UNESCO Creative Cities Network

What is the UNESCO Creative Cities Network?

What is Creative City?

A Creative City is a city that links its distinctive culture to industry in order to create new value.
In other words, it is a city that becomes vibrant by linking creative cultural activities with innovative industrial activities.

What is the UNESCO Creative Cities Network?

It is a network established in 2004 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a means of protecting the diversity of cultures.
Creative Cities around the globe cooperate towards the development of creative industries that can make us of their distinctive cultures. As of November 2023, 350 cities in over one hundred countries make up the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.