The 2017 Call for Applications for the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is now open!
We invite cities interested in joining the Network to read carefully these documents, before completing and submitting their application file.
In order to strengthen the geographical balance of the Network, please note that a specific cooperation framework is proposed under the 2017 UCCN Call for candidate cities of the Africa region, under-represented within the Network. To know more, please refer to annexes 1 and 2 of the 2017 Designation Procedure.
Key documents:
- UCCN Mission Statement
- 2017 Designation Procedure
- 2017 Applicant’s Handbook
- 2017 Application Form
- Cession of Rights and Register of Photos Form
Timeline:
All applications must be submitted by email to ccnapplications@unesco.org, using the official UCCN 2017 Application Form available below, and must be received by the UNESCO Secretariat no later than 16 June 2017, midnight CET. Applications received after this deadline, incomplete and/or received in a different format will not be evaluated.
Following the evaluation process carried out by internal and external consultations with independent experts and the member cities of the Network, the Director-General of UNESCO designates the UNESCO Creative Cities.
The announcement of the Creative Cities designated in 2017 will be published on the UNESCO website on 31 October 2017.
Contact: creativecities@unesco.org
For more information please click "Further Official Information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/content/call-applications