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Recommendation of  UNESCO to member countries to participate in commemorating International Council on Monuments and Sites-ICOMOS symposium result, held in Tunisia on 18 April 1982, has set April 18 to commemorate as a World Heritage Day. The purpose of this International Day is to encourage humanity throughout the world, both community groups and individuals to realize the importance of Cultural Heritage to their lives, identities and communities.

Because Cultural Heritage in the form of monuments or sites is vulnerable to damage, efforts are needed to protect and preserve it. Awareness of the diversity of World Heritage on earth which is in parallel shows the diversity of the world community. This needs to be improved. It is very important to respect and maintain all Cultural Heritage well, through national law and international agreements.

The World Heritage in Indonesia is also the Indonesian National Culture. As part of a strategic step in maintaining cultural heritage, the Indonesian  government has stipulated its law No.5 of 2017 concerning the Promotion of Culture.

The theme of the commemoration of 2019 World Heritage Day is ‘Rural Landscapes’. The rural landscapes are defined as land and water areas resulting from human and natural interactions in producing food and other sources. Now, the World Heritage Day commemoration in Indonesia is centered in Bali. Why? Bali with a Subak irrigation system is in accordance with the theme ‘Rural Landscapes’.

Indonesia is a part of the world community that has 8 world heritage sites. In addition, Indonesia is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. It is natural that Indonesia is very interested in safeguarding the results of the Indonesian nation's thinking which produces a high culture and is recognized by the international community. With or without the cultural promotion law, the Indonesian people must respect the national heritage.

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology opens registration for prospective recipients of 25,000 scholarships for the 2019 Digital Talent Scholarship training program. The scholarship is intended to improve the skills and competitiveness of Indonesia's human resources in the field of information and communication technology.

Program participants will be trained intensively to master skills and soft skills in accordance with specialization in technical intelligence, big data, cloud computing, cyber security, internet of things, and machine learning and several other training themes.

Previously, in 2018, the Ministry of Communication and Information has launched the same program to prepare 1,000 talents who master digital expertise to support Indonesia's vision to become the largest digital economy in 2030. In addition, the Digital Talent Scholarship Program is aimed at providing the talent needed in the Revolution Industry 4.0.

This year, the Digital Talent Scholarship 2019 Program will provide an opportunity for 25,000 participants to take part in training that is packaged in four academies. Each academy has certain criteria for participants, as follows: 

Fresh Graduate Academy (FGA), which is intended for graduates of D3, D4 and S1 in the ICT field (or related), this program is open to persons with disabilities;
Vocational School Graduate Academy (VSGA), an intensive training program for SMK graduates;
Coding Teacher Academy (CTA), which is intended for teachers of SMK, SMA, Aliyah Madrasah and SMALB in the field of ICT (Open to PNS and Non PNS Teachers), and
Online Academy (OA), an online training program for the general public, including ASN, students, and industry players.
This scholarship is managed by the HR Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Communication and Information in collaboration with 31 leading universities in Indonesia, 23 Polytechnics and 4 global technology companies including AWS, Cisco, Google and Microsoft.

The Ministry of Communication and Information also prepares post-training activities for program participants. The target is to bring together the expertise possessed by digital talent with job and business opportunities in various technology companies.

The program registration period starts April 20, 2019 until May 19, 2019. For further information and registration please access https://digitalent.kominfo.go.id. Other information can be found on Instagram @ digitalent.kominfo. (pres rel kominfo)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madame Retno Marsudi received Ambassador of Sri Lanka, H.E. Dharsana Mahendra Perera, to directly express Indonesia’s deep condolences to Government of Sri Lanka & families of victims of horrific bombing attack on a number of churches, hotels & residential areas yesterday in Srilanka (22/04) (twitter menlu)

To improve the understanding of the protection and promotion of Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the ASEAN Study Center of the University of North Sumatra (USU) held a Public Consultation regarding the issue of PMI in Medan, April 22-23 2019.

"The Public Consultation is aimed at increasing public understanding in realizing the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community which pays attention to the protection and promotion of PMI's rights in the Southeast Asia region," said Riaz Saehu, Director of  ASEAN Socio-Cultural Cooperation.

 Riaz further said that this activity was held as a form of implementation of the ASEAN 2025 vision: "Moving Forward Together" aimed at consolidating the development of the ASEAN Community, especially in improving the quality of life through people-oriented, people-centered cooperation, and initiated by the people, while related to improving PMI services and skills, the Government has planned pre-departure orientation activities and reintegration programs for returned migrant workers.

Based on data from the Directorate of Indonesian Citizen Protection-Indonesian Legal Entity (PWNI-BHI) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, per year Indonesia is one of the largest sending countries of migrant workers in ASEAN, where the number of PMIs in ASEAN is 1,490,768 people, the majority work in the informal / domestic sector. Data from National Agency for Placement and Protection of PMI, BNP2TKI notes that in 2017 there were 17,106 workers from North Sumatra. The total PMI from this province in the period 2011-2017 was 97,556 workers. (kemlu)