UNESCO Flashcards
UNESCO
Governing body of protected sites
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences, and culture.
who is its head and where is its HQ
Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Director-General; Audrey Azoulay (french)
Founded:
16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network
is a project of UNESCO launched in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities which recognized creativity as a major factor in their urban development.
UCCN
_________ from india recently joined the uncc due to its craft and folk art
srinagar (capital of jammu and kashmir)
how many cities were added to the uccn in 2021
49
how many cities are part of the network
295
2 cities were recommended to unesco from india
gwalior and srinagar
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After ______________________ Srinagar is the sixth Indian city to achieve this distinction.
Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Varanasi and Jaipur, Srinagar
It aims to “promote cooperation among cities which recognize _________________ as a strategic factor in their urban development”.
creativity
Sustainable Development Goal 11
aims for Sustainable Cities and Communities.
The network covers seven creative fields:
crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design, gastronomy, literature and music.
The Srinagar city has been designated the creative city in the field of Crafts and Folk Arts - only second city in India in this category after ________________.
Jaipur
Every year, UNESCO seeks applications for various cities across the globe for putting them under its UCCN project. The applications in India are routed through the
Ministry of Culture.
Who is the current Minister of Culture?
G. Kishan Reddy
G. Kishan Reddy is the current Minister of Culture. Recently the government has established the National Mission on Libraries India under this ministry.
what are some major unesco reports
UNESCO Science Report
Global Education Monitoring Report
State of the Education Report for India
Major Initiatives of UNESCO:
Man and Biosphere Programme World Heritage Programme Global Geopark Network Network of Creative Cities Atlas of World Languages in Danger
why were indian cities chosen to the uccn
Srinagar - Crafts and Folk Arts (2021) Mumbai – Film (2019). Hyderabad – Gastronomy (2019). Chennai- Creative city of Music (2017). Jaipur- Crafts and Folk Arts (2015). Varanasi- Creative city of Music (2015).
The tender for “Consultancy Services For Preparation Of Dossier For Inclusion Of Srinagar City In UNESCO Creative Cities Network” was floated in 10 October 2018and was to be opened on 27 November 2018. However, the process got dragged into bureaucratichurdles and was opened only on 22 April _____________.
2019
who won the tender for consultancy services for the dossier
joint team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Kashmirchapter, and Gurgaon based firm Dronah.
The tender had one condition that
the applicant should have prepared at least one dossier for anywinning city previously. We collaborated with Dronah that had prepared Jaipurdossier,” said Saleem Beg, convenor INTACH.
INTACH
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage is a non-profit charitable organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
In 2007, the United Nations awarded INTACH a special consultative status with
United Nations Economic and Social Council.
