1、WORLD CITIES CULTURE REPORT 2022CONTENTSFilms under the stars(Domaine de Saint Cloud).Image IDF/Laurin.Air Balloon Circus,Culture Festival 2021 City of Stockholm/Albert Jalap.Image courtesy and City of Montral.Summer Streets,Al Fresco City.Image courtesy of City of Sydney Adam Hollingworth.CLOCKWISE

2、 FROM TOP LEFT:4 CHAIRS FOREWORD6 VALUES&RESEARCH CONTEXT10 WORLD CITIES CULTURE REPORT42 REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES48 OUR CITIES IN ACTION62 THANK YOU54WORLD CITIES CULTURE REPORT 2022WORLD CITIES CULTURE FORUMTen years ago,as part of the celebrations for the 2012 Olympics,the World Cities Culture Forum

3、(WCCF)assembled in London for the first time,with a common belief in the power of culture to transform lives and places.Our founding principle was that as global cities we can achieve much more by working together than by competing.By being generous with our ideas,jointly building the evidence and l

4、earning from one another,we can drive greener,fairer and more prosperous cities.Our vision is to build a world where culture is at the heart of thriving cities.Ten years on,we are the leading global network of creative cities and civic leaders.We have made culture a golden thread,benefiting all aspe

5、cts of city life.In that time there has been a shift.Culture has moved from the niche to the mainstream.As civic leaders we are building innovative collaborations with our colleagues across all government departments.And the results are clear.Culture is now supporting communities,improving health an

6、d wellbeing,engaging young people,boosting jobs and the economy,giving our cities a distinctive identity and bringing in tourists.We are a network and also a movement.At the World Cities Culture Forum these founding principles have never been needed more than over the last two years.The Covid-19 pan