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November 1, 2019
Mumbai and Hyderabad join the 'UNESCO Creative Cities Network'
Photo: Gateway of India, Mumbai. Image Credit: Edgar Vonk. UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a Creative City of Film.
On the World Cities Day 2019, celebrated on 31 October, UNESCO announced that the cities of Mumbai and Hyderabad are joining the UNESCO network of Creative Cities. UNESCO has designated Mumbai, a Creative City of Film. While it has appointed Hyderabad, a Creative City of Gastronomy. In India, they join Chennai and Varanasi, UNESCO Cities of Music, and Jaipur, UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Arts.
There are now 246 cities worldwide committing with UNESCO to place culture and creativity at the center 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,” said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.
By joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), cities commit to sharing their best practices and developing partnerships involving the public and private sectors as well as civil society to strengthen the creation, production, distribution, and dissemination of cultural activities, goods, and services. They also pledge to develop hubs of creativity and innovation and broaden opportunities for creators and professionals in the cultural sector.
The Network covers seven creative fields: Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Gastronomy, Literature, and Music.
UNESCO New Delhi Director Eric Falt offered words of praise to all those who worked on the candidacy of Mumbai and Hyderabad. He said: “I would like to offer my warm congratulations to both cities. I hope this will strengthen the development of hubs of creativity and innovation, which will contribute to the sustainable development plans of Mumbai and Hyderabad.”
This 30 October 2019, 66 cities have been designated as UNESCO Creative Cities by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. As laboratories of ideas and innovative practices, the UNESCO Creative Cities bring a tangible contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through innovative thinking and action. Through their commitment, cities are championing sustainable development actions that directly benefit communities at the municipal level.
The new 66 UNESCO Creative Cities 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 [the 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
- Kırşehir (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
- Odesa (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 [the 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
- ValparaÃso (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
- Wrocław (Poland) - Literature
- Yangzhou (China) - Gastronomy
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network now counts a total of 246 cities.
The member cities that form part of the Network come from all continents and regions with different income levels and populations. They work together towards a joint mission: placing creativity and the creative economy at the core of their urban development plans to make cities safe, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable, in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
|GlobalGiants.Com|
— The editor is actively, effectively contributing to the enhancement of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (Division of Creativity, Culture Sector, UNESCO) since 2014.
The UNESCO announced that the city of #Mumbai has been designated as a 'Creative city of film' . In India, Mumbai joins Chennai & Varanasi, @UNESCO Cities of music, & Jaipur, UNESCO City of crafts and folk arts. Congratulations to Mumbaikars & all members of the film fraternity . pic.twitter.com/ExnwTNI7G1
— Ministry of Culture (@MinOfCultureGoI) November 1, 2019
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