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Montréal will be the guest of honour at Design Month in Graz, which takes place from April 30 to May 31 in the Austrian city. Like Montréal, Graz holds the title UNESCO City of Design.   The springtime event, which was attended by more than 75,000 people in 2013, showcases the talent of the best creators in Graz and elsewhere in the world through some 50 activities touching on every design discipline. Since its designation as a UNESCO City of Design in 2011, Graz has invited one of the network’s creative cities to join the...
Following the IX UCCN Annual Meeting in Kanazawa (Japan), the city of Nagoya hosts a UCCN’s Sub-Network of Design meeting in the framework of an International Design Forum. Held at the city’s International Design Center on 29-31 May 2015, this forum offers a unique opportunity to discuss how Cities of Design, with their various cultural and historical backgrounds and differing social fabrics, can build integrative and inclusive relations with and for their citizens. Representatives from  UNESCO Creative Cities of Design and...
On the occasion of the 4th edition of the International Jazz Day in the Republic of Congo, and with the support of UNESCO Brazzaville Office, the City of Brazzaville launched the first album from the blind musician band "Les Trois leaders" on 30 April 2015.   In collaboration with the emblematic Congolese Jazz group, “Congo Ndule Jazz”, composed of professional musicians, "Les Trois leaders" performed a concert at the event. Through their song full of emotion entitled "La paix” (“Peace...
Organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the City of Shenzhen in conjunction with the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, the conference gathered the representatives of the Creative Cities of Design, experts in city designs and planning as well as policy-makers, renown architects, and private sector contributors.   A platform for exchange and multi-stakeholder dialogue on key global issues, the conference focused on experiences and proposals underpinned by innovative and inclusive approaches to culture and development, through...
Chengdu 27 - 29 September 2014 The VIII Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)  will took place in Chengdu, China (designated UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2010), from 27 to 29 September 2014. The main goals of the meeting were to: Review the UCCN activities and 2014 Call for Applications Refine the strategic objectives of the UCCN in the framework of the Post-2015 Development Agenda Reflect on a flexible governance mechanism for the UCCN Orient the future enlargement and growth of a...
UK Creative Cities Meet in Edinburgh   The four UK members of UNESCO Creatives cities Network - Bradford (Film), Glasgow (Music), Norwich (Literature) and Edinburgh (Literature) - welcomed their two fellow newcomers, Dundee (Design) and York (Media Arts) at a meeting on December 9th, to discuss activities related to the cities' designations, collaboration between their cities, as well as relations with UNESCO. 
The seven UNESCO creative cities of design assembled at Saint-Etienne’s (France) Modern and Contemporary Art Museum on 14th March 2013 to launch the EmpathiCITY forum aimed at developing a platform for experimentation and reinforcing mutual cooperation. The Declaration of Saint-Etienne sets out the member cities’ commitment to using such initiatives in order to harness the transformative power of design as a tool for social cohesion.
Following the Hangzhou Congress (15/17 May 2013) on Culture and Development and the Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva (July 2013) on the promotion of science, technology and innovation, and the potential of culture for sustainable development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, the Beijing Creative Cities Summit focused on experiences and proposals underpinned by innovative and inclusive approaches to culture and development, through culture-led revitalization of urban...
The Seventh Creative Cities Network Annual General Meeting took place in Bologna, Italy (designated UNESCO Creative City of Music in 2006), from 18 to 21 September 2013.   The main goals of the meeting were to:   share experiences and improve capacity building; exchange updated information on each city’s activities; discuss the Network’s communication strategy and operations; agree upon matters related to the future governance and development of the Network. In particular, Member Cities discussed and...
On 31st March 2011, the four UNESCO creative cities of music (Ghent, Glasgow, Bologna and Seville) met in Seville (Spain) to discuss the UNSECO Music Days project and other collaborative actions. The event also provided an ideal opportunity to discover Seville’s local music sector.