Govt urges establishment of professional standards<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government is calling on Indonesian
\nprofessionals to establish standards of competence to serve as a
\nyardstick and incentive as they prepare for the coming free
\nmarket and open competition.<\/p>\n
Yudo Swasono, chief of the manpower planning and development
\ndepartment at the Ministry of Manpower, criticized domestic
\nprofessionals for being \"stagnant\" and for allowing their
\norganizations to become idle.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the organizations are stagnant...their activities
\nremind one of arisan, because the professionals don't spend time
\ntalking about their profession's standard of competence,\" he was
\nquoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
The term arisan refers to an Indonesian social get-together
\nwhere people contribute to, and take turns at, winning an
\naggregate sum of money.<\/p>\n
Yudo said professional organizations need to anticipate the
\nimpact of open competition here lest they turn into mere
\nonlookers in their own country.<\/p>\n
Standards of competence, Yudo added, will be crucial in the
\napproaching globalization. To keep abreast of global employment,
\nlocal workers must meet their profession's standards of
\ncompetence, whether the profession is locally or internationally
\nestablished.<\/p>\n
According to Yudo, there are only a few professional
\norganizations that have applied standards of competence, but
\nthese are applied internally rather than on a national level.
\nThese include the Indonesian Medical Association, the Indonesian
\nAssociation of Accountants and the Indonesian Engineers
\nAssociation.<\/p>\n
Local standards of competence are expected to measure up to
\nthe international standards of competence as well, he said.<\/p>\n
The recent ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization
\n(WTO) in Singapore signaled that international employment
\nopportunities for accountants were being negotiated. An
\ninternational standard of competence is expected to be set up
\nsoon.<\/p>\n
This means that accountants, who meet the requirements
\nstipulated by the international standards of competence, may seek
\nemployment in, at least, WTO 128 member countries.<\/p>\n
\"After accountants, the opportunities will be expanded to
\nincorporate engineers, computer experts and lawyers,\" Yudo said.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his agency's work in 1996, Yudo lamented the
\nhigh rate of unemployed university graduates, about 405,000 or
\n12.36 percent of those of working age.<\/p>\n
\"The ideal rate of unemployed university graduates in
\ndeveloping countries like Indonesia should be around six
\npercent,\" Yudo said.<\/p>\n
In 1990, there were \"only\" 118,000 unemployed people with
\nBachelor degrees, or 6.7 percent. (06)<\/p>",
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