"We want to provide information, story, and interaction with industry players in syariah enterprises, creative industry, national film industry, coffee industry, Jakarta tourism, fashion industry, and payment digitalization," he explained at the JaKreatiFest opening ceremony, held virtually here on Monday.
By collaborating to find various potential new sources of economic growth, syariah enterprises, creative tourism industry, including MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions), as well as digital economy and finance, can find the space and opportunity to expedite national economic recovery, he said.
With this consideration, the theme of JaKreatiFest 2021 is empowering new, creative, innovative, and inspirational sources of economic growth in the digital era to accelerate PEN, Widjanarko added.
He expressed the hope that the event will have an impact, such as adding MSMEs to the marketplace.
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Meanwhile, Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, said JaKreatiFest 2021 has the potential to expedite economic recovery by supporting entrepreneurs' capacity in terms of funding access, production, and marketing.
JaKreatiFest has the potential to have a positive impact on MSME development, creative industry, tourism, and digitalization, especially in Jakarta, he elaborated.
JaKreatiFest has been jointly organized by Jakarta's Bank Indonesia and Jakarta's provincial government to synergize creative economy development activities.
Based on data from JaKreatiFest's website, around 144 MSMEs entrepreneurs attended the virtual exhibition.
Before JaKreatiFest began, it was preceded with training activities such as halal certification, coaching clinic, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) consulting at the Tokopedia Marketplace.
Podcasts and competitions related to tourism and coffee were also held as part of the festival.
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