Evidence Base
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Evidence Base

Forty years of European Capital of Culture material — bid books, evaluation reports, member submissions, policy frameworks, and live news — every piece scored against the Culture Next Framework and mapped to the SDGs.

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ECoC candidacy documents

What cities promised when they bid for the European Capital of Culture title. Bid books are statements of intent — invaluable for studying ambition, framing, and the rhetoric of candidacy, but they are not evidence of delivered outcomes. Every card carries that caveat.

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