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


When
2016
Who
Creative economy agency
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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.

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.