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25 Jul 2019
Road to Indonesia Development Forum 2019: Imagine Session
Researchers, policy minds, private sector and civil society representatives, as well as Australia Awards Scholarships alumni convened at Road to Indonesia Development Forum 2019 in Jakarta to explore skills and education policy development to be embedded on the supply side of the labour market to create workforce of the 21st century in Indonesia. In March, these scholars spent two weeks to study Labour Market Needs Forecasting for Education Policy short course at Griffith University, with the aim to push for reform particularly on the Vocational Education and Training system to be more driven by what the industries need to ensure a well-functioning and inclusive labour market in the future. At the workshop’s imagine session, participants also had the chance to hear talks from Professor Iyanatul (Yan) Islam, Co-Course Designer and Course Leader (Labour Market Analysis and Policy Development), Griffith University, and Victor Timothy, Co-founder of Taralite.com, a financial service provider that serves segment such as online merchants that have potential to expand their businesses.
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