UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Lucknow has officially joined
Lucknow has officially joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) under the Gastronomy category during the 43rd Session of the UNESCO General Conference.
- It was created in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
- It was launched to promote UNESCO’s goals of cultural diversity and strengthen resilience to threats such as climate change, rising inequality, and rapid urbanization.
- The network covers seven creative fields: crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design, gastronomy, literature and music.
- The network is aimed at leveraging the creative, social, and economic potential of cultural industries.
- It allows member cities to recognise creativity as an essential component of urban development, notably through partnerships involving the public and private sectors and civil society.
- It envisages developing hubs of creativity, innovation and broadening opportunities for creators and professionals in the cultural sector.
- These cities have to achieve the UN agenda of sustainable development.
- Indian Cities in the UCCN: Kozhikode (Literature) and Gwalior (Music) Jaipur (Crafts and Folk Arts), Varanasi (Music), Chennai (Music), Mumbai (Film), Hyderabad (Gastronomy), Lucknow (Gastronomy), and Srinagar (Crafts and Folk Arts).
