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Indonesia hosted the World Creative Economy Conference –WCCE for the first time. Located in Nusa Dua, Bali, the conference lasted 6 to 8 November and was attended by 1.500 participants from more than 30 countries. The WCCE produces the Bali Agenda for Creative Economy which will be delivered at the United Nations General Assembly next year. One of the points of agreement is the election of the United Arab Emirates as the location for implementing the next WCCE in 2020. Head of the Creative Economy Agency -Bekraf, Triawan Munaf said last Thursday (8/11) that the Bali Agenda for Creative Economy is an aspiration and reflection of the importance of the creative economy towards the global economy. Collaboration is needed to support the strengthening of the creative economy ecosystem. The declaration is expected to further strengthen international collaboration at the global level. This reflects the strong commitment of all participants to face challenges and take advantage of creative economic opportunities. Bali Agenda contains issues of capital access, market access, product development, promotion, infrastructure development, and many others. According to Triawan Munaf, Bali Agenda is a milestone in the development of the creative economy. This declaration is the result of a delegation meeting in the Friends of Creative Economy activity held on the first day of the WCCE 2018. The agreement includes four main points divided into 21 derivative points. The first important point is collaboration and collective behavior of the Friends of Creative Economy. The participating countries agreed to establish a Center for the Leading of Creative Economy in Indonesia. This Center of Excellence functions as a platform for creative economic actors from around the world to connect ideas, resources, information, and business concepts, including in the music, culinary, and digital applications. Other points are the development of a creative economic ecosystem; celebration, promotion, and empowerment of sustainable development goals -SDGs, cultural heritage, and diversity; the last point is the determination of the location of the next WCCE implementation. At her speech at the World Creative Economy Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, Wednesday, 7/11, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi said that Indonesia would be a creative economic capital in the Southeast Asia region. Indonesia's rich cultural heritage has enabled Indonesia to develop creative industries, fashion, culinary, arts and crafts, and entertainment. This has become an anchor for the Indonesian economy, which enables it to remain strong in the face of the economic crisis. Indonesia has more than enough creative modalities from 700 ethnic groups throughout the archipelago. Thus, Minister Retno perceived that synergy among academics, business, community, government and the media is needed to make it come true.