TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) has called for participation of private sectors providing services for Indonesians wishing to work overseas in preventing human trafficking.

"Human trafficking is a crime against humanity that we certainly want to avoid. We will initiate efforts to prevent such a crime from occurring," KADIN's head of migrant worker task force Nofel Shaleh Hilabi in Jakarta on Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

Nofel revealed that KADIN had established cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IMO) to craft action plans for private sectors to be involved in the human trafficking prevention endeavor and empowerment of human trafficking victims.

Shaleh, who attended the 2nd Annual Forum Kadin-IOM 2016, pointed out that the impacts of human trafficking were serous that cross-sectorial cooperation in a bid to address the issue must be established.

In the annual forum, KADIN and IOM pledged to eradicate human trafficking through programs in line with five strategic pillars of the United Nation (UN), namely prevention, prosecution, law enforcement, coordination and cooperation. In addition to discussing efforts covered in the five strategic pillars, social and economic empowerment (reintegration) of human trafficking victims was an important focus of the meeting.

"We will push the implementation of the reintegration program. We have mapped those programs, including the optimization of CSR programs so they can provide contributions to the empowerment of human trafficking victims," Nofel added.

Nofel revealed that KADIN and IOM had also agreed to equip former Indonesian migrant workers with skills, such as financial and remittance management, job creation, and entrepreneurship so that they could fit into the labor market.

FERY ANDRIANSYAH