Creative economy working group

The creative economy working group ( cewg) is a network of civil society organisations in kenya. the goal of cewg is to promote creativity, innovation and the diversity of the cultures of the people of kenya as drivers of community well-being, social development and economic growth. cewg believes that this goal can be realized through the development of facilitation policies and legal instruments and the establishment of strong and innovative institutions. therefore, the network works closely with state and non-state institutions in policy reform, safeguarding cultural diversity and protection of artistic freedom. the network has been involved in the development of the kenya national cultural policy, the national kiswahili council bill; the music policy; the film policy; the copyright amendment act; the tradition knowledge and cultural expressions act, the draft national intellectual property policy; review of the kenya cultural centre act; among other policy and legal instruments. the network has organized numerous forums on the cultural and creative industries in order to identify gaps and provide capacity development. at the regional level, the network contributed to the enactment of the east african community cultural and creative industries act (2016). to increase and share knowledge, the network publishes jahazi: an arts, culture and performance journal and the online platform www.wabunifu.org