The ECoC evidence base

The Archive

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 strategy or research or other for “City image”

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Ask Encore: “City image”An answer from across the Archive, every claim cited to its document.

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The Impact of Cultural Events on City Image (Rotterdam 2001)

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.

Compari- sons are also made with other studies of city image held elsewhere in Europe prior to and during 2001, in order to monitor external image change for Rotterdam in the inter- national domain.

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

2013

…121 does not suggest particular correlations between city size or the status of an existing cultural system and the potential benefits; rather, what seems to be most important is the political and sector commitment to supporting further…

City marketing (Sibiu 2007)

Sibiu · 2007

…is closely related to some of the key objectives established by the European Capital of Culture Programme, such as the enhancement of city image, attracting visitors to the city, or expanding the local audience for culture4.

European Cities of Culture. Oct 1994

Cross-city (Network of Cultural Cities of Europe) · 1994

IMPACTS 7.1 Promotion first city to commit a significant budget {ECU 1.9 million} to West Berlin was th€ promoting the event. Glasgow more than tripted this sum with a budget of ECU 6.55 million and subsequently all cities, axcspt for…

Lille 2004 and the role of culture in the regeneration of Lille métropole

Lille · 2004

Perhaps most interesting is the fact that cultural development was not just about promoting the city’s image and developing tourism, but also a matter of increasing local people’s self-confidence and civic pride and even of boosting the…

Urban branding (Patras 2006)

Patras · 2006

…Management and New Technologies (Agrinio) Introduction: Theme • The theme of the presentation is the development of an attractive urban image through city-marketing and place- branding strategies • We examine ideas of the impact of…

OK Analyza brnenske kulturni sceny ENG 2025_WEB

BrnoBrno

Cultural contributory organisations of the City of Brno and their funding: https://data.brno.cz/pages/prispevkovky-financovani 17. Methodology for the Mapping and Development of Regional Strategies for the Cultural and Creative Industries…

Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2035

BrnoBrno · 2026

…Cultural needs of Brno residents: https://data.brno.cz/pages/kulturni-potreby- mesta-brna Cultural contributory organisations of the City of Brno and their funding: https://data.brno.cz/pages/prispevkovky-financovani Monument Care Map…