{"id":2378,"date":"2019-11-28T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T05:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2019-11-28T11:33:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T06:03:38","slug":"two-indian-cities-in-uccn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classiciasacademy.com\/blog\/two-indian-cities-in-uccn\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Indian Cities in UCCN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In News <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Two Indian cities – Mumbai and Hyderabad<\/strong>\n– have been designated as members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network\n(UCCN).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In-Detail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
While Mumbai<\/strong> has been\ndesignated in the field of FILM<\/strong>, Hyderabad<\/strong> has been designated in\nthe field of GASTRONOMY.<\/strong><\/li>
UCCN was created in 2004.<\/li>
The cities under the network\nare thriving and active centres of cultural activities. <\/li>
In total, there are 246 cities under\nthe network.<\/li>
Cities from every continent and\nregion and of different income levels form a part of the Network. <\/li>
The idea behind the network is\nfor these cities to come together for a common cause of placing creativity and\nthe creative economy at the fore front of urban development.<\/li>
It wants to make cities safe,\nresilient, sustainable and inclusive in line with the United Nations 2030\nAgenda for Sustainable Development.<\/li>
There are 7 categories in which\na city is placed by the UCCN. They are:
Crafts and Folk Arts<\/li><\/ul>
Design<\/li><\/ul>
Film<\/li><\/ul>
Gastronomy<\/li><\/ul>
Music<\/li><\/ul>
Media Arts<\/li><\/ul>
Literature<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
Previously, three Indian cities were\nrecognized by the UCCN:
Jaipur-Crafts and Folk\nArts(2015)<\/li><\/ul>
Varanasi-Creative city of Music\n(2015)<\/li><\/ul>
Chennai-Creative city of\nMusic(2017)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"