Challenges in implementing National Culture Policy 2021


SIX years ago, Malaysia marked a significant milestone in its cultural development landscape with the launch of the National Cultural Policy (Daken) 2021 as the highest policy document establishing the direction for national cultural development.

Daken does not merely assemble aspirations for the development of arts and culture; it also serves as a compass guiding the construction of national identity, the empowerment of cultural heritage, the development of creative cultural industries and the shaping of a society that values culture as the foundation of nation-building.

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