Council commends Creative Cities working team
THE TEAM behind the inclusion of the Pines City to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is being lauded by the local council.
By a motion of commendation by Councilor Art Allad - iw adopted by the entire body, the city council has lauded stakeholders who “in one way or another contributed to the recognition of the city in the field of arts and folk arts by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.”
Last week, UNESCO declared Baguio as the first Creative City in the Philippines which is now among the 64 cities from 44 countries in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan pledged support to the efforts of the city and the Department of Tourism which led the application of the city and the creation of the team to work on the inclusion of the city to the UNESCO network.
Aside from Baguio, the 64 UNESCO Creative Cities are Alba (Italy) – Gastronomy, Almaty (Kazakhstan) – Music, Amarante (Portugal) – Music, Auckland (New Zealand) – Music, (Portugal) – Crafts and Folk Art, Braga (Portugal) – Media Arts, Brasilia (Brazil) – Design, Bristol (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Film, Brno
(Czechia) – Music, Bucheon (Republic of Korea) – Literature, Buenaventura (Colombia) – Gastronomy, Cairo (Egypt) – Crafts and Folk Art, Cape Town (South Africa) – Design, Carrara (Italy) – Crafts and Folk Art, Changsha (China) – Media Arts, Chennai (India) – Music, Chiang Mai (Thailand) – Crafts and Folk Art, Chordeleg (Ecuador) – Crafts and Folk Art, Cochabamba (Bolivia [Plurinational State of]) – Gastronomy, Daegu Metropolitan City (Republic of Korea) – Music, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) – Design, Durban (South Africa) – Literature, Frutillar (Chile) – Music, Gabrovo (Bulgaria) – Crafts and Folk Art, [City of] Greater Geelong (Australia) – Design, Guadalajara (Mexico) – Media Arts, Hatay Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey), Gastronomy, Istanbul (Turkey) – Design,João Pessoa (Brazil) – Crafts and Folk Art, Kansas City (United States of America) – Music, Kolding (Denmark) – Design, Kortrijk (Belgium) – Design, Košice (Slovakia) – Media Arts, Kütahya (Turkey) – Crafts and Folk Art, Lillehammer (Norway) – Literature, Limoges (France) – Crafts and Folk Art, Lódz (Poland) – Film, Macao Special Administrative Region, China (Associate Member, UNESCO) – Gastronomy, Madaba (Jordan) – Crafts and Folk Art, Manchester (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Literature, Mexico City (Mexico) – Design, Milan (Italy) – Literature, Morelia (Mexico) – Music, Norrköping (Sweden) – Music, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) – Crafts and Folk Art, Panama City (Panama) – Gastronomy, Paraty (Brazil) – Gastronomy, Pesaro (Italy) – Music, PortoNovo (Benin) – Crafts and Folk Art,Praia (Cabo Verde) – Music, Qingdao (China) – Film, Québec City (Canada) – Literature, San Antonio (United States of America) – Gastronomy, Seattle (United States of America) – Literature, Sheki (Azerbaijan) – Crafts and Folk Art, Sokodé (Togo) – Crafts and Folk Art, Terrassa (Spain) – Film, Tétouan (Morocco) – Crafts and Folk Art, Toronto (Canada) – Media Arts, Tunis (Tunisia) – Crafts and Folk Art, Utrecht (Netherlands) – Literature, Wuhan (China) – Design, Yamagata City (Japan) – Film.