International Conference “Demography Dividend and Youth : Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Agenda

Indonesia today is facing the escalation of the number of population in the productive age (15 – 64 years old) called as the “the Demographic Bonus). As revealed by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), the number of productive age in Indonesia 2015 reached 67, 3 per cent of the total 255, 45 million people. This trend will be predicted to reach a peak by 2030 in which the number of population in the productive age will increase by 68, 1 per cent of total 296, 4 million people. Meanwhile, the ratio of the dependence of people will reach the lowest number by 2035 by 0.6 per cent.

The demographic bonus occurred until 2035 brings two implications: positive and negative. In the positive perspective, it is certainly related to the high number of people in the productive age that can be the engine of development. Bloom et. al (1999) and Bloom and Finlay (2009) stated that the demography bonus has been enjoyed by some countries in the East Asia regions such as China, Japan, and Korea characterized with the high level of income per capita^[1].

On the other hand, the negative implication can occur if the opportunity of the demographic bonus is not managed well. The increase of the population number will emerge some problems in which in economy sector the employment rate can be getting higher, in legal sector, it can trigger more crimes and in social context, it can stimulate the action of urbanization and other problems. In turn, they will be the prolonged burden of state as they are not able to be the engine of growth. As a consequence, they cannot contribute to the establishment of national savings.

For this, the International Conference is deemed essential to:

1. Encourage the stakeholders to be the issues of the demographic bonus in the agenda of the national policy setting to the implementation phase in any levels either ministry or local.  
2. Synergize the role of the stakeholders in formulating the policy to be accurate, qualified and strategic.
3. Open the opportunities for the young people to participate in the policy that will determine their destiny and future.

 

Keynote Speaker :

1. Prof. H. Mohamad Nasir, Ph.D., Ak. (Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia)
2. Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri, S.Ag,. M.Si. (Ministry of Manpower of the Republic of Indonesia)
3. Ir. Airlangga Hartarto MBA., MMT. (Ministry of Industry Rebulic of Indonesia)

Speaker :

1. Dr. Annete Sachs Robertson (UNFPA-Representative)
2. Prof. Mark Considine (Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne)
3. Dr. Soni Sumarsono, MDM. (General Directorate of Regional Autonomy)
4. Agus Susanto (President of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan)
5. Prof. Dr. Tadjuddin Noer Effendi (Professor in Demography Issues)

 

 

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

International conference entitled “Demographic Dividend and Youth: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Agenda” is divided into four sub-topics :

1    Demographic dynamics, social change, and youth

2    The issue of underskill work-forces in human capital development

3    Education and innovation as key drivers to optimize the demographic dividend

4    Social policy agendas to overcome inequality based on socio-economic status or spatial (geographic) issues.

 

Publication Opportunities

JKAP (Jurnal Kebijakan dan Administrasi Publik/Journal of Policy and Public Administration):

1. Managed using Open Journal System
2. Accredited  
3. Indexed with Directory Open Access Jounal (DOAJ)
4. Having the membership of CrossRef
5. Peer Reviewers from some countries

JSP (Jurnal Sosial Politik/ Sociopolitical Journal ):

1. Managed using Open Journal System
2. Accredited
3. Indexed with Directory Open Access Jounal (DOAJ)
4. Having the membership of CrossRef
5. Peer Reviewers from some countries

Jurnal Studi Pemuda/ Study Journal of Youth:

1. Managed with Open Journal System
2. Peer reviewers from some countries
3. The conference  network and international distribution

 

IMPORTANT DATES:

February 1, 2017                               Call for Abstracts

April 30, 2017                                     Deadline Abstracts

May 15, 2017                                      Announcement of Acceptance Abstracts

July 15, 2017                                       Full Papers Deadline

May 16-31, 2017                               Early Bird Payment

June 1-July 31, 2017                        Regular Payment

August 30-31, 2017                          International Conference

 

Please visit http://demographyforum.fisipol.ugm.ac.id for detailed information about the event.