Mayor Bobby Nasution Supports Creative Economy Development In Medan

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution (center) affixed his signature to the products of start-ups in Medan. (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City)

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution is committed to supporting the development of the creative economy, as one of the backbones of the economy in this area.

"The development of this creative economy cluster is our effort to encourage increased value added, product competitiveness, creative efforts and digitalization," said Bobby Nasution in Medan, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 7.

In developing the creative economy, he continued, the Medan City Government also encourages the younger generation to become start-up actors in the capital city of North Sumatra Province.

The start-up actors are expected to be able to move the wheels of the economy in the city of Medan, especially the micro, small and medium enterprise (UMKM) sector.

"One form of effort to develop the creative economy is the holding of a new millennial start-up 'entrepreneur' workshop," said Bobby.

Bobby Nasution also hopes that in the future there will be growing interest in the creative economy of start-up actors, which is dominated by the younger generation in Medan City.

"This is proof of the Medan City Government's concern in increasing the use of digital to support the economy," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Medan City Tourism Office, Agus Suriono, added that his party continues to attract the younger generation, and establish communication with existing start-ups to stimulate the creative economy in this area.

"Currently there are dozens of start-ups that we cooperate with and foster. In cooperating and fostering these start-ups, we are collaborating with the creative economy committee," he said.