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The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), through the Creative Economics Section at Atrio Mall, held a Forum on this issue with the first occasion of the World Day of Creativity and Innovation as a commitment to promoting and strengthening Cultural and Creative Industries (ICC) and its impact.
The forum with the participation of experts who have been developing projects for entrepreneurship with regard to creative economy and cultural industries such as Miky Fábrega, Lyann Leguisamo, Alexandra Samudo, Gerardo Neugvolen, Yigo Suggasti and Ellis Newman, Director of Creative Economics at MiCultura, who referred to issues such as cultural policies, creative economy master plan and the bill that will boost this sector at national level.
As an earlier speaker, Sylvie Duran, an ex-Minister of Culture of Costa Rica, shared his experiences and his considerations about culture as an engine and dynamic of the economy and at the same time referred to public and cultural policies for new generations with the aim of capturing more young people using digital tools.
Similarly, MiCultura's incumbent, Giselle González Villarrué stated that "with the creation of MiCultura, the Creative Economics Section emerges, where we are developing a training plan, training, to install key concepts about what the cultural and creative economy is about and that cultural managers can apportion with all the benefits we are performing, aligned with the aims of UNESCO."
During the day of questions to the panelists, most of them have been held by cultural managers, teachers, social communicators and artistic professionals and have been consulted on the basis of the Creative Economics Bill and have been recommended with the cultural sectors to strengthen them and have a legal document and cover them all.
On the other hand, MiCultura's actions with regard to efforts for initiatives such as the Forum, creative industry markets and their entrepreneurial workshops have been applauded, programs such as Sumat Ya, Seiculture and Crea in Panama have given an overview of the development of Creative Economics in Panama.
