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.
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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