This month marks the start of the UN International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, delivering on a resolution adopted in November 2019 which has redoubled significance in the wake of the pandemic.

2021 is the United Nations International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. Acknowledging the importance of the creative sector, the framers of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals included creativity and culture alongside economics and technology when charting the path forward for global development.

In partnership with Fundación Compromiso and Upstart Co-Lab, Nesta’s Arts & Culture Finance launches a new platform to showcase the potential of impact investment in the creative economy to drive social and environmental change.

El año 2021 ha sido declarado Año Internacional de la Economía Creativa para el Desarrollo Sostenible por las Naciones Unidas. Los artífices de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de Naciones Unidas, reconociendo la importancia del sector creativo, incluyeron la creatividad y la cultura, junto con la economía y la tecnología, a la hora de trazar el camino hacia el desarrollo global.

The second session of the Academic Forum on Chinese Cultural Economy was held at the Renmin University of China in Beijing on Saturday, along with the Annual Meeting of Cultural and Tourism Corporate Brands.

After a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns, there couldn’t be a better time to appreciate the creative economy. The United Nations is doing just this as it marks 2021 as the International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.