INFID - International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development

Promoting constructive and effective civil society participation in key Indonesian social and economic public policy dialogue and implementation of SDGs

INFID’s project focuses on the interlinkages among jobs and inequalities at the national level, following the implementation of goal 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 10 (reduced inequalities) to this aim. The project has strengthened the capacity of civil society, especially the coalition on decent work at the national level. Civil society has gained knowledge on this issue through discussions that have engaged various resource persons who are experts in their respective fields. Such knowledge provide ammunition for civil society organizations to effectively conduct policy advocacy and engage in constructive dialogues with the government. This project has also contributed to strengthening the focal points of the labor consortium established in several regions for conducting policy advocacy and engaging in dialogues with their respective local government. Policy advocacy conducted through policy dialogues in the form of policy discussions and hearings with relevant state ministries have helped raise labor issues from previously being a peripheral issue to become a priority agenda in national development. This shift is reflected in labor policies that are increasingly mainstreamed into development processes, with a clear increase in the budget for the Labor Ministry in 2019.