UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has designated 58 Creative Cities, which now join the Organization's dedicated Network. With these designations, the Network now includes 408 cities in more than 100 countries, recognized for their commitment to creative industries and cultural life.Quito, Ecuador; Creative City of ArchitectureShutterstock30 Octob...
UNESCO launches the first edition of the UNESCO Global Report on Cultural Policies | Culture: The missing SDG during the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2025, on 29 September 2025, in Barcelona, Spain.Mestiz. Gallo & Gavilan tapestriesThe landmark publication is the first of its kind to cover all r...
The creative and cultural industries are vital economic engines. Yet the question remains: how do we measure something as vibrant and intangible as culture?In response to the urgent need for stronger tools to capture culture’s role in sustainable development, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), in collaboration with the UNESCO Culture Sector and wi...
UNESCO reports 10 Southern Africa festivals generated $11M+ and 3,000 jobs in 2024, highlighting their vital yet overlooked economic and cultural role.A new UNESCO report shows that ten festivals in Southern Africa generated over $11 million in economic activity and nearly 3000 jobs in 2024, demonstrating their significant, yet underrecognized, r...
Building on the themes of the last two global editions of the Global Education Monitoring Report – technology in 2023 and leadership in 2024/5 – this regional edition is the result of a partnership of the GEM Report with Beijing Normal University (China), Sophia University (Japan) and the Korean Educational Development Institute (Republic of Korea)....
