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Developing creative industries in Bali

In order to boost creative industries in Bali, The Ministry of Industry has issued No. 72/M- IND/PER/9/2015 on the Roadmap to Develop Bali as a Center of Creative Industry During the 2015 – 2019 Period ("Regulation").  A copy of the Regulation is available here.

The Regulation provides a roadmap for Bali Creative Industry Center (“BCIC”) to become a center to support local creative industries.  The mission is to:
  • create a competitive creative industry ecosystem;
  • develop research of technology, design, art, culture and innovation;
  • build capacity of human resources and a leading creative and compteitive community; and
  • facilitate promotion and marketing of creative industry products.

Support for creative industries will be provided in both commercial and non-commercial forms, and may include: training, research and development, marketing and communications, event organization and provision of facilities (e.g. accommodation for national or international creative economy meetings, a production house for animation and multimedia content, exhibition rooms).

Five programs that will run under the Regulation are:
  1. innovation and intellectual property development;
  2. education and training for creative industry businesses;
  3. marketing and promotions for creative industry products;
  4. software and content industry development; and
  5. creative industry business incubation.

The focus for each of the five years will be:
  • 2015 - building awareness;
  • 2016 - capacity building;
  • 2017 - strengthening programs;
  • 2018 - going global; and
  • 2019 - go global (continued).

The program will be supervised by three Directorates at the Ministry of Industry - the Secretariat General, the Directorate-General of Small and Medium Sized Industries, and the Directorate-General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation, Electronic and Multifarious Industries.

(Authored by Bagus Lestanto, Associate)