Express sincere gratitude to UNESCO for the universal acknowledgement of the
gastronomic qualities of the cities of Popayán and Chengdu in promoting their local
cultural heritage as a tool for cope with the influx of globalization.
And decide:
-Article 1.- To work for the creation of the World Union of Gastronomic Cities (WUGC)
within the objectives of gastronomic culture and cultural diversity of UNESCO.
-Article 2.- To implement an exchange of gastronomic information among the member
cities of the WUGC, with special emphasis on indigenous cuisines of the gastronomic
heritage of each one.
-Article 3.- To exchange and share training opportunities in all activities of gastronomy
through means of formal education. In the same fashion, to socialize gastronomic
knowledge within all communities of member cities.
-Article 4.- To advise the cities’ authorities with regards to the formulation and
implementation of policies aimed to the quantitative and qualitative improvement of the
gastronomic industry itself and in relation with the global offer of tourism, in the frame
of the cultural and economic development plans of each city.
-Article 5.- Support, as strong as possible, all gastronomic activities and events held by
the sister cities of the Union.
-Article 6.- To share these goals and programs with all other cities that UNESCO will
selects in the future as members of the Gastronomic Creative Cities Network.
Approved and signed at Popayán the 3th September 2010.