ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the USAID Partnerships for Productivity or USAID PADU Program is committed to providing funds amounting to $6.9 million to increase collaboration between the private sector and job training centers owned and operated by the Indonesian government.
USAID PADU is a new program of collaboration between the US and the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower as an effort to increase private investment in government vocational training programs.
“Human resource development is the main pillar to achieve the Indonesian Government’s vision towards a Golden Indonesia 2045,” said USAID Indonesia Director Jeff Cohen.
“The United States, through USAID, supports Indonesia in efforts to improve the quality of education, technical and vocational training,” he explained as broadcast by the US embassy in Jakarta, quoted on Friday, February 2 2024.
A key part of USAID PADU is AWS re/Start, a 12-week skills development program sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to prepare students as entry-level workers in areas such as information technology operations, site reliability, and infrastructure support. The program will also connect students with potential employers and offer support for resume writing and coaching for job interviews.
“The AWS/re/Start program prepares new talent for the workforce, helping individuals pursue successful careers in cloud computing, organizations to increase their competitiveness with the workforce they need, and communities to thrive. “We are proud to be working with the USAID PADU program, the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Banyan Global to build the workforce of the future, which will accelerate innovation with cloud computing,” said Anthony Amni, AWS Country Manager in Indonesia.
In this event, an agreement was also signed between USAID, AWS, Orbit Future Academy and the Directorate General of Vocational Training and Productivity Development. This collaboration expresses a joint commitment to building the capacity of job training centers by adding a new curriculum on cloud computing.
“The Ministry of Manpower is committed to supporting communication and strategic partnerships between stakeholders in the context of strengthening BPVP and BBPVP in order to increase understanding between policy makers to build harmonious coordination to realize the revitalization of vocational training and productivity,” said the Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah.
Participants in the vocational training program will learn programming languages (Linux and Python), networking, security, and relational database skills through scenario-based exercises, and practical assignments including writing computer programs.
The program is open to unemployed and underemployed individuals, including those with no previous technology experience. (AT Network)
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