Creating, Connecting and Sustaining Links with the Indonesian Craft Economy

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This project will bring together rural craft producers, fair trade businesses and design researchers in Indonesia to explore opportunities, to develop new networks, build long term partnerships and support innovation.The UN has a Sustainable Development Goal to "Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all". To achieve this, the UN has set targets to: "Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises ...", and to "... devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products"Creating new connections between Indonesian design researchers, international fair trade organisations and rural craft producers, will stimulate innovation in products, services and marketing (both for export and for local sustainable tourism). These initiatives will improve employment opportunities in rural areas, encourage pride in local culture, improve rural incomes and reduce pressures of migration towards cities.