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

8 documents of type bid book (final selection) for “City image”

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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.

…Region Artistic production and cultural offerings in rural areas increase by 25% 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 450 new CCI enterprises in CCIs in the city, region and cross-border area 6, 7, 8 70% of involved CCIs and cultural sector agents have…

Liverpool 2008

Liverpool · 2008

…have already recognised the opportunity to use the bidding process and the build up to 2008 as a way of confirming and re-profiling the city’s ambition to be a prime European destination for visitors, investors and re-locators.

Dubrovnik 2020 — Final selection

Dubrovnik · 2020

Collage Metropolis refers to Collage City by Collin Rowe and Fred Koetter and includes field trips (cruise ship itineraries) and intensive interdisci- plinary workshops that tackle the tourism industry and the Mediterrane- an as an…

Esch-sur-Alzette 2022

Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022

2 R E M I X C U L T U R E ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE CANDIDATE CITY EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2022 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONTRIBUTION TO THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY EUROPEAN DIMENSION CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CONTENT…

Pécs 2010

Pécs · 2010

The greatest challenge of the past fifteen years in the life of the city, the dramatic increase in motorised traffic and the resulting environmental damage and decline in the quality of life, was also met by offering cultural solutions…

Tallinn 2011

Tallinn · 2011

Córdoba 2016 — Final selection

Córdoba · 2016

Designers were again encouraged to submit their ideas for a new, modern vis- ual image for the bid based on two of the key themes highlighted in the pre-selection dossier: Córdoba as a place of participation and a meeting point for…

Elefsina (Eleusis) 2021

Elefsina (Eleusis) · 2021

…as its main objective to change the image of a grey industrial city. Through a set of interventions targeted to the urban, environmental and cultural fields, that has been coupled with a stable annual investment of 5% -6% of the culture…