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64 cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Release time:2017-11-01 01:30
31 October 2017 64 cities from 44 countries have been designated as UNESCO Creative Cities by Director-General, Irina Bokova. They join a Network at the frontline of UNESCO’s efforts to foster innovation and creativity as key drivers for a more sustainable and inclusive urban development. This network attracts growing interest from local authorities. “These new designations showcase an enhanced diversity in city profiles and geographical balance, with 19 cities from countries not previously represented in the Network” declared the Director-General. She added, “The cooperation framework proposed to foster candidate cities from the Africa region – a UNESCO Global Priority – has been a true success with 9 African cities now joining the Network.” The new 64 UNESCO Creative Cities are: Alba (Italy) – Gastronomy Almaty (Kazakhstan) – Music Amarante (Portugal) – Music Auckland (New Zealand) – Music Baguio City (Philippines) – Crafts and Folk Art Barcelos (Portugal) – Crafts and Folk Art Braga (Portugal) – Media Arts Brasilia (Brazil) – Design Bristol (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Film Brno (Czechia) – Music Bucheon (Republic of Korea) – Literature Buenaventura (Colombia) – Gastronomy Cairo (Egypt) – Crafts and Folk Art Cape Town (South Africa) – Design Carrara (Italy) – Crafts and Folk Art Changsha (China) – Media Arts Chennai (India) – Music Chiang Mai (Thailand) – Crafts and Folk Art Chordeleg (Ecuador) – Crafts and Folk Art Cochabamba (Bolivia [Plurinational State of]) – Gastronomy Daegu Metropolitan City (Republic of Korea) – Music Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – Design Durban (South Africa) – Literature Frutillar (Chile) – Music Gabrovo (Bulgaria) – Crafts and Folk Art [City of] Greater Geelong (Australia) – Design Guadalajara (Mexico) – Media Arts Hatay Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey) – Gastronomy Istanbul (Turkey) – Design João Pessoa (Brazil) – Crafts and Folk Art Kansas City (United States of America) – Music Kolding (Denmark) – Design Kortrijk (Belgium) – Design Košice (Slovakia) – Media Arts Kütahya (Turkey) – Crafts and Folk Art Lillehammer (Norway) – Literature Limoges (France) – Crafts and Folk Art Łódź (Poland) – Film Macao Special Administrative Region, China (Associate Member, UNESCO) – Gastronomy Madaba (Jordan) – Crafts and Folk Art Manchester (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Literature Mexico City (Mexico) – Design Milan (Italy) – Literature Morelia (Mexico) – Music Norrköping (Sweden) – Music Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) – Crafts and Folk Art Panama City (Panama) – Gastronomy Paraty (Brazil) – Gastronomy Pesaro (Italy) – Music Porto-Novo (Benin) – Crafts and Folk Art Praia (Cabo Verde) – Music Qingdao (China) – Film Québec City (Canada) – Literature San Antonio (United States of America) – Gastronomy Seattle (United States of America) – Literature Sheki (Azerbaijan) – Crafts and Folk Art Sokodé (Togo) – Crafts and Folk Art Terrassa (Spain) – Film Tétouan (Morocco) – Crafts and Folk Art Toronto (Canada) – Media Arts Tunis (Tunisia) – Crafts and Folk Art Utrecht (Netherlands) – Literature Wuhan (China) – Design Yamagata City (Japan) – Film Since 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network highlights its members’ creativity within seven fields: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music. It now counts a total of 180 cities in 72 countries. While differing geographically, demographically or economically, all Creative Cities commit to develop and exchange innovative best practices to promote creative industries, strengthen participation in cultural life, and integrate culture into sustainable urban development policies. Within the framework of the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda, the Network provides a platform for cities to demonstrate culture’s role as an enabler for building sustainable cities. The next Annual Meeting of the Creative Cities Network is scheduled to take place in Krakow and Katowice (Poland) in June 2018. Source:UNESCO |
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