This is a three year cultural and artistic partnership between countries in Asia Pacific and the UK to develop creative cities with successful knowledge economies where global citizens can thrive.  

In Indonesia, there aren’t enough decision makers who comprehends the importance of creative industry in the development of a city. Although, Indonesia’s Trade Department is reporting creative industry growth of 7.28% -faster than the national economy. It provides for 4,5 million jobs; 1,5 million micro, small, and medium size enterprises; and drives the economy in cities like Bandung.  

We need to understand the following issues which drive a city becomes a creative city.

Leadership
It is important to have a leader that have characteristic which will give space and friendly policy to the development of the creative industries in their cities.
Economy
It is necessary to acquire managerial skill to manage the creatives ideas, as well as to open the chances in the economic and banking sector to turn creativity into an industry.
Design
A creative idea is necessary to make a city has more character and functional value for its occupants.
Identity and Celebration
Each city keeps all the identities of its population, the availability of space to celebrate this identity provided by the decision makers, will make the city have their own uniqueness as well as develop the probability of industry

As a country rich with cultural diversity, Indonesia has cities with their own unique identity. Unfortunately, there are no many people develop these potentials into creative industry.

As the pilot project for this programme we chose Bandung. This is based on our meeting with the government of Bandung who agree to put the concept of creative city and to implement it as a long term strategy.

From Bandung it is expected to gain the following results:  

1.Creative City Toolkit:
From case studies of 15 creative cities in the UK and Asia Pacific, resulted in an applicable formula for each city to become the guidance in making a creative city.

2.Creative Entrepreneur Network:
The creation of network between UK and East Asia creative leaders and creative cities stakeholders to lead, work, and share together,  to facilitate access for resources, mentoring, and skills building; to inspire investment and to help pave the way for direct and sustainable city-to-city, business-to-business, and artist-to-artist partnerships of the future.

We construct five different themes to realise this programme. Those are:

Cityscapers
Professional development of the next generation of urban designers, architects, technologists and engineers through collaborative work on design briefs in UK cities
Transforming Public Spaces
Collaborations which support the expression of creativity through the physical and natural environment of the city
Creative Entrepreneurs Club
Support for the development of young entrepreneurs in the creative industries
Inclusive Design
support for young designers and architects developing inclusive approaches to the city’s environment
Re-imagining the City
Creative cities of the future through the eyes of film-makers, designers, architects and other creative sectors.

Our aim is that the city shapers of Asia Pacific and China develop relationships with people in the UK that help to make their cities open to new ways of thinking, well networked, well designed and prosperous. And that many more entrepreneurs, educational bodies and imaginative people will develop creative partnerships with real benefits for the knowledge economies of Asia Pacific, China and the UK.

These five themes will be tried in Bandung as the first city which become the pilot project.