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01 November, 2019
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UNESCO Creative City

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News: Hyderabad figures in UNESCO List

For Prelims: about UNESCO Creative City Network

For Mains: the benefits of UNESCO list for the city

Benefits and Significance

Two Indian cities has now been officially designated as a UNESCO Creative City– Hyderabad in Gastronomy category, Mumbai in Film category.

It is among the 66 new cities named by the UNESCO in the list of new Creative Cities, which aims at pushing the Sustainable Development Goals through innovative thinking and action.

The designation of Hyderabad in the creative cities’ list would bring new opportunities and turn the focus on the city’s rich culinary heritage and tradition.

The industry employs 12% of the Hyderabad city’s population either directly or indirectly

UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)

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 180 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.

The UNESCO Creative Cities aims to achieve Sustainable Development Goals through innovative thinking and action.

Also, cities are championing sustainable development actions that directly benefit communities at the urban level.

Sustainable Development Goal 11 aims for Sustainable Cities and Communities.

The network covers seven creative fields: crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design, gastronomy, literature and music.

World Cities Day 2019

The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31^st of October as World Cities Day.
The theme for World Cities Day, 2019 is, “Changing the world: innovations and a better life for future generations”.

About UNESCO

UNESCO was formed on 16th November 1945, and it is a specialised agency of the United Nations.

The main purpose of UNESCO is to contribute to the peace and security in the world by promoting education, science, justice, human rights and culture.

There are about 195 countries who are member states of UNESCO, and 11 associate members.

UNESCO has cluster offices, national and regional offices. The cluster offices often cover more than 3 nations.

The Headquarters is located in Paris, France.

The five major programs include education, human science, natural science, communication and culture.

Source: The Hindu

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