Bida City declared UNESCO creative cities network member alongside 48 others

Bida City in Niger State has been declared a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative Cities Network alongside 48 other cities.

This was contained in a UNESCO publication on its website.

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.

UCCN recently released the results of the 2021 Call for Applications.

Subsequent to the evaluation process, the Director General of UNESCO designated 49 new cities to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, whose members have committed to placing culture and creativity at the heart of their development policies, strategies and action plans.

The UCCN would like to extend its gratitude to the member cities who participated in the process, and particularly to the cluster coordinators for their work in coordination and facilitation.

Despite all the difficulties faced during this unprecedented time, all evaluators, both experts and member cities, have managed to complete the assessments.

Below is a list of the 49 newly named cities:

1. Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) – Music
2. Batumi (Georgia) – Music
3. Belfast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Music
4. Bida (Nigeria) – Crafts and Folk Art
5. Bohicon (Benin) – Gastronomy
6. Buraidah (Saudi Arabia) – Gastronomy
7. Bursa (Turkey) – Crafts and Folk Art
8. Campina Grande (Brazil) – Media Arts
9. Cannes (France) – Film
10. Cluj-Napoca (Romania) – Film
11. Como (Italy) – Crafts and Folk Art
12. Covilhã (Portugal) – Design
13. Doha (Qatar) – Design
14. Gdynia (Poland) – Film
15. Gimhae (Republic of Korea) – Crafts and Folk Art
16. Gothenburg (Sweden) – Literature
17. Hamar (Norway) – Media Arts
18. Huai’an (China) – Gastronomy
19. Huancayo (Peru) – Music
20. Ibagué (Colombia) – Music
21. Jakarta (Indonesia) – Literature
22. Kermanshah (Iran, Islamic Republic of) – Gastronomy
23. Kharkiv (Ukraine) – Music
24. Kuching (Malaysia) – Gastronomy
25. Lankaran (Azerbaijan) – Gastronomy
26. Launceston (Australia) – Gastronomy
27. London (Canada) – Music
28. Manises (Spain) – Crafts and Folk Art
29. Modena (Italy) – Media Arts
30. Nakuru (Kenya) – Crafts and Folk Art
31. Namur (Belgium) – Media Arts
32. Pasto (Colombia) – Crafts and Folk Art
33. Perth (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Crafts and Folk Art
34. Phetchaburi (Thailand) – Gastronomy
35. Port Louis (Mauritius) – Music
36. Recife (Brazil) – Music
37. Rouen (France) – Gastronomy
38. Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) – Gastronomy
39. Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) – Gastronomy
40. Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) – Music
41. Srinagar (India) – Crafts and Folk Art
42. Tallinn (Estonia) – Music
43. Tbilisi (Georgia) – Media Arts
44. Thessaloniki (Greece) – Gastronomy
45. Usuki (Japan) – Gastronomy
46. Vilnius (Lithuania) – Literature
47. Weifang (China) – Crafts and Folk Art
48. Whanganui (New Zealand) – Design
49. Xalapa (Mexico) – Music