Festivals in South East Asia: Catalysts for the Creative Economy

The British Council together with the Jogja Festivals Study Centre joined forces to study the landscape and key players of festivals in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and South East Asia. Particularly for the South East Asian Region, this has become one scope to study due to the key role that the Indonesian government played in initiating the ASEAN Working Group of Creative Economy, the World Conference on Creative Economy and the fact that there are many international festivals.