International human resource development center proposed<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Delegates at an international seminar on human
\nresource development have proposed that a center for
\ninternational cooperation be established to better handle complex
\nhuman resource problems in the coming century.<\/p>\n
State Minister for Research and Technology B.J. Habibie told
\nreporters yesterday that human resource experts from 38 countries
\nagreed, at a conference here last week, that development problems
\nwill become more complicated, and that it is imperative to find
\nan integrated approach to solve them.<\/p>\n
\"A center for international cooperation and human resource
\ndevelopment should be established as soon as possible, perhaps
\nbefore the turn of the century,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The conference was hosted by the Center for Information and
\nDevelopment Studies (CIDES), a think-tank of the influential
\nIndonesian Association of Moslem Intellectuals, both chaired by
\nHabibie.<\/p>\n
Several prominent people, including Malaysian Prime Minister
\nMahathir Mohamad, addressed the gathering on three main subjects:
\nsocial-political systems and development, socio-economic
\ninfrastructure development and poverty alleviation.<\/p>\n
Discussions during the conference itself were marked by
\nconflicting opinions about regional and international
\ncooperation, as well as on development.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dewi Fortuna Anwar of CIDES said the planned body would
\nprimarily establish and disseminate data and information on human
\nresource development efforts, and prepare programs beneficial for
\nclients, such as developing countries.<\/p>\n
The center would be basically attached to Non-Aligned Movement
\nmember countries, which Indonesia currently chairs, and manned by
\nnon-governmental organizations supported by government bodies.<\/p>\n
In their report, the experts, including former Japanese
\nambassador to Indonesia Sumio Edamura, said rapid growth is
\ninherently destabilizing and results in social and economic
\nimbalances in the various regions and in the diverse groups in
\nsociety.<\/p>\n
To ease such conditions, the government's now dominant role
\nmust be reduced in order to create space for the greater public
\nparticipation.<\/p>\n
Human-centered<\/p>\n
The reduction of the government's role is \"in line with the
\nprevailing notion that development should be human-centered and
\nprimarily aimed at achieving human security,\" the report said.<\/p>\n
To increase popular participation \"we need to promote more
\ndecentralization in development policy and activities,\" the
\nexperts said.<\/p>\n
Actions which should be taken in the long term include the
\ncreation of \"a new international order which recognizes and
\nrespects for and acceptance of the plurality of social and
\npolitical systems, and promotes international justice and world
\npeace,\" it said.<\/p>\n
The experts recommended that the world \"reduce global military
\nspending, and shift it to more productive investment\" and that it
\n\"strengthen South-South cooperation and increase North-South
\ndialog.\"<\/p>\n
The experts proposed that the participating agencies and
\norganizations conduct studies on poverty and share experiences on
\npolicy issues and their implementation.<\/p>\n
The experts identified several priority areas that should be
\nconsidered as the main concerns related to poverty alleviation
\nefforts.<\/p>\n
They included low quality and disparities in income at various
\nlevels, cultural background and value systems, scarcity of
\nnatural resources, poor people's low access to financial
\nresources, and the absence of democratic and participatory
\nprocesses in decision making. (swe)<\/p>",
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