On February 20, 2020, at 10.00 hours, Advisor to the Labour Minister Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak Punchoopet presided over the opening ceremony of the labour volunteer networks empowerment project to integrate with the Ministry of Labour’s missions for 2020, in Sisaket province. Sisaket Provincial Governor Mr. Wattana Phutthichat welcomed the visiting committee, and Sisaket Labour Officer Mrs. Natthakrita Dahan gave a report. The meeting took place at the Sripritthawara Room, Kesiri Hotel, Khukhan Road, Mueang Tai, Mueang Sisaket, Sisaket. The Labour Minister’s Advisor said that volunteers are essential players in the operations in all areas, whether it is public health, community development, disaster prevention, and mitigation, protecting the environment, security, justice, or labour. Each department will appoint volunteers to help with all operations. It can be considered that volunteers are people with great sacrifice, as volunteers are people who sacrifice their time that should be spent as a career or time from their personal and family lives. They are essential people to the development of the country and a significant force to work with both government and private organizations to help people who are suffering. He further commended all labour volunteers, because being a volunteer requires public and generous spirit, by joining the Ministry of Labour and acting as a medium for cooperation and surveillance on unfair labour practices. Labour volunteers help liaise with government agencies under the Ministry of Labour and the people who experience labour issues in the community and society. They monitor unfair labour practices of using foreign workers in the area, launch awareness campaigns, and strengthen immunity in drug prevention among employees, in workplaces with less than ten employees, be aware of drug problems. They also give information about the current situation and event to the agencies under the Ministry of Labour prompting to resolve issues quickly.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jak said that he would like to encourage everyone to study and exchange experiences from speakers and cooperate in various activities of the training for development. This will help the volunteers themselves and labour missions. When the training is finished, he said he encouraged the volunteers to apply their knowledge to perform in their duties, which will benefit the people, villages, communities, and families more efficiently and effectively.
The training aims to enhance knowledge about labour, which will be beneficial to labour services provided by the labour volunteer network. It also aims to integrate labour volunteers between departments under the Ministry of Labour and exchange working experiences resulting in the development of operational guidelines that respond to government policies, the Ministry of Labour, and provinces efficiently, with maximum effectiveness. Participants included district labour volunteers, labour volunteer networks in the area, heads of government agencies under the Ministry of Labour in Sisaket, staff, and mentors from all five agencies, for a total of 211 people, consisting of 206 volunteers at the subdistrict from 206 subdistricts.
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Division of Public Relations
20 February 2020
