On April 21, 2018, the first official World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) will be celebrated.
- It aims to encourage creative multidisciplinary thinking to help us achieve the sustainable future that we want.
- 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.
Background
- On April 27, 2017, 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.
Key Facts
- During World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 (WCID) and Week April 15 – 21 (WCIW) individuals, families, teams, leaders, nations, organizations, students, and communities are acknowledged, informed, inspired and encouraged to use their creativity – to be open to and generate new ideas, to be open to and make new decisions and to be open to and take new actions – that make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too.
- The World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) was included in 2017 by the United Nations as a Day of Observance.
- This was done to encourage people to use creativity in problem-solving to approach solving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
- WCID brings opportunity and encouragement
- To find new solutions
- To open new pathways to the future
- To view the past and present differently
- To connect with new people
- To tell new stories
- To understand how to access your creative abilities to generate new ideas, take new actions and achieve new outcomes.
- To make plans to start something new.
- It connects people all over the world to express their passions and express their gifts to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too.
- It help to open the door for many new conversations, connections, collaborations and community.
