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TOURISM and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno encouraged Denpasar City, Bali, to immediately join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) to boost the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which will help create more jobs.
“I encourage the government, creative industry players, and residents to collaborate and innovate in the development of the creative economy sector,” he said.
He made the statement at an event entitled “Wandering Nusantara at Bali Frangipani Palace” attended by MSME and creative economy players in Denpasar City.
He assessed that if Denpasar can join the UCCN, it will have the opportunity to build cooperation with other regions in sustainable city development.
He expressed hope that Denpasar can follow the step of two cities that have represented Indonesia in the creative cities network in 2023, namely Surakarta and Depok.
Earlier, other cities had joined the network, namely Bandung as the City of Design, Ambon as the City of Music, Pekalongan as the City of Art, and Jakarta as the City of Literature.
Uno also hoped Denpasar would decide on its mainstay economic sub-sector as soon as possible to support the city as a creative city. Apart from that, I also encouraged the creative economy players to improve the quality of their products.
“I assessed that the recovery of the tourism sector will affect the opening of markets for creative economy players which will keep people’s economy moving,” he concluded. [antaranews]
