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UNESCO CELEBRATES WORLD CITIES DAY DESIGNATING 66 NEW CREATIVE CITIES

A TOTAL OF 246 MEMBERS


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USPA NEWS - On the occasion of World Cities´ Day, celebrated on 31 October, UNESCO is designating 66 urban settlements that are to join the Organization´s Network of Creative Cities, which now number a total of 246 members. The Network brings together cities that base their development on creativity, whether in music, arts and folk crafts, design, cinema, literature, digital arts or gastronomy. UNESCO creative cities commit to placing culture at the centre of their development strategies and to share their best practices. “All over the world, these cities, each in its way, make culture the pillar, not an accessory, of their strategy,“ says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “This favours political and social innovation and is particularly important for the young generations.“
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UNESCO creative cities commit to placing culture at the centre of their development strategies and to share their best practices. “All over the world, these cities, each in its way, make culture the pillar, not an accessory, of their strategy,“ says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “This favours political and social innovation and is particularly important for the young generations.“ On 31 October, UNESCO and officials from 24 cities around the world will celebrate World Cities Day mobilizing the Organization´s different urban networks which focus not only on culture but also on access, inclusion, global citizenship education, defense of rights, economics and employment, as well as climate change prevention and resilience. The celebration, an occasion for “urban dialogues,“ will showcase exceptional cities that rely on innovation and collective intelligence to shape their future.   In the framework of a partnership between UNESCO and Netexplo Observatory, the celebration will also recognize ten cities which use state of the art technological innovation at the service of citizens to transform cities around the world sustainably. Relying on a global network of 20 universities, ten cities will be honoured for their innovative use of digital technology in their socio-economic and environmental development.   The new members of UNESCO´s Creative Cities Network are:   Afyonkarahisar (Turkey) ““ Gastronomy Ambon (Indonesia) ““ Music Angoulême (France) ““ Literature Areguá (Paraguay) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Arequipa (Peru) ““ Gastronomy Asahikawa (Japan) ““ Design Ayacucho (Peru) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Baku (Azerbaijan) ““ Design Ballarat (Australia) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Bandar Abbas (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Bangkok (Thailand) ““ Design Beirut (Lebanon) ““ Literature Belo Horizonte (Brazil) ““ Gastronomy Bendigo (Australia) ““ Gastronomy Bergamo (Italy) ““ Gastronomy Biella (Italy) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Caldas da Rainha (Portugal) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Cebu City (Philippines) ““ Design Essaouira (Morocco) ““ Music Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) ““ Literature Fortaleza (Brazil) ““ Design Hanoi (Vietnam) ““ Design  Havana (Cuba) ““ Music Hyderabad (India) ““ Gastronomy Jinju (Republic of Korea) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Kargopol (Russian Federation) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Karlsruhe (Germany) ““ Media Arts Kazan (Russian Federation) ““ Music KırÅŸehir (Turkey) ““ Music Kuhmo (Finland) ““ Literature Lahore (Pakistan) ““ Literature Leeuwarden (Netherlands) ““ Literature Leiria (Portugal) ““ Music Lliria (Spain) ““ Music Mérida (Mexico) ““ Gastronomy Metz (France) ““ Music Muharraq (Bahrain) ““ Design Mumbai (India) ““ Film Nanjing (China) ““ Literature Odessa (Ukraine) ““ Literature Overstrand Hermanus (South Africa) ““ Gastronomy Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) ““ Music Portoviejo (Ecuador) ““ Gastronomy Potsdam (Germany) ““ Film Querétaro (Mexico) ““ Design Ramallah (Palestine) ““ Music San José (Costa Rica) ““ Design Sanandaj (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) ““ Music Santiago de Cali (Colombia) ““ Media Arts Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) ““ Music Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ““ Film Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Slemani (Iraq) ““ Literature Sukhothai (Thailand) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Trinidad (Cuba) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Valladolid (Spain) ““ Film Valledupar (Colombia) ““ Music Valparaíso (Chile) ““ Music Veszprém (Hungary) ““ Music Viborg (Denmark) ““ Media Arts Viljandi (Estonia) ““ Crafts and Folk Art Vranje (Serbia) ““ Music Wellington (New Zealand) ““ Film Wonju (Republic of Korea) ““ Literature WrocÅ‚aw (Poland) ““ Literature Yangzhou (China) ““ Gastronomy  Source : UNESCO
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