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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

9 documents of type ex-post evaluation for “City image”

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Novi Sad 2022 — Evaluation Report

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.

…81.1% 66.1% 49.3% In the title year 2022, for the first time, there was a significant percentage of tourists who informed themselves about the city through digital promotional channels of the ECoC.

European Cities of Culture 2000 — evaluation, final report

2000

The modern city has known how to assume the weight of tradition and, without renouncing to modern building techniques, it has created an habitat in harmony with the demands of this end of the millennium enriched with important models of…

Košice 2013

Košice · 2013

KoncepciŤ o ťytťáraní a Ťsmerňoťaní aktiťít ťedúcich k tťorbe ťhodného imidžŤ mesta zosŤmarizoťal ť knihe ĎĎThe Image of City´´Ď kde zdôraznil najmä kritériŤm tzť.

Luxembourg City 2007 — Evaluation Report

Luxembourg & Greater Region · 2007

Image effects One of the objectives of the ECOC was to change the image of Luxembourg and the Greater Region, to increase its international profile and to strengthen the cultural dimen- sion of its image.

Myerscough report — Antwerp 1993

Antwerp · 1993

…painters ofth6 lTth contury, such as Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens, a Igth c€ntury fin de siecle flowering ot music and painting in ths city and the achiavement of thras international oxhibitions botwoen 1850 and 1930.

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report

Liverpool · 2008

…is also interesting to note the continuous growth of stories about social issues/inclusion and the (so far, uneven) growth of stories on the city‟s physical environment. The category „city image‟ is dominant across all periods.

Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report

Plzeň · 2015

…carried out between 2012 and 2015 by the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and wide-ranging research focusing on the perception of the city and the Pilsen 2015 project, carried out in two waves in 2014 and 2016 across the Czech Republic…

Liverpool 2008 — Impact Assessment

Liverpool · 2008

It is also felt that Liverpool’s result may be ‘tainted’ to some extent by the continuing construction work in the city over this period.) There was a significant reduction in satisfaction with display maps and information boards…

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Aarhus 2017

Aarhus · 2017