Klojen, (malangkota.go.id) – To develop the creative economy (ekraf) in Malang City, the Malang City Cooperatives, Industry and Trade Service (Diskopindag) continues to make various efforts. This time, together with a research team from Brawijaya University, they held a focus group discussion (FGD) on the development of 16 sub-sectors of the creative economy at DILO Malang City, Thursday (23/9/2021).
Head of Industry Division of Diskopindag Malang City, Dra. Yuke Siswanti, M.Si revealed, the FGD at DILO Malang City is a study of the preparation of creative services and activities in Malang City. This study will focus on the aspects of challenges and obstacles in the creative value chain of the creative industry in Malang City.
"To achieve the objectives of this study, we held FGDs with various creative economy MSMEs in Malang City involving 16 sub-sectors," explained Yuke.
The 16 creative economy sub-sectors that are currently being developed in Malang City are applications and games, architecture, interior design, visual communication design, product design, fashion, animated films and videos, photography, crafts, culinary, music, publishing, advertising, performing arts, fine arts, television, and radio.
This FGD was held from 21-24 September 2021 with different materials every day. The hope is that in the future it can grow the creative economy sector in Malang City. As a city of education, a city of tourism, and an industrial city, Malang City has extraordinary potential in the creative industry sector. (cah/ram)
