Nella foto di gruppo, da sx: Arnaldo Minuti - Vice Rappresentante Permanente Delegazione UNESCO di Parigi, Paolo Naldini - Direttore Cittadellarte, Andrea Quaregna, Vice Segretario Generale Fondazione CRB, Massimo Riccardo - Ambasciatore, Rappresentante Permanente Delegazione UNESCO di Parigi, Claudio Corradino - Sindaco di Biella, Emilia Gatto - Console Generale d'Italia, Francesco Ferraris - Presidente Giovani Imprenditori, Federica Chilà - Responsabile Ufficio Comunicazione Fondazione CRB, Elena Federica Marini - Project Manager Bia Srl, Barbara Greggio - Assessore Comune di Biella, Marina Maffei - Project Manager Cittadellarte).
Biella è una delle Città Creative Unesco. È ufficiale dopo la comunicazione di pochi minuti fa. Biella rientra nel lotto delle 66 città designate città creative per quanto riguarda artigianato e arte popolare.
Si tratta di un grande traiuardo per la città e tutta la Provincia. Biella, dunque, ha saputo coinvolgere e convincere l'organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite, ancora nei recenti incontri di Parigi.
La notizia è ufficiale da pochi minuti ed è riportata sulla versione inglese del sito Unesco (qui sotto il dettaglio). Con Biella, tra le città italiane è entrata Bergamo, mentre sono rimaste escluse Como e Trieste.
Ecco la comunicazione sul sito Unesco:
This 30 October 2019, 66 cities have been designated as UNESCO Creative Cities by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. As laboratories of ideas and innovative practices, the UNESCO Creative Cities bring a tangible contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through innovative thinking and action. Through their commitment, cities are championing sustainable development actions that directly benefit communities at urban level.
“All over the world, these cities, each in its way, make culture the pillar, not an accessory, of their strategy,” says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “This favours political and social innovation and is particularly important for the young generations.”
The new 66 UNESCO Creative Cities are:
- Afyonkarahisar (Turkey) – Gastronomy
- Ambon (Indonesia) – Music
- Angoulême (France) – Literature
- Areguá (Paraguay) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Arequipa (Peru) – Gastronomy
- Asahikawa (Japan) – Design
- Ayacucho (Peru) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Baku (Azerbaijan) – Design
- Ballarat (Australia) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Bandar Abbas (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Bangkok (Thailand) – Design
- Beirut (Lebanon) – Literature
- Belo Horizonte (Brazil) – Gastronomy
- Bendigo (Australia) – Gastronomy
- Bergamo (Italy) – Gastronomy
- Biella (Italy) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Caldas da Rainha (Portugal) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Cebu City (Philippines) – Design
- Essaouira (Morocco) – Music
- Exeter (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Literature
- Fortaleza (Brazil) – Design
- Hanoi (Vietnam) – Design
- Havana (Cuba) – Music
- Hyderabad (India) – Gastronomy
- Jinju (Republic of Korea) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Kargopol (Russian Federation) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Karlsruhe (Germany) – Media Arts
- Kazan (Russian Federation) – Music
- Kırşehir (Turkey) – Music
- Kuhmo (Finland) – Literature
- Lahore (Pakistan) – Literature
- Leeuwarden (Netherlands) – Literature
- Leiria (Portugal) – Music
- Lliria (Spain) – Music
- Mérida (Mexico) – Gastronomy
- Metz (France) – Music
- Muharraq (Bahrain) – Design
- Mumbai (India) – Film
- Nanjing (China) – Literature
- Odessa (Ukraine) – Literature
- Overstrand Hermanus (South Africa) – Gastronomy
- Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) – Music
- Portoviejo (Ecuador) – Gastronomy
- Potsdam (Germany) – Film
- Querétaro (Mexico) – Design
- Ramallah (Palestine) – Music
- San José (Costa Rica) – Design
- Sanandaj (Iran [Islamic Republic of]) – Music
- Santiago de Cali (Colombia) – Media Arts
- Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Music
- Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Film
- Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Slemani (Iraq) – Literature
- Sukhothai (Thailand) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Trinidad (Cuba) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Valladolid (Spain) – Film
- Valledupar (Colombia) – Music
- Valparaíso (Chile) – Music
- Veszprém (Hungary) – Music
- Viborg (Denmark) – Media Arts
- Viljandi (Estonia) – Crafts and Folk Art
- Vranje (Serbia) – Music
- Wellington (New Zealand) – Film
- Wonju (Republic of Korea) – Literature
- Wrocław (Poland) – Literature
- Yangzhou (China) – Gastronomy
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network now counts a total of 246 cities.
The member cities that form part of the Network come from all continents and regions with different income levels and populations. They work together towards a common mission: placing creativity and the creative economy at the core of their urban development plans to make cities safe, resilient, inclusive and sustainable, in line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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