UNESCO Creative Cities Network

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UNESCO programme cultural policy initiative international city network

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a global initiative that connects cities committed to placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development strategies.

Aliases (14)

UNESCO City of Literature ×3
UNESCO City of Design ×2
UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art ×2
UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy ×2
City of Design (UNESCO Creative Cities Network) ×1
UNESCO City of Gastronomy ×1
UNESCO City of Literature network ×1
UNESCO Creative Cities ×1
UNESCO Creative City ×1
UNESCO Creative City Network ×1
UNESCO Creative City of Design ×1
UNESCO Creative City of Literature ×1
UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts ×1
UNESCO Creative City of Music ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO programme → cultural policy initiative → international city network →
administeredBy	UNESCO → UNESCO Culture Sector →
encourages	exchange of best practices among member cities → participatory governance involving local stakeholders → public-private partnerships in cultural and creative sectors →
focusesOn	creative economy → cultural industries → international cultural cooperation → sustainable development → urban development →
hasDesignation	UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art → UNESCO Creative City of Design → UNESCO Creative City of Film → UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy → UNESCO Creative City of Literature → UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts → UNESCO Creative City of Music →
hasOfficialLanguage	English → French →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.unesco.org/creative-cities →
hasThematicField	Crafts and Folk Art → Design → Film → Gastronomy → Literature → Media Arts → Music →
headquartersLocation	Paris, France →
inception	2004 →
membershipCriteria	cities must commit to international cooperation and knowledge sharing → cities must demonstrate existing assets and infrastructure in a creative field → cities must present a development strategy that places creativity at its core →
memberType	city →
monitoredBy	UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network →
parentOrganization	UNESCO →
purpose	integrate culture and creativity into local development strategies → promote creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development → strengthen cooperation among cities that prioritize creativity and cultural industries → support implementation of the UNESCO 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at city level →
relatedTo	UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions → UNESCO culture programmes →
scope	global →
selectionProcess	applications evaluated by independent experts and UNESCO → final designation decided by the UNESCO Director-General → periodic calls for applications issued by UNESCO →
sponsor	UNESCO →
supports	capacity-building for local cultural and creative sectors → international promotion of member cities’ creative assets →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Design") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Literature") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts") → UNESCO Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative City of Music") →	hasDesignation
UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network → UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network ("UNESCO Creative Cities") →	associatedWith
Graz → UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network →	partOf
Buenos Aires ("City of Design (UNESCO Creative Cities Network)") → Chengdu ("UNESCO City of Gastronomy") →	UNESCOStatus
Iowa City Book Festival ("UNESCO City of Literature network") →	affiliation
Edinburgh ("UNESCO City of Literature") →	designated
UNESCO ("UNESCO Creative City") →	grantsDesignation
Paducah, Kentucky ("UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art") →	hasHeritageDesignation
UNESCO →	hasProgram
Dublin ("UNESCO City of Literature") →	hasUNESCODesignation
Gaziantep ("UNESCO Creative City Network") →	hasUNESCOStatus
Graz ("UNESCO City of Design") →	hasUNESCOTitle
Gaziantep ("UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy") →	heritageStatus
UNESCO Secretariat of the Creative Cities Network →	operatesWithinProgram
City of Literature →	partOfProgram
Saint-Étienne ("UNESCO City of Design") →	recognizedAs
UNESCO culture programmes →	relatedTo
Iowa City, Iowa ("UNESCO City of Literature") →	UNESCODesignation