INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE

UNCLAS JAKARTA 010757 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO USDOL FOR C.WATSON AND R.SHEPARD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ELAB APECO ID SUBJECT: INVITATION EXTENDED TO USDOL APEC CONFERENCE REF SECSTATE 138572 ¶1. We have conveyed points in Reftel regarding the upcoming U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) hosted Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference, Strategies for Workforce Development: Keys to Success, to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-20, 2006 to the following officials and members of their staff from the Government of Indonesia Ministry of Manpower: Tjepi F. Alowie, Head of Manpower Research and Development Agency; I Gede Made Arka, Director General for Overseas Manpower Placement and Development; Marudin Simanihuruk, Director General for Manpower Supervision and Development; and Muzni Tambusai, Director General for Manpower Industrial Relations. In addition, we have invited Sofyan Wanandi, Chairman, Indonesian Employers Association either to participate or designate a representative. We will inform USDOL as soon as participants are confirmed and if requests for funding are received. PASCOE