{"id":13415,"date":"2019-03-15T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2019-03-15T10:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:30:59","slug":"unesco-creative-cities-network-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13415","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Creative Cities Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<b>UNESCO Creative Cities Network<\/b>\u00a0(<b>UCCN<\/b>) is a project launched in 2004 by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities which recognized\u00a0creativity\u00a0as a major factor in their\u00a0urban development.<\/p>\n<p>The cities approved have all met the required criteria set by UNESCO covering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality, quantity and diversity of publishing in the city<\/li>\n<li>Quality and quantity of educational programmes focusing on domestic or foreign literature at primary, secondary and tertiary levels<\/li>\n<li>Literature, drama and\/or poetry playing an important role in the city<\/li>\n<li>Hosting literary events and festivals which promote domestic and foreign literature;<\/li>\n<li>Existence of libraries, bookstores and public or private cultural centres which preserve, promote and disseminate domestic and foreign literature<\/li>\n<li>Involvement by the publishing sector in translating literary works from diverse national languages and foreign literature<\/li>\n<li>Active involvement of traditional and new media in promoting literature and strengthening the market for literary products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Back in 2015, despite the The DH Lawrence Heritage Centre closing, Nottingham was still able to achieve UNESCO Creative Cities status. It still retains The\u00a0D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum\u00a0is in Eastwood. Nearby is also Newstead\u00a0Abbey, ancestral home to the poet Lord Byron.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_media-8\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-media-8\" style=\"width: 1880px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13416\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/03\/pexels-photo-1166657.jpeg\" alt=\"books on bookshelves\" width=\"1880\" height=\"1253\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-media-8\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Mikes Photos on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/books-on-bookshelves-1166657\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span id=\"Cities_of_Literature\" class=\"mw-headline\">UK Cities of Literature<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Edinburgh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edinburgh\">Edinburgh<\/a>,\u00a0Scotland\u00a0(2004)<\/li>\n<li>Edinburgh is the world\u2019s first UNESCO City of Literature.<\/li>\n<li>It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar.<\/li>\n<li>The Edinburgh International Book Festival is the world\u2019s largest literary festival of its kind, lasting for two weeks each August.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Nottingham\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/creative-cities\/nottingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nottingham<\/a>,\u00a0England\u00a0(2015)<\/li>\n<li>Nottingham boasts a rich history of illustrious literary figures residing within its walls, such as Lord Byron, D.H. Lawrence, Stanley Middleton and Alan Sillitoe, to name but a few.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Manchester\" href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/creative-cities\/manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester<\/a>,\u00a0England\u00a0(2017)<sup id=\"cite_ref-C2017_7-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Literature has been a force for change, innovation, openness and collaboration throughout the city&#8217;s history. It is where Engels and Marx worked together at Chetham&#8217;s Library and where Elizabeth Gaskell wrote her campaigning novels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0UNESCO Creative Cities Network\u00a0(UCCN) is a project launched in 2004 by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities which recognized\u00a0creativity\u00a0as a major factor in their\u00a0urban development. The cities approved have all met the required criteria set by UNESCO covering: Quality, quantity and diversity of publishing in the city Quality and quantity of educational programmes focusing on &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13415\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UNESCO Creative Cities Network<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[541,662,514,2],"tags":[758,759,313,760,761,762,763,764,315,765,766,309,767,768,769],"class_list":["post-13415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-literature","category-people","category-travel","tag-alan-sillitoe","tag-arthur-conan-doyle","tag-d-h-lawrence","tag-edinburgh","tag-edinburgh-international-book-festival","tag-elizabeth-gaskell","tag-engels","tag-jk-rowling","tag-lord-byron","tag-manchester","tag-marx","tag-nottingham","tag-stanley-middleton","tag-unesco-creative-cities-network","tag-walter-scott"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UNESCO Creative Cities Network - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13415\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNESCO Creative Cities Network - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0UNESCO Creative Cities Network\u00a0(UCCN) is a project launched in 2004 by UNESCO to promote cooperation among cities which recognized\u00a0creativity\u00a0as a major factor in their\u00a0urban development. 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