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

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.

12 documents of type bid book (pre-selection) for “Crisis response”

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

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Ghent2030: Toopen Together. Cultural recharge for a common future

GentGent · 2024

…and international expertise Negative perceptions of the project Possible Limited - Professional communication management and clear plan for crisis communication Risks Likelihood Impact Financial and political Performativity and ethics…

Kortrijk 2030 — Pre-selection

Kortrijk · 2030

A new global pandemic or crisis While developing the programme, we ensure that extreme scenarios are 'prepared.' You can never be fully ready for all potential risks, but with a partner like TomorrowLab, we aim to be a few steps ahead.

Perugia 2019 — Pre-selection

Perugia · 2019

The response has been positive and generous. A process to foster the active participation of young Umbrian and international artists through calls for ideas and proposals has been built.

Veliko Tarnovo 2019 — Pre-selection

Veliko Tarnovo · 2019

About the crisis and happiness The crisis today is not only economic, it is primarily spiritual, a crisis of ideals, a lack of deep cohering causes.

Larissa 2021 — Pre-selection

Larissa · 2021

Crisis (from the Greek word krisis) as the turning point, the selection, the judgment, opening up opportunities, for talent (inclination, desire, will) to emerge and be integrated, to bring into being, produce, production, leading to…

Ioannina 2021 — Pre-selection

Ioannina · 2021

…and develop initiatives, their interper- sonal communication skills in the context of work- ing groups, their resilience, their ability to work ef- fectively under pressure, their professional integri- ty and their professional code of…

Corfu 2021 — Pre-selection

Corfu · 2021

Volunteers / Internships Due to the great difficulties that the public debt crisis poses it is essential that Corfu2021 secures the success of the project through an internship programme inviting students of relevant fields of studies from…

Siena 2019 — Pre-selection

Siena · 2019

The city must be further solidified, to make the bid even more credible as a concrete, widely agreed response to the city’s main urgencies; • Finally, the same tendency to individual- istic isolation that exists at the people level also…

Pula 2020 — Pre-selection

Pula · 2020

Continuous Monitoring Risk reduction needs to include planning and timely response. It is therefore necessary to implement a fourth phase of the risk assessment, beginning with the launch of ECoC activities.

Volos 2021 — Pre-selection

Volos · 2021

This positive response has been expressed both in documents practically, through funding. 4.2. Please confirm and prove that your city has or will have adequate and viable infrastructure to respond to the title.

Évora 2027 — Pre-selection

Évora · 2027

But today there are also new issues that have come to anchor the bid's approach – issues generated and amplified by the pandemic crisis, as well as by collective responses being developed at the European level, where new challenges are…

Tripolis 2021 — Pre-selection

Tripolis · 2021

How are you planning to overcome weaknesses, including with the use of risk mitigation and planning tools, contingency planning etc. The serious problems of the city included in the first section of the previous answer are expected to be…