OPINION | ACADEMIA- ASEAN labor market integration: United we stand tall

Wish us luck: Hundreds of job seekers throng the Smesco Building on Jl. Gatot Soebroto in South Jakarta for a walk-in interview organized by a bank on Nov. 13, 2019. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)

Dharendra Wardhana
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The Australia Awards this year has started to expand the recipient target of its short-course scholarship programs from previously only Indonesian scholars to other countries in the ASEAN region. Under its most recent flagship program titled the Aus4ASEAN Digital Transformation and Future Skills Initiative, the organizer brought together scholars and its technical and vocational education training (TVET) stakeholders from ASEAN to learn intensively in Australia.

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This initiative is timely because the topics of studies revolve around the labor market and technology, which are increasingly relevant these days. Incessant discourse on artificial intelligence (AI) and its threat (and potential) toward labor forces entail meaningful contributions of thoughts. The focus of the short course this year which encompasses skills forecasting, digital readiness and green skills aptly reflects the importance of the topics for the Australian government and ASEAN member states.

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The first batch of this course coincided with the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo on May 9 to 11, with individuals representing academics, governments, employers and development partners gathered to attend sessions of lectures, institutional visits and discussions in Australia for a fortnight.

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