Creative Cities Network

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The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. The 69 cities which currently make up this network work together towards a common objective: placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their development plans at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.

By joining the Network, cities commit to sharing their best practices and developing partnerships involving the public and private sectors as well as civil society in order to:

   -strengthen the creation, production, distribution and dissemination of cultural activities, goods and services;
   -develop hubs of creativity and innovation and broaden opportunities for creators and professionals in the cultural sector;
   -improve access to and participation in cultural life, in particular for marginalized or vulnerable groups and individuals;
   -fully integrate culture and creativity into sustainable development plans.


The Network covers seven creative fields: Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Gastronomy, Literature and Music.

The Creative Cities Network is a privileged partner of UNESCO, not only as a platform for reflection on the role of creativity as a lever for sustainable development but also as a breeding ground of action and innovation, notably for the implementation of the post-2015 Development Agenda.

For more information about the UCCN: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/

See the UNESCO Creative Cities Network’s Mission Statement

Find out more about the actions and initiatives of UNESCO’s Creative Cities.

Categories[edit]

UNESCO Cities of Literature[edit]

City Country Inauguration
Republic of Ireland Dublin[1] Republic of Ireland 2010
New Zealand Dunedin[2] New Zealand 2014
Scotland Edinburgh[3] United Kingdom 2004
Spain Granada[4] Spain 2014
Germany Heidelberg[5] Germany 2014
United States Iowa City[6] United States 2008
Poland Kraków[7] Poland 2013
Australia Melbourne[8] Australia 2008
England Norwich[9] United Kingdom 2012
Czech Republic Prague[10] Czech Republic 2014
Iceland Reykjavík[11] Iceland 2011

UNESCO Cities of Film[edit]

City Country Inauguration
England Bradford[12] United Kingdom 2009
South Korea Busan[13] South Korea 2014
Republic of Ireland Galway[14] Republic of Ireland 2014
Bulgaria Sofia[15] Bulgaria 2014
Australia Sydney[16] Australia 2010

UNESCO Cities of Music[edit]

City Country Inauguration
Colombia Bogotá[17] Colombia 2012
Italy Bologna[18] Italy 2006
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville[19] Republic of Congo 2013
Belgium Ghent[20] Belgium 2009
Scotland Glasgow[21] United Kingdom 2008
Japan Hamamatsu[22] Japan 2014
Germany Hannover[23] Germany 2014
Germany Mannheim[24] Germany 2014
Spain Seville[25] Spain 2006

UNESCO Cities of Crafts and Folk Art[edit]

City Country Inauguration
Egypt Aswan[26] Egypt 2005
Italy Fabriano[27] Italy 2013
China Hangzhou[28] China 2012
South Korea Icheon[29] South Korea 2010
Haiti Jacmel[30] Haiti 2014
China Jingdezhen[31] China 2014
Japan Kanazawa[32] Japan 2009
The Bahamas Nassau[33] Bahamas 2014
United States Paducah[34] United States 2013
Indonesia Pekalongan[35] Indonesia 2014
United States Santa Fe[36] United States 2005
China Suzhou[37] China 2014

UNESCO Cities of Design[edit]

City Country Inauguration
China Beijing[38] China 2012
Germany Berlin[39] Germany 2005
Spain Bilbao[40] Spain 2014
Argentina Buenos Aires[41] Argentina 2005
Brazil Curitiba[42] Brazil 2014
Scotland Dundee[43] United Kingdom 2014
Austria Graz[44] Austria 2011
Finland Helsinki[45] Finland 2014
JapanKobe[46] Japan 2008
Canada Montreal[47] Canada 2006
Japan Nagoya[48] Japan 2008
France Saint Étienne[49] France 2010
United States Santa Fe[50] United States 2005
South Korea Seoul[51] South Korea 2010
China Shanghai[52] China 2010
China Shenzhen[53] China 2008
Italy Turin[54] Italy 2014

UNESCO Cities of Media Arts[edit]

City Country Inauguration
Senegal Dakar[55] Senegal 2014
France Enghien-les-Bains[56] France 2013
South Korea Gwangju[57] South Korea 2014
Austria Linz[58] Austria 2014
France Lyon[59] France 2008
Japan Sapporo[60] Japan 2013
Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo[61] Israel 2014
England York[62] United Kingdom 2014

UNESCO Cities of Gastronomy[edit]

City Country Inauguration
China Chengdu[63] China 2010
Brazil Florianopolis[64] Brazil 2014
South Korea Jeonju[65] South Korea 2012
Sweden Östersund[66] Sweden 2010
Colombia Popayán[67] Colombia 2005
China Shunde[68] China 2014
Japan Tsuruoka[69] Japan 2014
Lebanon Zahlé[70] Lebanon 2013

Join the Network[edit]

Join the Network and enhance your city’s creative potential for sustainable urban development, exchange know-how and cooperate on an international level!

To become a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, candidate cities must submit an application that clearly demonstrates their willingness, commitment and capacity to contribute to the objectives of the Network.

The Network covers 7 creative fields, which can be chosen by the cities according to their preference for a specific creative industry sector to which they devote their talent and energy

The member cities that form the Network come from diverse regions, have different income levels and populations. The Network is first and foremost composed of cities ready to pool their resources, their experiences and knowledge for the common objectives laid out in the Network’s Mission Statement. UNESCO Creative Cities are indeed key partners to UNESCO for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda regarding urban sustainable development.

Joining the network is a longstanding commitment; it must involve a participative process and a forward-looking approach. Cities must present a realistic action plan including specific projects, initiatives or policies to be executed in the next four years to implement the objectives of the Network. Is your city interested in joining the network?

Please visit our call for application page to find out when the next call will be launched!

External links[edit]

Further reading and viewing[edit]

  • Creative Cities Documentary
  • Scott, Allen J. (2006) "Creative Cities: Conceptual Issues and Policy Questions", Journal of Urban Affairs, 28: 1–17.


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