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

4 documents of type bid book (pre-selection) for “Economic impact”

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Mantova 2019 — Pre-selection

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.

The four main spheres of impact are: ■ Cultural tourism, the ability to attract visitors to the region and expand its tourist absorption capacity in terms of accommodation and leisure facilities to meet the demand, in view of an enduring…

Lecce 2019 — Pre-selection

Lecce · 2019

It should be noted that this amount represents the sign of the willingness of citizens and local entrepreneurs from a variety of economic sectors to act together to implement ECoC.

Ptuj 2025 — Pre-selection

Ptuj · 2025

…development)? he impact that the ECoC will have on the city can be measured by its effects or changes that are brought to different areas of urban development (theory of change, see the chapter on evaluation).

Ghent2030: Toopen Together. Cultural recharge for a common future

GentGent · 2024

12 13 The intended impact of both 2030 and 2040 is summarised in the table below. All of these aspects can be measured based on the data available from the city’s cultural department, other policy departments, support points, the city…