UNESCO's City of Literature program is part of its Creative Cities Network, founded in 1999.
UNESCO 's City of Literature program is part of its Creative Cities Network which was launched in 2004 . The Network was born out of UNESCO 's Global Alliance for Cultural Diversity initiative which was created in 2002 . The UNESCO Creative Cities Network ( UCCN ) was a project of UNESCO launched in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities which recognized creativity as a major factor in their urban development .