Pre APUFY Afterglow at a glance

An ironic note, criticizing what missing in last pre event. #SkillTraining & #IdeasForTransmigrant

            Pre Asia Pasific Urban Forum Youth (APUFY) was succesfully conducted on  September 21-22 2015. It was held to ensure that Indonesian youths are ready to host and welcome the actual APUFY on October 16-18 2015. Various topics of sessions have been elaborated quite holistically by experts. However, there are two paramount topic missing from this pre event.

            The topic missing from this pre event is #SkillTraining and #IdeasForTransimigrant. Those matter because this pre event was presented by the Ministry of Public Work and Housing. How in the world the event conducted by such ministry were missing topics that were extremely related to workforce and housing.

            Now, are those both hashtags  really relevant and important in the first place? Indeed! because one, the purpose of urbanization is to get a man changed his economic life to be better. Therefore, how possible it was should we did not talk about #skilltraining that can deliver people to achieve their purpose. That is, to change their previous economic situation by skills provided by government or communities.

            Second, people tend to chant more “go urban, go urban, go urban” without necessarily being concerned about those who do in vice versa, chanting “go rural, go rural, go rural”. Mr Wicaksono said that urbanization is not about people go for urbanization, but also about urbanize a rural area. Meaning, an agenda of transmigrant is just as important as urbanization.

            Undoubtedly, only few people want to do transmigrant and dedicate themselves in the a village. Therefore, this little number should be maintained and appreciated. Or rather, we should go campaign urging other people to do so by providing them tantalizing ideas. Such ideas can be a guarantee of life or a healthy insurance, competitive remuneration etc that the point is, to facilitate them maximizing their dedication and covering their needs. Therefore, #IdeasForTransmigrant is mandatory.

            Finally, the scenario the writer is expecting is that, one a constructive ideas on to whom, by whom, what, where and how actually skill trainings are conducted. Two, a lucrative ideas on what and how eventually such ideas are implemented. Whether or not it is useful, proper and enough for the good sake of the transmigrants and their desired village. All while we were busy discussing a way to do good urbanization, but fail to answer deeply on what actual #SkillTraining we can do for migrant workers and what #IdeasForTransmigrant we can propose to urbanize a rural area. For all this reason, these two hashtags must stand later!