The Ministry of Creative Economy is a ministry that organizes the creative economy government sub-division, which is the scope of government affairs in the tourism sector. The Creative Economy Agency is a Non-Ministerial Government Institution that carries out government duties in the creative economy sector.
The creative economy sector was initially part of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, formed in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet from 2011 to 2014. In the Working Cabinet, President Joko Widodo then formed the Creative Economy Agency through Presidential Regulation Number 6 of 2015.[2] In the next government period, Joko Widodo changed the name of this institution to the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency. In the Red and White Cabinet, President Prabowo Subianto separated tourism and the creative economy into two separate ministries so that the creative economy agency is under the Ministry of Creative Economy.[3]
Organizational structure
The ministry, as Presidential Decree No. 199/2024 outlined, is the planning, regulating, and decision-making of the creative economy policies in Indonesia. The ministry is organized in the following manner:[4]
Office of the Ministry of Creative Economy
Office of the Deputy Ministry of Creative Economy
Ministry Secretariat
Board of Experts
Senior Expert to the Minister for Research, Education, and Institutional Relations
Senior Expert to the Minister for Funding and Financing
Senior Expert to the Minister for Marketing Systems and Infrastructure
Senior Expert to the Minister for Intellectual Property and Digital Transformation
As Presidential Decree No. 200/2024 outlined, the agency had the role of executioner and controlling the implementation of the creative economy policies in Indonesia. The agency is organized in the following manner:[5]
Office of the Head of Creative Economy Agency
Office of the Deputy Head of Creative Economy
Agency Secretariat
Deputy for Strategic Development of the Creative Economy
Deputy for Cultural Creativity and Design
Deputy for Digital Creativity and Technology
Deputy for Media Creativity
Inspectorate
Galeri
Seal of the Creative Economy Agency (2015–2019)
Seal of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (2020–2024)
Seal of the Ministry of Creative Economy/Creative Economy Agency (2024–present)