By: Cecille R. de Lemos
Dean Erlinda Q. Fernandez, President of the Arts Council of Aklan Foundation, Inc. represented Aklan to the 1st Philippine Creative Industry Forum. The Provincial Government of Aklan through the leadership of Governor Carlito S. Marquez sent her.
The forum aims to mobilize the creative industry as an engine of growth in Philippine economy. The 1st Philippine Creative Industry Forum was held very recently at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Little Theater, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
The forum was participated by the arts and culture sector, local government units, and NGO’s. It was sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and CITEM in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines, British Council Manila, Asian Institute of Management and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Mr. Nestor O. Jardin, CCP President, gave his welcome remarks during the opening ceremony. Ms. Susan Arcega, Deputy Director for Communications and Marketing, acted as motivators. The pool of speakers were Ambassador. Peter Beckingham of the United Kingdom, Prof. Eduardo Morato, Jr. of AIM, Mr. Richard Glover of England’s Creative Kernow, Prof. Desmond Hui, Director of Center for Cultural Policy and Research of the University of Hongkong, Mr. Baey Yam Keng, Director of Creative Industries of Singapore, Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts, Mrs. Emily Abrera, Chair of CCP Board of Trustees, Mr. Victorino Manalo, Director of Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Atty. Rose Beatrix Angeles, NCCA Commissioner on Cultural Heritage, DTI Undersecretary Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, and Mr. Arnedo Lucas, Roadrunner Managing Director.
The sub-group discussions on the different classifications of the creative industry presented the outcome focusing on the strengths, weaknesses, issues and concerns. The creative industry which is carried largely by small, medium and micro cultural enterprises has great potentials for contributing to the socio-cultural and economic development of the community. Drawing from its rich cultural heritage and vast creative industry and promotion.
With the needs and challenge of the creative industry in the Philippines, the forum is intended to set a roadmap in developing a creative – driven economy that maximizes our creative capital with the collective outputs which are all the products of human creativity with intellectual property rights. Creative industries incarnate the very key words of the 21st century – culture, creativity, copyright, and commerce. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
Dean Erlinda Q. Fernandez, President of the Arts Council of Aklan Foundation, Inc. represented Aklan to the 1st Philippine Creative Industry Forum. The Provincial Government of Aklan through the leadership of Governor Carlito S. Marquez sent her.
The forum aims to mobilize the creative industry as an engine of growth in Philippine economy. The 1st Philippine Creative Industry Forum was held very recently at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Little Theater, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
The forum was participated by the arts and culture sector, local government units, and NGO’s. It was sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and CITEM in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines, British Council Manila, Asian Institute of Management and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Mr. Nestor O. Jardin, CCP President, gave his welcome remarks during the opening ceremony. Ms. Susan Arcega, Deputy Director for Communications and Marketing, acted as motivators. The pool of speakers were Ambassador. Peter Beckingham of the United Kingdom, Prof. Eduardo Morato, Jr. of AIM, Mr. Richard Glover of England’s Creative Kernow, Prof. Desmond Hui, Director of Center for Cultural Policy and Research of the University of Hongkong, Mr. Baey Yam Keng, Director of Creative Industries of Singapore, Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts, Mrs. Emily Abrera, Chair of CCP Board of Trustees, Mr. Victorino Manalo, Director of Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Atty. Rose Beatrix Angeles, NCCA Commissioner on Cultural Heritage, DTI Undersecretary Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, and Mr. Arnedo Lucas, Roadrunner Managing Director.
The sub-group discussions on the different classifications of the creative industry presented the outcome focusing on the strengths, weaknesses, issues and concerns. The creative industry which is carried largely by small, medium and micro cultural enterprises has great potentials for contributing to the socio-cultural and economic development of the community. Drawing from its rich cultural heritage and vast creative industry and promotion.
With the needs and challenge of the creative industry in the Philippines, the forum is intended to set a roadmap in developing a creative – driven economy that maximizes our creative capital with the collective outputs which are all the products of human creativity with intellectual property rights. Creative industries incarnate the very key words of the 21st century – culture, creativity, copyright, and commerce. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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