IN ACTION: THE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
Since 2018, the World Cities Culture Forum Leadership Exchange Programme has been supporting cities to share innovative solutions to complex cultural policy challenges. Through a series of eleven exchanges.
Public art with purpose: Toronto’s art strategy takes inclusivity to the streets
Toronto has more than 1,500 works of public art, which have been integral to community development, civic engagement, and urban design. Yet, despite the strengths of the collection, issues.
KYIV JOINS THE WORLD CITIES CULTURE FORUM
City leaders to learn from Kyiv’s resilience in response to crisis as Ukraine's capital joins the World Cities Culture Forum.
GLOBAL COLLABORATION: HELSINKI SUMMIT 2022 TACKLES POST-COVID CHALLENGES
Helsinki hosted the World Cities Culture Summit 2022, bringing together delegates from over 40 cities to discuss how government policy can address local and global challenges within the culture.
LAUNCH: WORLD CITIES CULTURE REPORT 2022
The World Cities Culture Forum launches the World Cities Culture Report 2022 – the most comprehensive account of culture in cities documenting over 200 pioneering initiatives from across 40.
World Cities Culture Report 2014
Cities are leading economic growth across the world. Urbanisation will be one of the defining stories of this century, a driver of international growth and central to the recovery.
Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture, UNESCO
Foreword from Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture at UNESCO, to the World Cities Culture Report: 5th Edition
Introduction and Key Findings
Culture is emerging as the defining force of resilient cities, driving identity, wellbeing, and economic vitality in the face of global instability, from climate change to technological disruption. Data.
Blueprint for Cultural Policy
Key cultural policy challenges that cities are addressing in 2025 and the solutions they are using