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Indonesian Officials Bolstering Policy Capacity for the Offshore Plant Service Industry in Korea

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    2025.10.29.

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Indonesian Officials Bolstering Policy Capacity for the Offshore Plant Service Industry in Korea
- Inviting government officials to provide customized training, from theoretical education to field trips to policy sites


  The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister ChunJae-soo) announced that it would be conducting short-term training for Indonesian government officials from Wednesday, September 24 to Friday, October 3 to strengthen policy capacity in marine plant service*.

   * This industry involves transportation, installation, operation, dismantling, recycling, and procurement of manpower and materials after construction. Recently, there has been an increase in demand for the dismantling and recycling of old and abandoned offshore oil and gas production plants in Southeast Asia.

  This training is part of an Official Development Assistance (ODA) project to strengthen the capacity of Indonesia’s eco-friendly offshore plant service industry, which started this year. MOF will invite 10 public officials selected by the Indonesian government—including director generals and directors—to Korea to introduce the country’s advanced technologies and provide training to enhance their policymaking capabilities.

  As the scope of cooperation with Indonesia expands beyond the simple dismantling of aging offshore plants to include the development of technologies for renovation and recycling, this program reflects the need for human resource development programs in related fields. Accordingly, this training consists of ▲sharing trends in the marine plant service industry, ▲visiting human resource training sites such as Korea Maritime and Ocean University and Offshore Plant Industry Support Center under the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering, and ▲introducing Korea’s major maritime policies. The training program is expected to transfer the technological capabilities and know-how of domestic academe, industry, and research institutes and promote mutual understanding between the two countries.

  Furthermore, starting next year, it will expand its target participants beyond Indonesian public officials to include field practitioners from the industry. The center plans to train about 200 local professionals by 2029 to help resolve the staffing difficulties faced by Korean companies in the Southeast Asian market.

  "We expect this training program to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the offshore plant service sector. We will expand our partner countries and programs to deliver tangible results in the offshore plant service industry,” said Kim Myeong-jin, Director-General for Marine Policy at MOF.
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