World Creativity and Innovation Day 2020

World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed on 21 April to encourage people to generate new ideas to make the world a better place to live in. The day aims to inspire people to live a more creative life.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) was first initiated on 25 May 2001 in Toronto, Canada. The day was founded by the Canadian Marci Segal in 1977.

She was studying creativity at the International Center for Studies in Creativity. She initiated the day after seeing the headline ‘Canada in Creativity Crisis’ appeared in the National Post.

The first Creativity and Innovation Day was observed in April 2002. The day encouraged the people to let go of their creativity.

In the year 2006, the World Creativity and Innovation Day were celebrated for a week that started with Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, 15 April.

Leonardo da Vinci demonstrated creativity as both arts and sciences. Also, the United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise the awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development.