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View all search resultsIndonesia, Germany see new programs for migrant workers training
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Indonesia is working with the German Federal Government and the Goethe Institute cultural center to open two new centers focusing on training Indonesian migrant workers sent to Germany and other countries.
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Homecoming: An official with the Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP3MI) shows several passports owned by Indonesian migrant workers who just arrived at the Batam Center International Seaport in Riau Islands on May 22. The Riau Islands BP3MI received at least 72 Indonesian migrant workers repatriated through the province from Malaysia. (Antara/Teguh Prihatna )
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ndonesia sees new programs under its cooperation with Germany to improve the capacity of migrant workers sent to the European country and elsewhere in the world, amid the government’s aim to send more Indonesian workers abroad.
According to the Migrant Workers Protection Ministry, Indonesia has only been able to send 297,000 workers per year, despite its mapping of a potential 1.7 million job vacancies for foreign workers worldwide.
Aging countries could be huge potential destinations for Indonesian migrant workers, said Migrant Workers Protection Minister Abdul Kadir Karding.
The 152.2 million people of productive age between 15 and 64 recorded nationwide in 2024 could fill the demand for workers in countries like Germany, which needs around 400,000 foreign workers every year.
“The government would suffer from the loss if we can’t tap into this potential. Therefore, we need to be active, creative and innovative in building relations with other countries,” Abdul said during a discussion hosted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Indonesia and ASEAN in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.
He added that his office is looking to tap into the potential of the nursing and hospitality sector in the European country.
German Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and Timor-Leste, Ina Lepel, said that Germany had been looking at Indonesia as a country that could potentially fulfill such a need thanks to the high number of young people wanting to work abroad.
