Creative Economy Seminar: Our Common Future

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Time of Event

8:00-17:00 (local time); 10:00-19:00 (Tokyo time)

Summary

The creative economy has emerged as a central pillar of sustainable development, social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, international influence, and tourism in Asia and the Pacific. Since the first World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) was held in 2018, the creative economy has featured in UN Resolutions in 2020 and 2023, G20 Leaders’ Declarations in 2022 and 2023, and the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework and Vision 2045.

Building on this momentum and the key lessons of the publication of Creative Economy 2030,  the upcoming Creative Economy: Our Common Future Seminar (CES) will provide a platform for improving knowledge, enhancing regional collaboration, and more fully unlocking the socioeconomic potential of the creative economy in Asia and the Pacific.

The creative economy has emerged as a central pillar of sustainable development, social inclusion, intercultural dialogue, international influence, and tourism in Asia and the Pacific. Since the first World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) was held in 2018, the creative economy has featured in UN Resolutions in 2020 and 2023, G20 Leaders’ Declarations in 2022 and 2023, and the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework and Vision 2045.

Building on this momentum and the key lessons of the publication of Creative Economy 2030,  the upcoming Creative Economy: Our Common Future Seminar (CES) will provide a platform for improving knowledge, enhancing regional collaboration, and more fully unlocking the socioeconomic potential of the creative economy in Asia and the Pacific.

A dynamic and diverse agenda will combine high-level plenaries, interactive workshops, roundtable discussions, and networking events. Substantive sessions will take stock of current opportunities and challenges facing the creative economy, discuss how to foster intergovernmental cooperation in the sector, showcase illustrative examples from across the region, and advance toward the next phase in the development of the creative economy.

Ultimately, the Creative Economy Seminar will culminate in a set of practical policy recommendations for accelerating the regional development of the creative economy, and pave the way toward the next World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in Tashkent this October.

Objectives

• Advancing understanding and broadening awareness of creative economy’s developmental drivers and implications: enriching knowledge of the role of the creative economy in catalyzing sustainable development, social inclusion, economic growth, and international influence, and facilitating intercultural dialogue in a time of increasingly widespread geopolitical uncertainty and tension. 
• Building the momentum and resilience of the creative economy in Asia and the Pacific: advancing progress towards the World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in Tashkent this October, and emerging with resilience from the aftershocks of the COVID-19 on the micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs), informal economies, and educational sectors that form the enabling environment for creative economy to thrive.
• Forging collaboration and coherence, and strengthening the regional-global interface: facilitating regional cooperation and integration in the development of the creative economy, and strengthening linkages with existing global initiatives in the sector from the G20, UNESCO, WTO, UNCTAD, ILO, WIPO and others.
• Developing policy guidance and recommendations: producing actionable and evidence-based policy proposals for effectively unleashing the potential of creative economy, by tapping into the lessons learned from the publication of Creative Economy 2030, illustrative practices from across the region, and emerging insights from experts involved in the discussions at the Creative Economy Seminar: Our Common Future itself.  

Target Participants

The Creative Economy Seminar will bring together a diverse range of stakeholders in creative economy, including government officials, international policymakers, academic researchers, the private sector, and creative practitioners, with a particular focus on those from South East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and the Pacific.

Partners

• Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (KEMPAREKRAF)
• Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN)
• Asian Creative and Digital Economy Youth Summit (ACE-YS)