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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

4 documents of type guide or toolkit or research or other for “Capacity building of cultural sector”

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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.

Guidelines for the cities' own evaluations of the results of each European Capital of Culture

2014

…their ECOC 11 Objectives Type of indicator Indicative indicators Possible sources of data collection Specific objective 3: To strengthen the capacity of the cultural sector and its links with other sectors Result Strategy for long-term…

An analysis of the cultural sector in the aftermath of Cork 2005

Cork · 2005

233), “boost to the cre- ation of cultural infrastructure” (Luxembourg, 1995,capacity building, community empowerment, im- age enhancement, confidence boosting, and rela- p.

European Capitals of Culture: success strategies and long-term effects (Garcia and Cox, European Parliament, 2013)

2013

For organisations involved in Pécs 2010, capacity-building through the undertaking of “more and bigger projects than in previous years” was felt to have been beneficial for the sector (ECORYS, 2011c: v), as was the sense that these…

the_missing_pillar.pdf

Adopt the language of the SDGs One clear challenge for the arts and cultural sector is the need to integrate and adopt the language of the SDGs. There is a need for major institutions to become better at messaging the impact of their work…