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diverse split broadly over 14 industry categories including fashion, advertising, design, movie
and software development. Fashion remains the dominant subsector of the creative industry
in Indonesia in terms of contribution to GDP at 63.3% followed by crafts at 33.2%. This sector
has been also very active to grow. Contribution of SME has reached 57% to Indonesia’s GDP, in
which it is very impressive considering its relative novelty as a commercial subsector.

Economic integration initiative has been priority agenda in the Asia Pacific region. As a global
trend policy, economic integration offers opportunities of potential global marketplaces for
Small Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs). It provides opportunities for SMEs to upgrade their
business models and to grow across borders which can increase SMEs competitiveness, jobs,
and promoting substantive economic growth. In this sense, connectivity is very essential.
Integrating market through enhancing connectivity.

Indonesia has been doing tremendous efforts to improve its connectivity. As the largest
archipelago in the world which consists of thousands islands, building well-connectivity is
very hard but essential.

Therefore, as member of parliament, we strongly support for necessary policy, such as allocating
significant budget for infrastructure, port and sea transportation, taken by government to
accelerate Indonesia’s connectivity. It becomes more imperative since ASEAN Economic
Community has been effectively started in 2016.

The opportunities for SMEs in global value chains are enormous. We have recognized the
importance of integrating creative industries into global chains. Creative industry is important
element for economic growth and the resilience against unexpected events such as financial
crisis. Economic growth is no longer relied on manufacturing output but rather focused on
attracting human capital.

We also suggest that if the creative economy were well nurtured, it can be a important driven
factor of economic growth, jobs, and trade. It also will offer positive impact to social inclusion
and human sustainable development.

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