Jakarta – The pre-employment card program has actually had a positive effect on recipients, particularly in relation to entrepreneurial competence, financial market, monetary security, and food management, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has actually stated.
The effect of the pre-employment card is evident from the outcomes of independent research study carried out by Presisi Indonesia, which was moneyed by the Japanese federal government, the United Nations Advancement Program (UNDP), and the Melinda and Expense Gates Structure, the minister included.
” The pre-employment card program was a project by President Joko Widodo that has been successful by the Ministry of Economy. The President wanted training and up-skilling programs for millions of labor force, specifically now that we are facing 2 disruptions, specifically the pandemic and Industrial Transformation 4.0 or digital improvement,” Hartarto noted throughout a webinar on ‘Pre-Employment Card Examination’ in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has refocused the pre-employment card program to distribute social support, aside from providing training for the community, he stated.
In 2020, the government paid out Rp20 trillion for the program, Rp21 trillion in 2021, and in 2022, the allocated funds will reach Rp11 trillion, he included.
” The pre-employment card is a public service innovation to disperse enormous help to all Indonesian individuals, from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas to Rote Island. This is finished with government innovations that execute an end-to-end digital system with a cloud-based system. The Financing Ministry will directly distribute the support to each individual’s account,” Hartarto notified.
Presently, the government needs more personal company owner and the general public to participate in the advancement of the pre-employment card program, the minister said. The government will focus on the regulations, standard procedures, and implementation of the program, he added.
” The government must supply a chance to innovate this program in an effort to increase service and safety for pre-employment card individuals,” he included.
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