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Summary

TLDRThe video script discusses the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indonesia's unemployment rates, particularly among the youth. It highlights the challenges faced by the tourism and creative economy sectors, with millions losing jobs. The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, outlines strategies to revitalize these sectors, focusing on skill enhancement, digitalization, and entrepreneurship to create new job opportunities and adapt to the post-pandemic landscape.

Takeaways

  • 📈 Unemployment rates in Indonesia have risen significantly due to the pandemic, with the open unemployment rate jumping from 4% in February 2020 to 6.2%.
  • 👥 Youth unemployment is particularly high, with a notable increase in the 20-24 age group, rising from 3.36% to 17.6% within a year, and in the 25-29 age group, it increased by 2.26% to 9.27%.
  • 🏢 The tourism and creative economy sectors are heavily impacted, with millions of Indonesians depending on these sectors for their livelihoods, and experiencing significant job losses.
  • 📉 In 2020, the tourism sector saw a 6.7% decrease in jobs compared to the previous year, and the creative economy sector lost nearly 500,000 jobs.
  • 🛠️ The government is focusing on policy to revive the health and economy sectors, aiming to maintain job opportunities in tourism and creative economy sectors.
  • 🔄 There is a shift towards digitalization and entrepreneurship among those who lost jobs in tourism, with around 20% transitioning to entrepreneurship in creative economy sectors such as culinary, fashion, and home industries.
  • 💼 The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy is implementing strategies to enhance capacities, revitalize tourism destinations, ensure health protocols, innovate products and services, and promote local products to open more job opportunities.
  • 🌐 The pandemic has accelerated the growth of high-performing sectors like e-commerce, digital content creation, and technology, offering new job prospects.
  • 🎓 Efforts are being made to improve skills and entrepreneurship among the workforce, facilitating transitions from traditional jobs to entrepreneurial roles.
  • 🏆 Subsectors within the creative economy, such as application development, gaming, television, and radio, have emerged as pandemic winners, offering new opportunities.
  • 🚀 The focus is on creating job opportunities rather than just finding them, especially in the digital era, by enhancing skills, opening up entrepreneurship, and providing access to training, marketing, and financing.

Q & A

  • What is the current unemployment rate in Indonesia as discussed in the script?

    -The unemployment rate in Indonesia has increased from an estimated 4.9% in February 2020 to 6.2% due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • How has the youth unemployment rate changed in the age group of 20 to 24 years old in a year?

    -The youth unemployment rate in the 20 to 24 years old age group has increased by 3.36 percentage points to 17.6% in February 2021 compared to the previous year.

  • What is the situation in the tourism and creative economy sectors in Indonesia?

    -Approximately 34 million Indonesians depend on jobs in the tourism and creative economy sectors, which have been significantly impacted by the pandemic, with nearly one million people in the tourism sector and nearly 500,000 in the creative economy losing their jobs.

  • What measures are being taken to address the unemployment issue in the tourism and creative economy sectors?

    -The government is focusing on policy measures aimed at reviving the health sector and providing humanitarian and economic assistance to businesses in tourism and creative economy sectors, with an emphasis on retaining existing jobs.

  • What is the shift observed among those who lost jobs in the tourism sector?

    -About 20% of people who lost jobs in the tourism sector have shifted towards entrepreneurship in the creative economy, particularly in the three largest sub-sectors: culinary, fashion, and home industries, accelerated by digitalization and innovative entrepreneurship.

  • What are the five strategic steps being implemented to revitalize the tourism and creative economy sectors?

    -The five strategic steps include enhancing the capacity of human resources, revitalizing tourism destinations and creative economy centers, ensuring health protocol compliance through certifications, innovating products and services to be more locally relevant, and promoting movements like 'Proudly Made in Indonesia' and 'Proudly Touring in Indonesia'.

  • How is the pandemic affecting the digital and creative economy, especially in terms of job creation?

    -The pandemic has led to an increase in high-performing sectors such as electric vehicles, e-commerce, medical supplies, food processing, retail trade, personal and healthcare, and information and communication technology, indicating a shift towards digitalization and innovation.

  • What is the government's focus in terms of skill development and entrepreneurship?

    -The government is focusing on enhancing the skills of the workforce, promoting open entrepreneurship, and facilitating access to training, guidance, marketing, ease of permits, and financing to create new job opportunities.

  • What are the prospects for job creation in the future, especially in the digital creative economy?

    -The prospects are positive for job creation, with a focus on enhancing the workforce's capabilities, promoting broader entrepreneurship, and ensuring access to training and financing to open up new and quality job opportunities in the digital era.

  • How is the government ensuring that creative economy products can open up more job opportunities?

    -The government is supporting initiatives to ensure that creative economy products can open up more job opportunities by promoting local products and services, focusing on innovation, and providing support for digital transformation and entrepreneurship.

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