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Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati when giving her speech on Tuesday July 23rd 2024, (Photo : NK-VOI) - 

VOInews, Jakarta : The Indonesian government is committed to strengthening cross-sectoral coordination in strengthening the management of migration of Indonesian citizens. Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, revealed this at the National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia, at Jakarta, Tuesday (23/7).

According to Penny Dewi Herasati, this effort was carried out, among other things, through training and outreach, so that Indonesian citizens migrate through well-managed procedures. To the media, Penny Herasati explained to measure the effectiveness of the existing migration policy implemented, the Migration Governance Indicator (MGI) is used. 

"Migration governance indicators are a tool prepared by the IOM (International Organization for Migration) where the government is asked to carry out introspection. So this tool is a tool that will measure how effective our migration policy is, from there we can see whether our migration policy is good enough or there is something that needs to be strengthened based on that tool", Penny added. 

Director of Social Culture and International Organizations for Developing Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Penny Dewi Herasati, explained that cooperation in strengthening migration governance between the Indonesian Government and UN agencies in Indonesia is one of the good practices of the UN's efforts to support increasing Indonesia's capacity.

National Symposium on Migration Governance for Sustainable Goals in Indonesia is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

This activity marks the peak of the progress of the Migration program Governance for Sustainable Development after running for two years//VOI