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1.3 EU Networks

Important networks are supporting the development of creative cities giving them more concrete label and
recognition:

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 246 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 main objective of the Network is therefore to facilitate the development of cultur-
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al clusters around the world in order to exchange know-how, experi- ences and good practices as a means
of promoting local economic and social development through creative industries (Unesco, 2016).

Source: civetta.tv

1 https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/content/why-creativity-why-cities