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UNESCO: LYON
APPOINTED FIRST 'CITY OF MEDIA ARTS' OF UNESCO'S CREATIVE CITIES' NETWORK:
03/07/2008
(MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 03
July 2008 -- Lyon is the first city in
France to become a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. It is also
the first city to be appointed as « City of Media Arts ». The nomination was
decided and announced by Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of the
Organization.
The
Creative Cities Network, launched by UNESCO in Octobre 2004, is designed to
promote the economic, social and cultural development of cities in both the
developed and developing countries. By providing a world platform that
presents cities’ local cultural assets, the Network helps member cities
access a wealth of know-how, information and experience, in order to further
the development of local cultural industries and the recognition of its member
cities at world level.
Cities
applying to the Network seek to promote their local creativity and share
common interests with UNESCO such as cultural diversity. The Network focuses
on launching public and private partnerships that encourage creativity through
municipal policies.
The
application of the city of Lyon was examined by a panel of experts from
various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) specialised in the cooperation
between cities and in media arts. Famous for its Nuits Sonores and Fête de la
Lumière, Lyon was selected for its special profile and its longstanding
experience with digital tools in the field of culture. Lyon is home to
companies that are particularly innovative in the area of digital games. Its
public sector devotes up to 20% of its funds for culture to media arts. Its
project based on new initiatives and cooperation with other cities of
UNESCO’s Network was particularly appreciated within the framework of the
evaluation.
UNESCO’s
Network connects creative cities in the fields of literature, cinema, music,
crafts and folk art, design, media arts and gastronomy. Nine other cities
already belong to the Network: Assuan (Egypt) and Santa Fé (United States) in
the field of Crafts and folk art; Montreal (Canada), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
and Berlin (Germany) in design; Popayan (Colombia) for gastronomy; Edinborough
(United Kingdom) for literature; Bologna (Italy) and Sevilla (Spain) for
music. Some twenty other cities in the world have already applied and are
being evaluated.
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