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UNESCO Cities Platform

UNESCO Cities Platform

UNESCO is committed to enhancing the sustainability of cities through policy advice, technical assistance and capacity building, drawing on its longstanding normative and operational experience in the fields of education, sciences, culture, communication and development. Thanks to multi-disciplinary cooperation among all its sectors, as well as its broad network of experts across the globe, 91Âé¶¹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·×ÔÅÄ become a leading agency in the effective implementation of the and the .

3.9
billion people

live in cities today.

By 2050
cities will host

2.5 billion more urban dwellers.

Approx. 70%
of the world will be urban by 2050.
Family cycling in a park

UNESCO Cities Platform

The UNESCO Cities Platform gathers eight city related networks and programmes across the
Organization’s fields of expertise: education, culture, sciences, communication and information.
The Platform reflects the transversal approach of UNESCO’s work on and for cities towards
the local implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals.
It includes the following member networks and programmes:

Publications

Operational guidelines: constructing UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Cities
UNESCO
2024
0000391748
Impact of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network at local, national & international level
UNESCO
2024
0000390387
Water security and cities : integrated urban water management
Choi, Seo Hyung
UNESCO
Shin, Eunher
Kim, Dongkyun
Song, Youngseok
Zandaryaa, Sarantuyaa
Makarigakis, Alexandros
Kim, Ji-youn
Sohn, Okjoo
Clench, Callum
Trudeau, Mary
International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable Management
2023
0000388100
UNESCO Creative Cities' response to COVID-19
UNESCO
2020
UNESCO
0000374264
Pamphlet - UNESCO Cities Platform
Pamphlet - UNESCO Cities Platform
UNESCO Creative Cities' response to COVID-19: from immediate action to long-term recovery
UNESCO
2022
UNESCO
0000382110