UNESCO Creative Cities Network(UCCN)

UNESCO has published the new list of 55 creative cities on World Cities Day (Oct 31^st), in which 2 Indian cities Kozhikode and Gwalior were included

UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)
Launch Year	2004
Eligibility	UNESCO’s member states and associate members
Updation Time	Once every 2 years
Total Cities (2023)	350 in more than 100 countries

Objective - It aims to strengthen cultural activities, goods, services and international cooperation for sustainable development.

UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) aims for Sustainable Cities and Communities.

7 Creative Fields of UCCN	Indian Cities in UCCN
Crafts and Folk Arts	Jaipur (2015), Srinagar (2021)
Design	-
Film	Mumbai (2019)
Gastronomy	Hyderabad (2019)
Literature	Kozhikode (2023)
Media Arts	-
Music	Chennai (2017), Varanasi (2015), Gwalior (2023)

Kozhikode is the 1^st Indian city to get City of Literature tag.

The selected cities will participate in UCCN annual conference in 2024 in Braga, Portugal, under the theme ‘Bringing youth to the table for the next decade’.

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