During The COVID-19 Pandemic, The Ministry Of Tourism And Creative Economy Invites People To Study Photography And Design

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy / the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency invites more people to study photography and design including illustrations, especially for MSME players to remain productive amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy for Digital Economy and Creative Products of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy / Baparekraf, Muhammad Neil El Himam, in his statement on Sunday, said that his party had launched a technical guidance facilitation program for improving photography and illustration skills entitled Start Your Journey! in collaboration with a digital learning platform, Vokraf.

"Kemenparekraf proactively supports the improvement of people's skills to remain productive so that the Indonesian economy continues to rotate," said Muhammad Neil El Himam, quoted by Antara , Sunday, October 18.

The training program will be conducted online through the Vocraf platform from 19 October to the end of November 2020 for 1,000 selected participants through curation before the event is held. Participants in the Start Your Journey! these came from various regions in Indonesia, from Aceh, Kalimantan, to Papua.

He said that the program was held considering the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic that was currently hitting, which caused almost always the sectors affected by this pandemic.

Neil said that training in photography and illustration is expected to encourage people to remain productive. These two fields are considered needed by various industrial sectors, even from the smallest sector such as selling food from home.

Especially for photography, the target participants are focused on owners and people who work in the MSME sector. Especially in this digital age, illustration on a product becomes visual marketing that adds to its appeal.

"The two fields, both photography and illustration, are important supporting parts in digital transformation, so it is necessary to increase the capacity of creative economy players in that field," said Neil.

On the Vokraf.com platform, there are learning videos with materials that are in accordance with current industry needs, practical assignments to make works whose output can be used as portfolios, as well as certificates to be issued by Vokraf and Kemenparekraf.

"This activity is expected to support people's creativity in digital drawing, expressing ideas, and supporting the visualization of digital products," said Muhammad Neil.

He said that currently the government has launched the #BanggaBuatanIndonesia and #BeliK KreatifLokal movements as a form of support and encouragement in recovering from the impact of the pandemic. Through the use of technology, it is hoped that creative and innovative content can provide alternatives for people to remain productive in the midst of this uncertain period.

"While we hope that conditions will return to normal soon, let us continue to improve our capacity and skills so that they will have more competitiveness and high selling power," said Muhammad Neil.