Objects of the Agency
The objects of the Agency are to
→ prescribe standards for the regulation of the creative arts industry;
→ create an enabling environment through direct and indirect support for arts education, artistes, creative arts practitioners and organisations;
→ promote collaborations with institutions created for the regulation of the specific domains in the creative arts industry, artistes and creative arts practitioners, and organisations, nationally and internationally;
→ grow the creative arts industry nationally and internationally through partnership and industry development assistance that facilitates pathways to organisation and innovation; and
→ ensure that access to the market by creative arts practitioners is enhanced.
Functions of the Agency
The Agency shall
→ ensure the effective organisation and management of the creative arts industry;
→ foster an enabling environment for industry-led approaches to boost the growth and competitiveness of the creative arts industry;
→ advise the Minister on matters relating to standards for the regulation of the creative arts industry;
→ facilitate the engagement of the creative arts industry players by providing a forum for meeting with the creative arts industry operators;
→ encourage public and private sector interface and alignment by providing a forum for creative arts industry practitioners to meet with relevant public sector organisations and agencies;
→ promote new trends in the creative arts industry in relation to the organis.ation and management of creative arts enterprises;
→ oversee cross-sector challenges as they affect the creative arts industry and manage the challenges;
→ source and manage finance and investments in the creative arts sector;
→ facilitate the professional development of creative artistes and emerging generational talents;
→ collaborate with relevant institutions to facilitate the protection of the intellectual property rights of creative artistes by organising seminars for creative arts operators to create awareness about intellectual property rights of the operators and to facilitate the registration of the works of creative arts operators;
→ develop and promote a creative arts industry labour market;
→ keep, ma.intian and publish a register of creative arts industry operators;
→ ensure the enforcement of each of the constitutions establishing an association in the creative arts industry;
→ facilitate the provision ofinfrastructure for the development of the creative arts industry;
→ undertake research and documentation with respect to the creative arts industry;
→ facilitate the training of creative arts industry operators in the area of innovation, packaging, marketing and fund raising:
→ organise investment forum for the creative arts industry and create awareness of the social and corporate responsibility of the various creative arts industry players;
→ organise seminars and workshops for the young and emerging talents to interact with experienced and seasoned creative arts industry operators;
→ collaborate with intellectual property rights enforcement agencies to enforce the intellectual property rights of creative arts industry operators;
→ establish a disciplinary code and enforce the disciplinary code among members of the creative arts industry;
→ collabotate with the relevant authority to ensure transparent distribution of royalty collected on behalf of creative arts practitioners and creative arts industry operators;
→ collect one per cent levy on revenue from the sale of creative arts products and pay the levy into the Fund; and
→ establish a website, publish magazines and organise exhibitions and fairs to promote the works of creative arts industry operators.
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