The Benefits of Creative Economy to Society

Nowadays, Indonesia is facing conditions that require people to grow more quickly and accurately, which is to face the MEA (Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN). Indonesia, of course, hope can get benefit from the implementation of MEA (Lukman Hakim, 2016). One of the factors that can get the great opportunities in MEA is a creative economy. The definition of creative economy is economic activity on creative ideas to the application of these ideas to produce original works of art, cultural products, and technological innovation that has commercial value (Suryana, 2013, p 35). To realize these opportunities in Indonesia, on January 20, 2015, through the Peraturan Presiden Republik Indonesia Number 6 The year 2015  about Badan Ekonomi Kreatif, President Joko Widodo formed a new non-ministerial agency called Badan Ekonomi Kreatif (Bekraf) (Bekraf, 2015). The agency is responsible for the development of the creative economy in Indonesia. Creative Economy has many benefits that can be felt by the society, like promoting human’s creativity, expanding job opportunities and increasing economic growth.