Comments from Indonesia Perspective on "Cross-border Movement of Researchers and Students " - Tatang Taufik

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Session 1

Cross-border Movement of Researchers and Students :Comments from Indonesia Perspective

Dr. Tatang A. Taufik

Deputy Chairman

Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) - Indonesia

Workshop II: Regional Development of Human Resources in Asia

INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE

Soukairo Hall, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Tokyo - Japan, October 20, 2012


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GENERAL OVERVIEW

1. Unless we also carry out some improvements from international

partnerships that lead to a win-win situation, human mobility

enhancement may worse-off some countries brain drain tragedy.Hence, it may be wise to take a step-by-step approach to this.

2. From a countrys development perspective, any attempts through

policy measures need to bring practical benefits to solvedevelopment or real life problems faced the country. Even from

human resource development activities, there are always high

expectations of real socio-economic impacts. In addition, human

mobility is generally considered as a part of human capital

investment that can make better-off the countrys future.


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BRAIN DRAIN

1. Emigration of highly qualified STI human resources

(highly educated, experts, scientists, etc.) of a country2. Migration /urbanization of talented people, usualy from

rural (unattractive regions) to urban areas (more

attractive regions/places)

3. Profession/occupation switching (from previous

developed competency to different career paths)

4. Massive exodus from an R&D organization to other or

different organizations.


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GENERAL OVERVIEW

1. Focus Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) or R&D fields as

thematic priorities as the starting agenda : We need to focus on

particular areas and direct the activities to support the greeneconomy :

a. Fundamentals for development in most of ASEAN countries :

FHEEW+T (Food, Health, Energy, Environment, Water,

Transportation)b. Very important to support the enhancement ofthe locality

uniqueness for the sustainable industrial and regional

competitive advantages : agrobased industries, herbal

medicine, creative industries

c. Emerging technologies and cross-sectoral issues :nanotechnology and advanced material technology;

international region-to-region partnerships.


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GENERAL OVERVIEW

2. Balanced R&D activities & results : better balanced activities and

results ofhaving novelty in R&D on one side, and ofproviding

socio-economic impacts of R&D on the other side.

For countries like Indonesia, STI/R&D is important not only to

support new/modern industries but also to provide significant

contribution to the Bottom of the Pyramid of the society.

3. Longterm partnerships

longterm R&D joint projects : Alongterm partnership framework needs to be designed so that the

policy measures will be coherent and have the appropriate time to

make some significant impacts.

It is also important to provide good lessons that can be learned by

all of the participating countries. General as well as specificcollaborative roadmaps (blueprints) will be valuable to prepare

multiyear partnership schemes.


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COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS

1. Ref. Rec. 1 A National Single Window Initiative : an

online visa service based on an integrated and simple

framework and mechanisms needs to be established by

collaborating countries through each countrys embassys

or their consulates representative offices.

better and simple access for visa services foster STI diaspora networks in the collaborating

countries.


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STI DIASPORA NETWORKS :

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain HR Mobility

Certain STIOrganizations

Particular

STI Field ofExpertise

(Industry)

Country of Origin

ST

IHuman

R

esource

M

ovement

Knowledge-based

Contribution


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2. Ref. Rec. 1 A (more) Comprehensive/Integrated

Regional Arrangement : a regional arrangement to

facilitate the cross-border movement of human resources

should be considered not as a single and the only policy

measure to foster the partnerships among the countries.

A more comprehensive/integrated policy framework :

facilitating the cross-border movement of human

resources as an integral part of the policy measures.


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3. Ref. Rec. 2 The Coverage of professions/occupation

and eligibility in the setting :the term of engineers

should be broadly used and agreed to cover STI related

professions such as researchers, planners, students, and

post graduates as they directly involve in R&D and

innovative activities; and make some necessary

adjustment on the qualifications. But to avoid/minimize

the moral hazzards and to fulfill national security

necessity, some specific eligibility requirements should

be established and approved.


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4. Ref. Rec. 2 The Mutual Recognizition Agreement on

Visa Treatment : Efficient and fair visa treatment scheme

needs to be mutually recognized/approved by partnering

countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Research

and Technology, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of

Trade, and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the

Government of the Republic of Indonesia should be

involved in order to facilitate an agreement on a special

visa treatment for the STI actors.


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5. Ref. Rec. 3 Attractive and flexible funding supports :

Availability Accessibility to the funding supports with flexible and

attractive mechanisms

Funding supports as attractive incentives to resolve

profession brain drain towards brain gain.


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Dr. Tatang A. TaufikDeputy Chairman

Agency for the Assessment and Application of TechnologyBadan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT)

Gedung II BPPT, Lt 13Jl. MH. Thamrin 8, Jakarta 10340 - INDONESIA

Telp. (021)-316 9441 / 9442Fax. (021)-319 24127

E-mail: [email protected]

... in harmony we progress ...Thank You

Gerakan Membangun Sistem Inovasi, Daya Saing

dan Kohesi Sosial di seluruh Wilayah Nusantara

(National movement to develop innovation system,

competitiveness, and social cohesion

through out the Country)

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Comments from Indonesia Perspective on "Cross-border Movement of Researchers and Students " - Tatang Taufik