Indonesia’s Minister of Creative Economy, Teuku Riefky Harsya, revealed that 12 provinces will be the main focus to develop regional economic potential through the creative economy sector.
This step is the government’s effort to encourage national economic growth of 8%.
Although 12 provinces have been determined, Riefky emphasized the need for an in-depth study to develop the economic potential in each region, including provinces, cities, and villages.
Development in 12 Priority Provinces
Riefky explained that although the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency has determined 12 provinces to be developed, his party still needs a more in-depth study to develop the potential in these areas.
The plan is to focus on development not only on the province or city, but also at the sub-district and village levels. Therefore, he has not been able to detail which areas will be prioritized.
According to Detikfinance, “So there are indeed 12 provinces that have been determined by Bappenas, but of course they will also be studied more deeply.
Because this cannot be regionally not provincial, but will enter districts, cities, villages, and so on.
So indeed we have not been able to mention the details of the region,” said Riefky after attending a meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Jakarta.
When asked further about the provinces that are the focus, Riefky mentioned several regions such as North Sumatra, Banten, Jakarta, Central Java, Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, East Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi.
Target of 2 Million Jobs
Riefky explained the reason why the eastern region of Indonesia has not become the main focus, namely because collaboration with relevant ministries/institutions is still needed, especially in infrastructure development.
However, he assessed that there is great potential in the eastern region of Indonesia, such as East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), which can be accelerated through the creative economy sector.
In the creative economy sector, the government targets the creation of around 2 million additional jobs, which will increase the total number of jobs in the sector from 25 million to 27 million in the next five years.
Creative economy contributes 8.3% of GDP
Nusabali reports that the creative economy sector can contribute up to 8.3% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next five years, from the current contribution of around 6%.
Meanwhile, there are 17 subsectors that are priorities in the development of the creative economy, such as culinary, crafts, fashion, music, and film.
“17 subsectors are regulated by law, but we are compiling focus 7-10 later,” explained Riefky.
Source: DetikFinance, NusaBali
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