Establishment of the creative economy agency (badan ekonomi kreatif - bekraf)

Description of the policy/measure
The cea has the role, duty, and function to:assist the president in devising, enacting, coordinating, and synchronizing policies in the field of the creative economy, even though it is positioned under the ministry of tourism;implement policy, provide technical assistance, and supervise, with authority similar to a ministry;enact the president regulation on coordination of ministries and agencies in the development of the creative economy;develop the creative economy index (indeks ekonomi kreatif - idx) to facilitate funding access for national creative industries to sources of funds and foster growth of new alternative sources of funds;develop an advocacy campaign for intellectual property rights to optimize financial benefit for rights holders;develop a creative economy information system to facilitate research and education development on the national creative economy;develop a marketing platform, both from government to government and from government to businesses, to cultivate, increase, and optimize various marketing channels for national creative products and services both domestically and abroad; andbuild necessary infrastructure for the development of the creative industries as well as small and medium enterprises in indonesia.
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Results achieved
In general, the target by 2019 is:12% growth in the share of the creative economy in gross domestic product;total workforce absorption of 13 million people; and10% contribution to gross export/foreign exchange.
Financial resources allocated to the policy
State budget, in the sum of about usd 85,000,000 (approximated currency conversion from indonesian rupiah), broken down into sums for:research, education, and development, usd 16,400,000;access to funding, usd 12,600,000;infrastructure, usd 8,500,000;facilitation for intellectual property rights and regulations, usd 12,700,000;institutional and regional relations, usd 7,600,000; andmanagement and other technical support, usd 8,800,000.