Focus Group Discussion on JEJAKMU (Jejaring Lapangan Kerja bagi Kaum Muda)

IYEN (Indonesia Youth Employment Network) / JEJAKMU strives to engage, educate and motivate actors to provide improved employment opportunities for youth. It is a platform and service provider focusing on policy advice, innovative pilot projects, knowledge sharing, and brokering partnerships. IYEN makes use of its core agency partners’ expertise and ensures youth participation in delivering its services.

The National Development Planning Agency (Badan Perencanaan dan Pembangunan Nasional-Bappenas) as a secretariat of IYEN, implement a series of meeting and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to revitalize the program. One of FGD implemented in last th 19 March in Karawang. This FGD is implemented to improve the effectiveness of coordination of all stake holders in District level. Attended by about 40 participants; government officers, private sectors, members of civil society, and education practitioners from around the Districts, and IBL be facilitator on this workshop.

After the plenary discussion, all participants divided in to 3 group discussion, to discuss deeply on Employability, Entrepreneurship and Apprenticeship. The meetings closed by raising up the effective proposal ideas on those 3 pillars and will be follow up with the discussion of IYEN Karawang Task Force.