About Opiniom MEA

Indonesia is the country with the largest population in Southeast Asia. The
growth of Indonesia's population continues to increase from year to year so that the
labor force is also increasing. This raises the issue of employment because of the lack
of balance between demand and domestic labor penawaran. MEA will be the start of
2015 will provide a positive and negative impact for Indonesia. Liberalism free
market for goods and services will spur domestic investment and attract foreign
workers to Indonesia. The influx of foreign workers to Indonesia may be able to be a
threat if Indonesian workers do not have a comparable competitiveness. Therefore,
improving the competitiveness of labor must be done well before the AEC 2015
really begins. This can be anticipated by correlating supporting labor inputs so that
labor Indonesia me-have mental readiness and capability.
In this era of globalization, of countries working together. This also happens
with countries in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). At the 9th
ASEAN Summit in Bali, all heads of state who are members of ASEAN agreed to
establish an ASEAN Community in a variety of fields, known as the Bali Concord II,
which will be implemented starting in 2015. ASEAN Community is often referred to
as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). MEA is one of the pillars of the
ASEAN community dream. Things are expected from other MEA: 1) Single Market
and unity produksi base 2) competitive economic region 3) equitable economic
growth 4) ability to integrate with the global economy. Of these provisions, will
goods, services, capital and investment will move freely as if there are no obstacles
geographically. Commencement AEC 2015 will certainly give positive and negative
impacts for Indonesia. The positive impact is AEC 2015 will spur the growth of
investment from domestic and abroad. Therefore, domestic potentially will increase
which will increase the number of jobs country. Increasing employment in will
increase employment opportunities for Indonesian workers. The second opportunity
is the Indonesian population can seek employment abroad with the rules easier.

The negative impact of the presence of market goods and services freely,
especially in ketenagakerjaan labor is getting tougher competition for foreign
workers to enter Indonesia. This will be compounded the problem of employment in
Indonesia. In terms of quantity, the total population is much more Indonesia
dibandingkan with other countries in ASEAN. However, competition in quantity is
not going to win the competition when quality is still far below. Therefore, the
problem of Indonesia is not just about the number and employment opportunities, but
also the quality is still low (Mamat Ru-himat: 2011). It is necessary to evaluate
Indonesian workers in an effort quality of Indonesian workers. This is done so that
the Indonesian workers have high competitiveness with foreign labor in the local
market as well as market global. But as a great nation, we must remain optimistic that
2015 will be MEA our economy such as the ASEAN vision: One Community, Many
Opportunities, " The problem is a) still economic conditions in the presence of the
gap between ASEAN member countries. This gap is feared would disrupt the ASEAN
integration process towards the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. The
experience of European countries today shows that the gap is too wide can threaten a
regional integration b) Indonesia as the country with the size of the largest economy
in ASEAN is expected to take the lead programs to reduce the gap in ASEAN. In
addition to having the advantage of economic size, on the other hand, Indonesia has a
disadvantage in terms of economic inequality and social problems in the country c)
The development AFEED run relatively slow compared to other programs and
commitment of ASEAN member countries is still relatively weak.
Current overview of the ASEAN Economic asean economy progressively
increased, both in size and in welfare. Income per capita in ASEAN from year to year
has increased significantly. But if we look from the side of equalization, it appears
that the increase in income per capita and the level of income per capita is quite
unequal among ASEAN member countries. One measure of inequality is to use the
standard deviation. The standard deviation of per capita income in ASEAN turns

progressively increasing. This means that the level of inequality in the ASEAN
progressively increasing. Another thing to look out for problems related gap is the
gap in wages. The lowest wages are in the State of Cambodia and Vietnam. Indonesia
is the third lowest wage countries listed above. It is also a challenge for Indonesia.
Low wages has two sides, namely the positive and negative sides. The positive side
low wages is the goal of multinational investors to gain competitiveness in the era of
globalization. While on the one hand, low wages can describe the low welfare of
workers. In Indonesia the minimum wage issue is also cause social unrest and could
hamper community activities because of massive demonstrations. Disagreement
protracted between employers, workers and governments will lead to decreased
productivity and potentially compromise the security of the National Defense
Theoretically, market liberalization in goods, services, capital and labor will labor
productivity, as it will create conditions that encourage to allocate resources more
efficiently. (Sugiyono, 2010)
The existence of labor mobility without limits, it will create employment
opportunities for the workforce increasingly widespread with broad coverage anyway.
Labor can be freely according to the type of work they want and the company also
can choose work in accordance with the specifications. However, do not it makes
Indonesian first time since precisely when the market for goods and services was
started without the readiness of qualified human resources we are only going to be a
spectator success in their own country. As is currently the case, a large number of
migrant workers from tend didominasii by low-skilled workers (low-skilled). AEC
2015 Indonesian labor demand also has an expertise that is more than the average in
order to compete with foreign labor from neighboring countries. Therefore, the need
for improvements in the quality of Indonesian workers. Increasing Workforce
Competitiveness of the problems faced by working Indonesia, it is necessary to and
refinement of the things that have been there. Back to the competitiveness of
Indonesian workers, of course there should be improvement in the quality or the

quality of the workforce itself. there should be more value offered by labor to work
providers considered to be magnified in local and global markets is not as migrant
workers with low ability. Seen from the perspective of human development in the
ASEAN seems, that there is a large enough range. Singapore ASEAN has ranked high
in the Human Development Index (HDI) with the HDI score approaching 0.9. On the
other hand, ASEAN is also a member state of its HDI score is still below 0.5.
Indonesia's own position in the HDI are in a middle position, precisely located under
the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Another thing to look out for
problems related gap is the gap in wages. The lowest wages are in the State of
Cambodia and Vietnam. Indonesia is the third lowest wage countries listed above. It
is also a challenge for Indonesia. Low wages has two sides, namely the positive and
negative sides. The positive side low wages is the goal of multinational investors to
gain competitiveness in the era of globalization. While on the one hand, low wages
can describe the low welfare of workers. In Indonesia the minimum wage issue is also
cause social unrest and could hamper community activities because of massive
demonstrations.

Disagreement

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employers,

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governments will lead to decreased productivity and potentially compromise the

security of National Defense.
This wage gap problem needs to be watched also related income gap in the
border area. There are still large gaps in income immediately adjacent border areas
with neighboring countries. For example, West Kalimantan to Sarawak Malaysia.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of West Kalimantan around US $ 1,000 per year is
far below the Sarawak GDP of approximately $ 11,000 per year. It is certainly very
striking and raises the potential for social unrest. In the future, programs to improve
welfare in the border areas needs to be improved.
Up to March 2013 (from 1 January 2008 - March 2013), the level of policy
implementation (measures) under the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
(MEA) of all member countries of ASEAN reached 77.54%, up from 74.20% in

October 2012 (Source: Secretariat ASEAN / AEC Scorecard). Associated with the
ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Scorecard, the total implementation of
Indonesia (period 2008-2013) reached 83.2%, or the second lowest after the Laos.
Some obstacles to the 2015 AEC underlined and need the attention of the Leaders in
the effort towards AEC 2015 include: inhibition of implementation some measures
(trade facilitation, liberalization of the services sector, and the ratification of the treaty
nexus), the condition of the world economy
Conclusion commencement of MEA in 2015 will provide a positive and
negative impact. It depends on how we free market of goods and services. By
preparing adequate human resource quality of AEC 2015 will not be a significant
obstacle for Indonesian workers. For it is necessary to support the labor input
correlation which includes 1) Education 2) heatly 3) Technology and 4)
Communication in preparation for MEA 2015