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According to the findings of the special edition of the Creative Economy Report “Widening
local development pathways”, co-published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) through the UN
Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) in the 21st century, creativity and innovations
have become the true wealth of nations, both at individual and group levels.
World Creativity and Innovation Day April 21 (WCID) was founded by Marci Segal on May ,25
2001, in Toronto, Canada.
The purpose of World Creativity and Innovation Day was, and still is, to remind and encourage
people to use their creativity to make the world a better place and to make their place in the
world better too.
April 21, the day before Earth Day, April 22, was chosen as World Creativity and Innovation
Day to emphasize the importance of using new thinking to create a decent life for all on a
sustainable planet.
April 21 is a placeholder in time to give people a reason and opportunity to use imagination
productively, to release new thinking, and to celebrate that.
2017: World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 Become a United Nations International Day of
Observance.
On April 2017 ,27, the United Nations resolved to include World Creativity and Innovation Day,
April 21 as a Day of Observance to encourage people to use creativity in problem-solving for all
issues related to achieving the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. 2018 marks the first year
the UN will observe WCID.
United Nations Ambassador I. Rhonda King, Permanent Representative from St. Vincent and
the Grenadines reading Resolution No. 284 on April 2017 ,27, founding World Creativity and
Innovation Day, April 21 as a UN International Day of Observance.