About UCCN

• 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 cities 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 Network covers seven creative fields: 
  • Crafts and Folk Arts, 
  • Media Arts, 
  • Film, 
  • Design, 
  • Gastronomy, 
  • Literature and 
  • Music.
• By joining the Network, cities commit to sharing their best practices and developing partnerships involving the public and private sectors as well as civil society.

Sites from India 

• Indian cities that have joined UCCN:

• Mumbai – Film 

• Hyderabad – Gastronomy 

• Chennai – Creative city of Music 

• Jaipur – Crafts and Folk Arts 

• Varanasi – Creative city of Music

• Srinagar – Crafts and Folk Arts

• Gwalior – Creative city of Music

• Kozhikode – Literature.