Santo Domingo, the capital city of the Dominican Republic, is designated as one of the 66 Creative Cities by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), announced director-general of Unesco, Audrey Azoulay on 30 October 2019. “All over the world, these cities, each in its way, make culture the pillar, not an accessory, of their strategy,” said Azoulay upon making the announcement. She said the strategies favor political and social innovation and are particularly important for the young generations.
The UNESCO Creative Cities are “laboratories of ideas and innovative practices.” UNESCO says they bring a tangible contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through innovative thinking and action. “Through their commitment, cities are championing sustainable development actions that directly benefit communities at urban level,” states the organization in its website.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network now includes 246 cities. UNESCO explains that the Creative Cities Network covers seven creative fields, which can be chosen by the cities according to their preference for a specific creative industry sector to which they devote their talent and energy. The creative fields are music, film, literature, crafts and folk art, media arts, literature, gastronomy and design.
The UNESCO Creative Cities named for Latin America and the Caribbean on 30 October 2019 are:
Areguá (Paraguay) – Crafts and Folk Art
Arequipa (Peru) – Gastronomy
Ayacucho (Peru) – Crafts and Folk Art
Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – Gastronomy
Fortaleza (Brazil) – Design
Havana (Cuba) – Music
Mérida (Mexico) – Gastronomy
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) – Music
Portoviejo (Ecuador) – Gastronomy
Querétaro (Mexico) – Design
San José (Costa Rica) – Design
Santiago de Cali (Colombia) – Media Arts
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Music
Trinidad (Cuba) – Crafts and Folk Art
Valledupar (Colombia) – Music
Valparaíso (Chile) – Music
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31 October 2019