PORTALJABAR, DISTRICT. GARUT - Members of the Branch Leadership Council (DPC) of the National Creative Economy Movement (Gekrafs) Garut Regency were officially inaugurated on Sunday evening (7/7/2024).

The inauguration took place at the Atrium City Plaza (Ciplaz), Garut City District, Garut Regency. L. Putri Karlina was appointed as Chair of the Garut Regency Gekrafs for the 2024-2028 period.

This inauguration was carried out by the Chairman of the West Java DPW Gekrafs Expert Council, Derry Ariyandi.

In his remarks, the Head of the Energy and Mineral Resources Department, Ridwan Effendi, congratulated the newly appointed management, and expressed his hope that Gekrafs Garut could accelerate the potential of the creative economy in Garut Regency.

For this reason, his party is ready to collaborate with all creative economy stakeholders. Moreover, Garut Regency will face a demographic bonus in 2030. According to Ridwan, the creative economy potential must be pushed further forward by creative economy actors, the majority of whom come from the millennial, Y and Z generations.

"We saw earlier that all of them were millennials, generation Y and generation Z, who were extraordinary, of course with their creativity and innovation, we are optimistic that Garut will be more advanced in the future," said Ridwan.

Chairman of Gekrafs for the 2020-2024 period, Hendro Sugiarto, explained that during his term of office, Gekrafs carried the tagline "0 Kilometers to Garut, a Creative City" and consolidated with various creative economy actors.

Hendro hopes that the new management can accelerate the strengthening of the creative economy ecosystem, considering that there are two supporting regulations, namely the Regional Regulation on strengthening the creative economy ecosystem and the formation of the Creative Economy Committee.

"Thank God, we have formed a creative economy committee, this is a legacy, at least this is a legacy of what we did a period ago," said Hendro.

He hopes that the inauguration of the Gekrafs management for the 2024-2028 period will be a momentum for the creative economy in Garut Regency to assert itself to move quickly and in 2024 it is his hope that Garut Regency will be crowned a creative economy city.

Meanwhile, the newly appointed chairman of Gekrafs, L. Putri Karlina, is committed to embracing young entrepreneurs and increasing the percentage of the creative economy in Garut Regency.

"So we want to change the mindset and culture of the people of Garut in particular, so that they want to pursue the creative economy sector and focus on exploring potential in the creative economy sector," he said.

The following are the core management of Gekrafs Garut Regency for the 2024-2028 period:

- Chairman : Hj. Drg. L. Putri Karlina, MBA
- Deputy Chairman: Rizky Ananda, S.TP., MM
- Secretary: Ghozy Burhanudian Arrahani, SM
- W. Secretary: Intifa Ilmi, SH
- Treasurer: Beautiful
- W. Treasurer: Fauzan Medison Adryan, S.Kom., MBA
- Head of Program & Strategy Division 1: Agung Syaputra, S.Kom
- Head of Division 2 Talent Development: Lutfhi Muhammad
- Head of Division 3 Curiosity, Media and Cooperation: Yusep Maulana, M.Kom, MBA
- Head of Division 4 Events and Program Socialization: Ashtu Rabbani
- Head of Division 6 Organization, Cadreization, Membership x and Regional Development: Yasir Nurhakim, S.Pd., M.Pd

(Diskominfo Garut/Revo)