met after the event, Head of United Nations Representative in Indonesia, Gita Sabharwal said Indonesia has the largest number of migrant workers. Therefore the UN is collaborating with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women to ensure migrant workers use travel applications to ensure welfare they. 

"So Indonesia is a champion country for migration and we are working very comprehensively from planning to introducing securing livelihood of migrants that are returning back from their countries of work and securing their livelihood of those of the families in the country. In addition we are also working with women migrants and ensuring that they are start using the travel application that has been develop in partnership with Kemlu to secure their live and provide them access to justice to models of justice in their country of origin and the destination country", Gita explain. 

Gita Sabharwal added the global agreement on migration reflects the joint commitment of countries to improve migration management.

The Migration Governance Program for Sustainable Development is a collaborative program between the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United National Development Program (UNDP), International Organization for Migration (IOM ) and UN Women. The program is funded by the Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MMPTF).

The program aims to strengthen the capacity of central and regional governments in managing labor migration//VOI