EMBASSY JAKARTA NOMINATIONS - TRAINING SEMINAR ON

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000389 SIPDIS SIPDIS DRL FOR DSENKO/MITTELHAUSER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM SUBJECT: EMBASSY JAKARTA NOMINATIONS - TRAINING SEMINAR ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR, BANGKOK,MARCH 27-28 REF: SECSTATE 13514 ¶1. In response to reftel, Post is pleased to nominate Stanley Harsha, Labor Attache/Deputy Political Counselor, and Ade Budiningsih, FSN Political Assistant, to partipate in the Forced and Child Labor Training Seminar in Bangkok on March 27-28, 2008. ¶2. Participants' profiles: NAME: Stanley J. Harsha TITLE: Labor Attache; Deputy Political Counselor (Democracy Unit Chief),Political Section AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: Officer is the labor attache and coordinator for Mission trafficking in persons (TIP) policy and programs. He drafts the annual Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL) and TIP reports; monitors DOL and G/TIP projects. Tour of Duty: Officer's tour ends in August 2009. NAME: Ade Budiningsih - FSN TITLE: Political Assistant (Democracy Unit),Political Section AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY: Political assistant is responsible for assisting the Labor Attache in all matters related to labor and TIP, including researching and drafting the WFCL and TIP reports and monitoring DOL and TIP projects. ¶3. Post has not yet determined if we can fund lodging and per diem. We request funding for lodging, per diem and roundtrip airfare for both participants but will review this if DOL cannot fund the entire cost. AIR COSTS AND PER DIEM: Airfare: USD$500 each, Singapore Air, departing Jakarta at 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, arriving in Bangkok at 7:25 p.m.; departing Bangkok Saturday, March 29 at 1:10 p.m., arriving in Jakarta at 6:05 p.m. Per diem rate for Bangkok is: USD$ 218.00 (Lodging USD$ 146.00, ME&I USD$ 72.00) per day. HUME