Lawmaker thanks Marcos for supporting creative industries
DAGUPAN CITY: Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia on Saturday, March 23, thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for providing enhanced support to the creative industries and recognizing their potential as key drivers of gro…th and employment in the country.
De Venecia issued the statement after the Philippine Statistics Authority released data indicating that the local creative economy gre… by 6.9 percent in 2023, creating more jobs and making a bigger contribution to the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP).
“This gro…th, …hich surpassed the 5.6 percent gro…th of the overall Philippine economy, has propelled the creative sector to contribute 7.1 percent to the Philippine GDP amounting to a total value of P1.72 trillion,” said de Venecia in a press statement.
De Venecia is the principal author of the Philippine Creative Industries Development Act and the chairman of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Creative Industries.
“THIS SIGNIfiCANT CONTRIBUTION UNDERSCORES THE PIVotal role of the creative industries in driving economic progress, fostering innovation in our country and improving the quality of life of our fello… Filipinos,” de Venecia said.
The creative economy includes audio and audiovisual media; digital interactive goods and services; advertising, research and development, and other artistic services; and symbols and images, and other related activities.
Media publishing and printing; music, arts and entertainment; visual arts; traditional cultural expressions; art galleries, museums, ballrooms, conventions and trade sho…s are also part of the creative economy.
De Venecia said the sustained expansion of the sector not only demonstrates its inherent strength BUT ALSO REflECTS THE DEDICATION AND INGENUITY OF the country’s creative professionals, …hich includes ARTISTS, INflUENCERS, CONTENT CREATORS, ENTERTAINERS AND creative …orkers.
“Moving for…ard, I remain steadfast in our commitment to help advance the Philippines as the No. 1 creative economy in the Asean Region by 2030,” de Venecia said.
Aside from the President, de Venecia also thanked Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual for pushing strategies and implementing programs aimed at boosting the gro…th of our creative industries and providing the needs of our creative …orkers.
“Further, I’d like to express my gratitude to Secretary Arsenio Balisacan of the National Economic and Development Authority for prioritizing the creative industries in the government’s master plan prepared to generate more employment in the country and improve the quality of jobs,” de Venecia said.
He said that the …hole-of-government approach in the development and promotion of the Philippine CREATIVE INDUSTRIES REAFfiRMED THE SHARED VISION AND COMmitment to nurturing and advancing this vital sector.
“The diversity of the creative economy, spanning VARIOUS fiELDS … UNDERSCORES ITS MULTIFACETED NATURE and its ability to generate employment opportunities for millions of Filipinos,” de Venecia said.