Bilateral cooperation supporting the protection and promotion of diversity of cultural expressions

One example of bilateral cooperation that supports the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expression is uk/indonesia 2016-18 (uk/id). this programme is a three-year programme resulting from an agreement between the indonesian and british governments to support artists and the creative communities to connect, spend time together, collaborate, and share the results with the public in both countries. throughout the programme more than 250 british and indonesian organizations and artists are connected, 72 artists took part in international residencies, 1,900 cultural professionals were involved, more than 90 new collaborative artworks were created, and more than 500,000 audiences were reached. some of the activities in uk indonesia 2016-18 which focused around creative technology started in march 2016 when seven artists and curators from the uk conducted a digital culture visit to indonesia. the programme also focused on major advances in disability art in indonesia. in addition to cooperation between indonesia and the united kingdom, there are several joint statements, agreements, and other bilateral memorandums of understanding - supporting the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions - that have been signed in the past four years, including: 1. memorandum of understanding between the government of the republic of indonesia and the government of the kingdom of thailand regarding cooperation in the field of creative industries, 13 may 2019 (see goal 3, bilateral cooperation in the field of creative economy); 2. implementation of the cultural cooperation programme for 2019-2022 between the ministry of education and culture of the republic of indonesia and the ministry of culture of the kingdom of saudi arabia, bogor, march 1, 2017 (see goal 3, bilateral cooperation in the field of culture); 3. memorandum of understanding between the government of the republic of indonesia and the government of the kingdom of denmark regarding cooperation in the field of creative industries, bali, 7 november 2018; 4. memorandum of understanding between the republic of indonesia's creative economy agency and the malaysian cultural economic development agency regarding cooperation in the culture of creative industries, bali, 7 november 2018; 5. memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of creative economy between the government of the republic of indonesia and the government of australia, bogor, 31 august 2018; 6. indonesia-italy bilateral relations on creative economy (2018). 7. memorandum of understanding on film cooperation between the creative economy agency of the republic of indonesia and the state ministry for the press, publications, radio, film and television of the people's republic of china, november 28, 2017; 8. memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation between the government of the republic of indonesia and the government of the special administrative region of hong kong of the people's republic of china, hong kong, may 1, 2017 (see goal 3, bilateral cooperation in the field of culture); 9. memorandum of understanding between the directorate general of national export development of the ministry of trade of the republic of indonesia and the hong kong trade development council on promotion activities, hong kong, may 1, 2017; 10. cooperation agreement between the indonesian creative economy agency and the french national center for film and animation on cinematography, jakarta, march 29, 2017 (see goal 3, bilateral cooperation in the field of creative economy); 11. memorandum of understanding between the ministry of education and culture of the republic of indonesia and the ministry of education, culture and science of the netherlands in the field of culture, jakarta, february 13, 2017 (see goal 3, bilateral cooperation in the field of culture); 12. statement of will between the ministry of education and culture of the republic of indonesia and the ministry of culture of the people's republic of china concerning the establishment of the cultural center for reciprocity, guiyang, august 1, 2016; 13. memorandum of understanding between the republic of indonesia's creative economy agency and the ministry of culture, sports and tourism of the republic of korea concerning cooperation in the field of creative industries, seoul, may 16, 2016; 14. amendment of the 2012 mou between the government of indonesia and the government of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland on cooperation in the field of creative industries, london, 19 april 2016; and 15. memorandum of understanding between the ministry of education and culture of the republic of indonesia and the ministry of culture of the republic of bulgaria concerning cooperation in the field of culture, sofia, march 11, 2016. in general, the bilateral cooperation supporting the protection and promotion of diversity of cultural expressions development of medium and long-term sustainable cultural development policies and plans are aimed at contributing to the realization of the following national strategy for culture (see goal 1, main policies and measures that contain strategies and frameworks for the development of the integrated cultural and creative economy sector): 1. develop and utilize cultural resources to strengthen the position of indonesia internationally (agenda 3); and 2. strengthen the role of government as facilitator in the advancement of culture (agenda 7).