The ECoC evidence base

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Forty years of European Capitals of Culture in their own words: what cities promised, what they did, and what the evaluations found.

documents: 472
cities: 190
evaluations: 53
bid books: 182; 1985–2031

7 documents of type bid book (pre-selection) for “Capacity building of cultural sector”

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Ghent2030: Toopen Together. Cultural recharge for a common future

What the document types mean

Bid book (pre-selection): A city's first application for the title, judged by the selection panel to make the shortlist.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Bid book (final selection): A shortlisted city's full, final application for the title, with its programme, budget and plans.; Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Selection panel report: The EU expert panel's assessment of the bids in one competition, with its reasons and its recommendation.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Monitoring panel report: The EU expert panel's report on a designated city's preparations before its title year, with its advice.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Ex-post evaluation: An assessment, written after the title year or a programme, of what it actually achieved, usually by independent evaluators.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Monitoring or progress report: A city's own report on how its programme is going, written while it runs, with the figures it has tracked.; Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Strategy: A city's long-term plan or policy for culture, including legacy strategies and council decisions.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Action plan: A concrete plan of what a city or organisation will do, by when and with what resources.; A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Guide or toolkit: Practical how-to material that others can reuse: guides, toolkits, handbooks and templates.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Research: Studies, frameworks and papers across one or more cities, written by researchers rather than by a city.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Other: Anything else: news, memos, programme brochures and documents that fit no type above.; Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.

GentGent · 2024

Structural consultation between the GKO and the social, care and welfare sectors, to increase dialogue between social needs and artistic planning and programming. 6.

Broumov 2028 — Pre-selection

Broumov · 2028

Close cooperation and partnership bringing mutual benefits among municipalities, local NGOs and the private business sector are crucial for small European communities to survive watershed moments.

Trnava 2026 — Pre-selection

Trnava · 2026

Part of enhancing the cultural experience of the city, is the development of cultural infrastructure. This includes projects that range from the construc- tion of new cycle paths to the restoration of a com- munist building, or the reuse…

Piran 2025 — Pre-selection

Piran · 2025

Lipps, Theatron, 2015 in Study on Audience Development - How to place audiences at the centre of cultural organisations, European Commision, 2015) Across the PIKA region there are already some existing good practices in the field of…

Kranj 2025 — Pre-selection

Kranj · 2025

INCLUSION Strengthening the capacity and expertise in the cultural and cre- ative sector Systematically, full advantage must be taken of existing knowledge, expe- rience, and results born from previ- ous subsidized projects.

Žilina 2026 — Pre-selection

Žilina · 2026

…big events like ECoC create disruptions and it is important to manage them wisely in order to achieve a long-lasting positive impact on the cultural scene that would extend beyond the event as such.

Rokiškis 2022 — Pre-selection

Rokiškis · 2022

CULINARY CULTURAL HERITAGE TRAINING PROGRAM. The idea is to train the kitchen chefs, cooks, food service providers to develop region's cultural culinary heritage so that, with the help of the culinary heritage, the field of the cultural…