HUB-UCCN

Creative Cities Network

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) promotes cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
350
Cities around the World
Covering 7
Creative Fields
13%
of employment in major cities worldwide is accounted

in the cultural and creative industries

Istanbul, région de Marmara Turquie

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 350 cities around the world 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 Network is first and foremost a space for collaboration and experimentation to invent the city of tomorrow.

Ernesto Ottone R., Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network supports the Sustainable Development Goals, notably

SDG 11: “To make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.”

Montreal, Canada

Publications and Research

UNESCO Creative Cities' response to COVID-19: from immediate action to long-term recovery
UNESCO
2022
UNESCO
0000382110
UNESCO Creative Cities' response to COVID-19
UNESCO
2020
UNESCO
0000374264
Pamphlet - UNESCO Cities Platform
Pamphlet - UNESCO Cities Platform
Voices of the City: UNESCO Creative Cities moving towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Voices of the City
Cities, culture, creativity: leveraging culture and creativity for sustainable urban development and inclusive growth
UNESCO
World Bank
2021
UNESCO
0000377427
UNESCO Creative Cities Network for sustainable development
UNESCO
2020
This booklet was supported by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Industrial Design Center.
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The designations employed and presentation of information relating to Creative Cities do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.