Policy Brief: CONNECTI:CITY 2022

Connecti:City is an international conference on creative economy that was held in Bandung, West Java since 2019. As part of Indonesia’s G20 presidency for 2022, Connecti:City was held in a hybrid format from 14 – 15 March 2022 as an official side event to the U20 Summit that took place from 17 – 18 March 2022, and featured presentations and talks by prominent practitioners and leaders in the Creative Economy sector from around the world. 

As part of Connecti:City 2022, British Council also presented ‘Nine Earths’ - a new collaborative and interdisciplinary project that explores the relationship between our carbon footprint, the global consumption of day-to-day life and the differences within global cities and cultures. The project brings together independent artists, climate activists and local communities in the UK, Indonesia, Lebanon, Brazil and Vietnam to explore and document their daily lives. The project is a collaboration between D-Fuse (England), Metal (England), RMIT University (Vietnam), Maya Chami, Digital and Visual Artist, Sembilan Matahari (Indonesia), AguaForte (Brazil), Multiplicidade (Brazil).

The G20 is a strategic multilateral platform connecting the world’s major developed and emerging economies. The G20 holds a strategic role in securing future global economic growth and prosperity. Together, the G20 members represent more than 80 percent of world GDP, 75 percent of international trade and 60 percent of the world population. Starting in 1999 as a meeting for the finance minister and central bank governors, the G20 has evolved into a yearly summit involving the Head of State and Government. In addition to that, the Sherpa meetings (in charge of carrying out negotiations and building consensus among Leaders), working groups, and special events are also organized throughout the year. In 2022, Indonesia held the presidency and highlighted the theme of ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’. Through this theme, Indonesia aims to invite the entire world to work together, support one another to recover together, recover stronger and be more sustainable. The main priorities discussed at G20 include Global Health Architecture, Sustainable Energy Transition and Digital and Economic Transformation. 

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KREASI JABAR or the West Java Creative Economy and Innovation Committee is a non-structural institution that was established to encourage collaboration between creative economy actors to create creativity and innovation so as to realise prosperity for the people of West Java. KREASI JABAR was inaugurated by the Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, virtually from Pakuan Building, Bandung City, on June 9, 2020. The formation of KREASI JABAR was based on Regional Regulation no 17/2017 concerning Creative Economy Development, West Java Governor Regulation no 83/2019 concerning the West Java Creative Economy and Innovation Committee and West Java Governor Decree No:064/Kep.288-Disparbud/2020 concerning the Organisational Structure and Personnel Composition of the West Java Creative Economy and Innovation Committee. In it’s formation, it is hoped that KREASI JABAR can restore the creative economy industry affected by COVID-19 pandemic and re-adapt after the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, KREASI JABAR is given the authority to harmonize policies and programs related to the creative economy between government agencies in West Java and strengthen cooperation between West Java Provincial Government and other parties related to the creative economy. 

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The Indonesia Creative Cities Network (ICCN) is a network node for Creative Cities/Regencies established based on implementing the 10 Principles of Creative Cities. The formation of the ICCN was initiated by an initiative to organise the Creative Cities Conference. Then from April 26 to 27 2015, the Bandung Creative City Forum (BCCF), which is part of Helarfest 2015, held a Creative Cities Conference at the City Hall and produced the formulation of 10 principles of Creative Cities and declared the Indonesian Creative Cities Forum. The formulation and declarations produced are the beginning of the search for rationale in the formation and implementation of Creative Cities in Indonesia. 

On 22 to 25 October 2015, the Indonesia Creative Cities Conference held in Solo City produced the Indonesia Creative Cities Network (ICCN). Then on December 21, 2015, ICCN was officially established by the Head of Bekraf Leadership, Triawan Munaf, at Mpu Sendok Jakarta. At this time, to implement the 10 Principles of Creative Cities, ICCN has also developed 11 techniques for the Catha Ekadasa program. The ICCN network consists of community elements that bring the creative economy Penta Helix to life: academics, entrepreneurs/MSMEs, communities, government, media and aggregators.

So far, the ICCN network has collaborated with more than 211 creative cities/regencies throughout Indonesia. 

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Nine Earths is a new collaborative and interdisciplinary project that explores the relationship between our carbon footprint, the global consumption of day-to-day life and the differences within global cities and cultures. The project brings together independent artists, climate activists and local communities in the UK, Indonesia, Lebanon, Brazil and Vietnam to explore and document their daily lives. Video, audio, imagery and conversations around climate change will be gathered to create an innovative and unique broadcast, that will run 24 hours a day for an initial 4-week period.

This broadcast will amalgamate video and imagery taken by young participants (18-24), interwoven with an original soundscape. With this collection of visual lived experience, the project aims to create a rolling digital interactive exhibition to change and elevate understanding of how our daily routines impact our climate. The project is framed around 'Earth Overshoot Day' - the month by which each country uses a year's worth of resources (for example, February 11 in Qatar, and May 17 in the UK) and will be underpinned by scientific rationale and data.

The project is a collaboration between D-Fuse (England), Metal (England), RMIT University (Vietnam), Maya Chami, Digital and Visual Artist, Sembilan Matahari (Indonesia), AguaForte (Brazil), Multiplicidade (Brazil)

Learn more about the project here.