Creativity as a factor in urban development

• Connecting and promoting musical and literary creativity in urban society
• Adding momentum to innovation in urban society; exchanging strategies, ideas and practices
• Intensifying, expanding, consolidating artistic mobility through the network of Cities of Music and Literature; including and promoting regional artists.

Hannover

• Further developing sound design in a targeted way in cooperation with the Hannover “Hörregion” (listening region)
• Hosting “Fête de la Musique” 2016 as UNESCO City of Music
• Creating new impetus for existing festivals in the areas of jazz, world music and classical music
• Strengthening the network of UNESCO Cities of Music through knowledge platform

http://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/hannover

Heidelberg

• Intensifying literary endeavours in the Heidelberg region through participatory projects
• Strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration with artists, cultural institutions and the university
• Popularising knowledge of the literary history of Heidelberg
• Raising awareness of the need to translate German-language literature into other languages, increasing the international reception of German literature
• Holding an international network meeting of the UNESCO Cities of Literature in order to exchange knowledge and plan cooperative projects

http://www.heidelberg.de/english,Len/Home/Go+out/Unesco+City+of+Literature.html