Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation on Implementing a Sustainable Employment Development Strategy - Part 1 - Macro-Level

Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. 16 of 2010 on Macro Manpower Planning (“Regulation”) has been issued in order to implement Articles 12 (5), 15 (4), 34, 39 (5), 41 (3), and 43 (3) of Government Regulation No. 15 of 2007 on Procedures for Obtaining Employment Information and Preparation and Implementation of Manpower Planning (“Regulation No. 15”), which require the preparation and creation of a sustainable macro-level employment development strategy.

Pursuant to Article 1 (2), the macro-level employment development strategy is designed to lead to an optimal utilization of manpower by ensuring the widest possible employment opportunities, increasing productivity, and improving the welfare of workers. The strategy will be divided into two stages:

The PTK will consist of an inventory (labour and needs determination), team-building, reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and guidance sub-stages; will cover National, Provincial, and District levels within its territorial scope and sectoral sub-scope; and will result in the production of the RTK. The RTK structure will comprise of an introduction, conditions of employment, forecasting and workforce inventory planning, forecasting and labour-needs planning, forecasting and planning of the balance between supply and demand for labour, policy direction, and a manpower development programs strategy.

According to Article 24, in order to carry out and/or oversee the above tasks, a PTK team will be formed for each territorial and sectoral level, which will include the relevant minister/governor/mayor/regent. And, according to Articles 80 and 83, members of the PTK Team will conduct monitoring and evaluation of the RTK preparation and development – at least every 6 months.

According to Article 87, implementation of both the PTK and RTK will be charged to the State Budget of the applicable territorial/sectoral level.

The Regulation repeals and replaces Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Regulation No. PER.35/MEN/XII/2006 on PTK Provincial and District Formation Guidelines, and Regulation No. PER.24/MEN/XII/2008 on Inventory and Method of Calculation of the Labour Supply.

The Regulation has been in force since 8 November 2010.