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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 strategy or research or other for “Cultural programme”

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Programme Book of the Cultural Programme (2024, Bilingual) (Bad Ischl 2024)

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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.

GREEN The cultural landscape is an attraction, but the effects of tourism can still be felt today and the advancing cli- mate change poses a hard challenge to the alleged ab- undance of forests and water in the Salzkammergut re- gion.

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL renewing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2034 to 2047 and repealing Decision No 445/2014/EU

Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca · 2026

The criteria for the assessment of application are as follows: (a) long-term strategy and legacy; (b) cultural and artistic content; (c) outreach, communication and citizens’ participation; (d) management and capacity to deliver.

European Cities of Culture. Oct 1994

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

The literature programme included international literary meetings on the theme of nationalism and internationalism (with east/wost participationl and a symposium on body language and the process of translation which included a scene from…

Grant Programmes in the Field of Culture (2026)

BrnoBrno · 2026

1 a) Grant titles The following grant programmes are announced for the cultural sector: 1. Grant programme for the provision of grants in the field of audiovisual Grants are provided in particular to support film shows, competitions…

Caceres2031_CulturaViva_EN.pdf

Cáceres

Meeting Between Cáceres 2031 and Cultura Viva Cultural Managers Activity Type Institutional working meeting. Date 18 June 2026. Participating Organisations - Cáceres European Capital of Culture 2031 Consortium.

Strategy in Practice in Brno: Grants Powering Cultural and Creative Fields

Brno

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Strategy in Practice in Brno: Grants Powering Cultural and Creative Fields

BrnoBrno

The latest survey wrapped up in 2025 – but engagement from cultural stakeholders was remarkably low (just 3 responses), making the results too limited to take further. The next survey is on track for 2027.

Financial Support for Brno’s Independent Cultural Scene

Brno

2026 · Context

Financial Support for Brno’s Independent Cultural Scene

BrnoBrno · 2026

Application numbers also spike whenever a special grant programme is launched – for example in 2018, when the RE:PUBLIKA programme tied to the anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia was announced.

OK Analyza brnenske kulturni sceny ENG 2025_WEB

BrnoBrno

They can easily find buildings with a cultural and creative programme in a specific location on the map, and the contacts listed mean they can then contact specific selected entities about the rental conditions.

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