TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Deputy Governor, Sandiaga Uno, said the Jakarta Administration would work with various parties to handle the problems of migrants job seekers in Jakarta.
Sandiaga said that Jakarta as a capital city is open to all citizens of the country. Nevertheless, there are several conditions needed, to survive in Jakarta and not increase the poverty rate.
First, migrant residents must have the specialty, skills, competencies, or education that can support to work in Jakarta.
Secondly, the migrants should have a destination such as a temporary residence while in Jakarta. Thirdly, if these migrants do not have certain skills then they will be directed to participate in One District One Center of Entrepreneurship training program (OK OCE) with the condition that one of their family members is Jakarta resident.
Sandiaga sees the problem with a glimpse of the life journey of his family who are migrants from the island of Sumatra. However, despite being a migrant, his family has certain skills that can be used to survive in Jakarta.
“I see that Jakarta is a city that is open to all," said Sandiaga, Tuesday, June 19.
He said that the Jakarta Administration could not completely repress the desire of migrant residents who want to increase their welfare by working in the capital city. Thus, Jakarta Administration has an obligation to empower the people with various training that can raise the social class of the migrants.
“We want to make sure that people who come to Jakarta can also increase their level of lives," he added.
According to him, Jakarta Social Services and other agencies will direct these non-resident migrants to participate in the training. The migrants who want to participate in this training can coordinate with heads of neighborhood associations (RT/RW), Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil), subdistricts, districts, and other stakeholders.
The training is considered important to increase the poverty rate of the capital city, which currently reaches 3.78 percent.
"We want to erode the poverty rate to 2.78% in the next five years, with a focus on reducing poverty, we will not let people from outside Jakarta to come here, just to add to that burden, that's our hope," Sandiaga said.
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