WCCE 2018 | Bekraf, UNDP held a National Dialog on Creativity

Nusa Dua, InfoPublik - Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy (Bekraf) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a national dialog at the series of World Conference on Creative economy (WCCE) at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Bali. Bekraf and UNDP discussed challenges and opportunities for social entrepreneurship and startup entrepreneurs as one of the solutions in developing ecosystem in Indonesia. Of the attending participants were Youth Co:Lab Indonesia graduates, startups, social entrepreneurs, private sector, and public.

During his remark, UNDP Country Director Chistope Bahuet called out all participants, mostly youth, to join the Youth Co:Lab. This program accommodates Indonesian young generation to find solutions to their respective regional problems through activities that are creative and have social impact on the community.

One of the participants of UNDP's Youth Co:Lab, Herlina Yawang from Papua said that she improved the economy of women in Papua who make Papuan traditional knotted or woven bag, noken. Through the Walibu Papua program, she helps the noken-maker women to sell the bags at better prices.

Herlina also added that joining Bekraf's programs can help scale up and direct creative solutions to solve problems back home. "For me, (Bekraf) is very useful. I can gain more knowledge from the speakers because they were engaged in the social field. We can have common initial solution for each region," Herlina said.

Bekraf's Deputy for Capital Access, Fadjar Hutomo, added that Indonesia had many problems that could create an opportunity for business in providing solutions to them. Fadjar emphasized the main theme of WCCE, namely inclusively creative, which means creativity belongs to everyone. Indonesia's hope lies on its young generation as the future of the nation.

"Creativity belongs to everyone. We believe that everyone of you has good ideas, good inspiration for doing business, and solving the nation's problems," said Fadjar. The partnership between Bekraf and UNDP will result in an MoU to improve the ecosystem of Indonesian social and startup entrepreneurship. This collaboration is expected to improve the economy based on innovation and creativity.

The World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) is the first international conference to discuss the creative economy. The event held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) on 6-8 November carries the theme Inclusively Creative by raising five main issues, namely social cohesion, regulation, marketing, ecosystems, and financing of the creative industry. The event is attended by representatives from more than 50 countries and more than 2,000 participants. WCCE will also formulate Bali Declaration which will be proposed to the UN General Assembly next year. This is expected to further strengthen the ecosystem and support the development of the world's creative economy that has entered the 4.0 era. (Bekraf)