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March 17, 2021
UNESCO Creative Cities Network — Call for Applications 2021
Photo: Berlin. Watch-traffic lights. Berlin is a UNESCO Creative City of Design. Image credit: Aleksander Markin.
Photo: Gateway of India, Mumbai. Mumbai is a UNESCO Creative City of Film. Image credit: barracuadz.
Photo: Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is a UNESCO Creative City of Design. Image credit: Corey Seeman.
Created in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) fosters international cooperation across cities of the world that invest in culture and creativity as accelerators of sustainable development.
Through seven creative fields - Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts, and Music - cities in the Network are innovative with an enormous scope of positive economic, social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
Together with its 246 member cities from over 80 countries, the UCCN aims to fulfill the enabling and transformative power of culture and creativity in building resilient, sustainable, and future-proof cities. It thus supports the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the local level.
• The UCCN Call for Applications is now open to cities from all UNESCO Member States and Associate Members.
UNESCO has invited the interested cities to submit their applications using the official standard Form by 30 June 2021 (midnight CET). Applications received after the deadline, incomplete or transmitted in a different format, will not be considered, UNESCO stated.
Each application should include, among other required documents, an official letter of intent signed by the Mayor of the city and an official letter of support by the National Commission for UNESCO of the country.
For the 2021 Call for Applications, UNESCO would accept a maximum of two applications in two different creative fields from a Member State. Consequently, the National Commission concerned would endorse a maximum of two applications in two separate creative areas from the country.
UNESCO would designate a city as a UNESCO Creative City based on its assets and capacity in culture and creativity and the content, impact, and outreach of its proposed action plan. The city should demonstrate its potential contribution to the Network’s overall vision and objectives. It should confirm its commitment to UNESCO’s mandate and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The member cities represent the following seven creative fields:
- Crafts and Folk Art
- Design
- Film
- Gastronomy
- Literature
- Media Arts
- Music
UNESCO’s Director-General would designate the new creative cities after an internal technical pre-screening and an external evaluation.
Source: UNESCO
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