Friends of Creative Economy
Friends of Creative Economy (FCE) is a multi-stakeholder forum, aimed at fostering international collaborations in creative economy towards a more inclusively creative world for a more prosperous global community. Policymakers, private sectors, international organizations, and innovators from all over the world are welcome to join the FCE. FCE is an event for cooperation between all stakeholders from countries to exchange insights and ideas about enhancing the creative economy.
FCE 2018 (Kick Off)
"The Kick Off Friends of Creative Economy", as the initial meeting of FCE, was held in Jakarta on 3 to 4 May 2018. This kick-off was the Forum where the panels and participants engaging themselves into a dynamic, fruitful discussion of creative economy's current trends. This kick-off meeting was attended by representatives from more than 55 countries and international organizations (among others, UNCTAD, UNESCO, ITU, WIPO).
FCE 2018 (The First Meeting of WCCE)
The First Meeting of Friends of Creative Economy (FCE) was held on 6 November 2018 prior to the World Conference on Creative Economy at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Indonesia. The First Meeting of FCE was chaired by the Deputy of Inter-agency and Regional Relations, Creative Economy Agency of the Republic of Indonesia, and attended by around 300 participants from Senior Officials, Ambassadors, UN Body Representatives, international organizations, business community, private sectors, academicians and practitioners.
The First meeting of FCE was aimed at exchanging ideas on the development of the world's creative economy and drafting outcome documents for the World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in the form of Bali Declaration on Creative Economy and Plan of Action. The meeting raised 6 main topics related to creative economy moderated by individuals from international organizations and academics. The FCE Meeting formulated the draft of the "Bali Agenda for Creative Economy", a consensual document for the future of global creative economy development. The draft then was proposed to be adopted by the Ministerial Meeting on Creative Economy.
The Participants welcomed and applauded the initiative of the Republic of Indonesia to host the First Meeting of Friends of Creative Economy and promote collaboration and inclusive discussion.
FCE 2019
FCE 2020
FCE 2021
FCE 2022
Held during the 2022 World Conference on Creative Economy. The