The new members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network are:
- Asaba - Film
- Ashgabat - Design
- Banja Luka - Music
- Battambang - Gastronomy
- Bissau - Music
- Bolzano - Music
- Bremen - Literature
- Buffalo City - Literature
- Bukhara - Crafts and Folk Art
- Bydgoszcz - Music
- Caen - Media Arts
- Caracas - Music
- Casablanca - Media Arts
- Castelo Branco - Crafts and Folk Art
- Cetinje - Design
- Chaozhou - Gastronomy
- Chiang Rai - Design
- Chongqing - Design
- Concepción - Music
- Da Lat - Music
- Fribourg - Gastronomy
- Gangneung - Gastronomy
- Granada[1] - Design
- Gwalior - Music
- Herakleion - Gastronomy
- Hobart - Literature
- Hoi An - Crafts and Folk Art
- Iasi - Literature
- Iloilo City - Gastronomy
- Ipoh - Music
- Kathmandu - Film
- Kozhikode - Literature
Kutaisi - Literature
Mexicali - Music
Montecristi - Crafts and Folk Art
Montreux - Music
Nkongsamba - Gastronomy
Novi Sad - Media Arts
Okayama - Literature
Ouarzazate - Film
Oulu - Media Arts
Penedo - Film
Rio de Janeiro - Literature
Şanlıurfa - Music
Suphanburi - Music
Surakarta - Crafts and Folk Art
Taif - Literature
Toulouse - Music
Tukums - Literature
Ulaanbaatar - Crafts and Folk Art
Umngeni Howick - Crafts and Folk Art
Valencia - Design
Varaždin - Music
Veliky Novgorod - Music
Vicente Lopez - Film
The city of Lyon, Creative City of Media Arts since 2008, has been granted a status of a Creative City of Literature, following its request to change creative field.
Newly designated cities will cooperate with Network members to strengthen their resilience the face of evolving threats such as climate change, rising inequality, as well as rapid urbanization, with 68% of the world's population projected to live in urban areas by 2050[2].
"The cities in our Creative Cities Network are leading the way when it comes to enhancing access to culture and galvanizing the power of creativity for urban resilience and development," says Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General.
An upcoming policy paper - "The added value of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network at local, national and international level" - will testify to the leading role played by cities towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, while demonstrating ways in which UNESCO supports the UCCN members by fostering dialogue, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.
The newly designated Creative Cities are invited to participate in the 2024 UCCN Annual Conference (1 - 5 July 2024) in Braga, Portugal, under the theme "Bringing Youth to the table for the next decade"
[1] Granada (Nicaragua)
[2]https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html
