Strategy Optimizing Marine Industry through Sustainable Human Capital Development: Indonesia Perspectives

Abstract

The idea of President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, in developing the nation to be a global maritime axis by enhancing economy activities through inter-island connectivity, and upgrading port infrastructure within the Indonesian archipelago. It provides a variety of products with content high economic value such as the high potential of biotic natural resources for the marine industry, mining, tourism, energy, and transportation. Sustainable Human Capital Development becomes powerful enabler in optimizing marine industry also the resources. With the population approximately 250 million is able to offer human capital development to translate the idea into a sizeable market needs to support the development various sectors of the marine industries. This study used descriptive and quantitative analysis by collecting related secondary data which selected accordingly. This paper discusses the Sustainable Human Capital Development which considered potentially optimize the marine industry over the country. Due to a lot of obstacles in terms of shortage qualified human resources in maritime affairs, proposed strategy for human capital development especially for the purpose of this study becomes recommendation from the researcher to be the government priority to utilize the available great resources inside the country that can impact towards growth and development economy of the nation in the future.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s5p129