Greater Santo Domingo seeks to be named to the Unesco Creative City Network
A delegation from the Ministry of Culture traveled to France to present the candidatures of three Dominican cities for the creative cities network of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Culture Minister Eduardo Selman heads the Dominican delegation. He will be joined in Paris by Dominican ambassador to UNESCO, José Antonio Rodríguez. The sessions will be held from 19 to 23 June 2019.
On 28 May, the Dominican Republic had announced the nomination of three of the country’s cities to be part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. The official presentation of the candidatures will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
The Ministry of Culture is presenting the candidacies of Greater Santo Domingo (National District, Santo Domingo North, East and West, jointly) for Creative City of Music, southeastern San Pedro de Macoris for Creative City of Gastronomy, and northcentral Salcedo for Creative City of Crafts and Popular Arts.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is an initiative launched in 2004 to strengthen cooperation among cities that have recognized creativity as a strategic factor of sustainable development in economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects.
It covers seven creative fields: crafts and popular arts, digital arts, design, cinema, gastronomy, literature and music.
Source: DR1, Cultura.gob
June 24, 2019
Category: DR News |