Boosting the Creative Economy, Deputy Interior Minister Bima Invites Hipmi and Regional Governments to Collaborate

Jakarta – Deputy Interior Minister (Wamendagri) Bima Arya Sugiarto has invited the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) to collaborate with regional governments (Pemda) to stimulate the creative economy. During his attendance at the V Regional Education and Training (Diklatda) of the West Java Hipmi Regional Board (BPD) at the Daan Mogot Building, Pusdikif, Bandung City, on Saturday, 9 May 2026, Bima urged regional heads to build fiscal independence to support national priority programmes. “Regions need to be encouraged to seek alternative funding sources, such as crowd financing, alternative financing, Public-Private Partnerships (KPBU), and optimisation of regional assets,” Bima stated in his remarks on Sunday, 10 May 2026. Bima emphasised that Hipmi has significant room to assist regional heads through a more collaborative and innovative perspective. According to him, Hipmi can serve as a bridge between regional heads, business actors, and communities. “I know many friends (in Hipmi) who are involved in the creative economy, culinary, and so on. Because regional heads don’t understand it. So I convey this, friends can help regional heads to be more creative and innovative,” he said. Bima continued that the current challenges for regional heads can be seen in their success in implementing national strategic programmes at the local level. Regional heads, in his view, must be able to guide Asta Cita in detail, from food sovereignty, the Free Nutritious Meals programme (MBG), People’s Schools, Garuda Schools, to Village/Sub-district Cooperatives (Kopdeskel). He assessed that the current momentum is an opportunity for the younger generation and business actors to contribute to realising the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision. Indonesia, according to him, can become an advanced nation if it can properly utilise the demographic bonus and build national independence. In addition, Bima emphasised the importance of continuity in the national vision across leadership transitions. According to him, changes in leadership should not alter the direction of national development. This is reflected in several countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, which have maintained economic stability despite leadership changes. “No government can do it alone; everything is collaboration. Although collaboration is not enough today, now is the era of co-creation. Collaboration is just accommodating, but co-creation is sitting together, facing challenges together, planning together,” he said.