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ACE-YS Creative Catalyst 2024 Insights Report
The 2023 United Nations (UN) resolution on the creative economy is significant for recognizing the vital role that creativity plays in sustainable development, economic growth, and cultural dialogue.
Providing a bright outlook for the creative economy to flourish, youth will be at the forefront of this sector as it has low barriers to entry and has proven to be resilient, especially throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason, young people have become a vital part that needs to be included in the discussions of the future of the global creative economy.
The Asian Creative and Digital Youth Summit (ACE-YS) as a platform aims to empower young Asian creatives by giving them a voice and the tools needed to navigate and thrive in this dynamic landscape.
Through various initiatives, ACE-YS facilitates networking opportunities, skills development, and access to resources that enable youth to harness their creativity for economic gain and societal impact. This year, ACE-YS focuses on building networks and bridge conversations between experts in the creative and digital economy field, opening doors to funding opportunities and developing an action plan to be adapted by various key stakeholders in the sector.
provides an overview of collective insights from both Delegates and Creators routes of this year’s Creative Catalyst program.
While focusing on a different output, participants from both routes equally represent a cross-section of talents and backgrounds, reflecting the rich potential that young people bring to this sector.
The diverse thoughts, experiences and ideas coming in from our 60 youth delegations have successfully proposed action plans in three major themes.
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Seeks to facilitate the exploration of strategies for breaking down barriers, acknowledging each other’s rights in working together, understanding creative work, including opportunities for collaboration and digital access, as well as encouraging cross-regional collaboration and knowledge sharing.
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Focusing on the current situation of IP in Southeast Asian creative and digital industries while proposing several recommendations to relevant stakeholders in the industries.
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Addressing common challenges and policy implications for achieving sustainability goals and seeking into possible and realistic actions that can be delivered as a cohort.
The resulting document ACE-YS Action Plan 2024 aims to showcase ideas and strategies with the goal of strengthening the Asian creative and digital economy, particularly in Southeast Asia.
Data and insights presented here highlight youth initiatives within their creative projects and communities, promoting collaboration that can be assessed through a follow-up framework. Meanwhile a spread of innovative and interesting initiatives brought forward by young creatives are laid out in the document.
By going through the report, ACE-YS aims to provide inspiration, trigger change and attract funding from anyone interested in the action plan and also the existing initiatives presented by those who joined the Creator Route.
It’s time to create new waves in the global creative & digital economy through collective action among the players and stakeholders.