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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

documents

cities
190

cities

evaluations
53

evaluations

bid books
182

bid books

1985–2031

title years covered

All shelvesEvaluations 53Monitoring and progress reports 1Bid books 182Selection and monitoring reports 111EU framework and official documents 27Strategies and action plans 5Research, guides and frameworks 33Shared by cities 1Sent in by members 59Published by cities 12
TypeBid book (pre-selection) 4Bid book (final selection) 1Ex-post evaluation 16Strategy 3Action plan 1Research 2Other 3 Any type

16 documents of type ex-post evaluation for “Economic impact”

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  • Aarhus 2017 — Impact Assessment
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.
Aarhus · 2017

economic impacts are very relevant to assess as this would make it possible to assess the net investment in the project and compare it to the above-mentioned impacts.

  • Liverpool 2008 — Impact Assessment
    Liverpool · 2008

    A case study of the impact of various types of sports, culture and business events on Korean undergraduates' attitudes toward Germany, by Woo Jun and Lee (2008), seems to show an interesting contrast between the impact of sports and…

  • f59881a3-596e-4ec5-9027-5b7cc8b20dd8-garciaetal-2010-creating_an_impact-impacts08.pdf
    London. Contributed by London and published to everyone.

    Impacts 08: The Liverpool Model European Capital of Culture Research Programme University of Liverpool Liverpool, L69 7ZA, UK Email: impacts08@liverpool.ac.uk www.impacts08.net IMPACTS European Capital of Culture Research Programme Report…

  • Liverpool 2008 — Impact Assessment
    Liverpool · 2008

    For more information about the areas and the research project please see the Impacts 08 Neighbourhood Watch report (listed at the end of this report).

  • Luxembourg City 2007 — Evaluation Report
    Luxembourg & Greater Region · 2007

    The results of the media impact analysis (see Chapter 8) also show that Luxembourg achieved considerable media coverage abroad. The total estimated media spend equiva- lent value of €6.5 million is likely to have a long term impact on the…

  • Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
    Liverpool · 2008

    …something that Liverpool Culture Company aims to build on with initiatives such as the 2008 Highlights Launch to the World Travel Market. 22 Impacts 08 - The Liverpool Model, European Capital of Culture Research Programme www.impacts08.net…

  • Košice 2013
    Košice · 2013

    Measuring the Economic Impact of Park and Recreation Services. s.l. : Texas University, 2010. Džupka, Peter a Hudec, Oto. 2014. Culture-led regeneration trough the young generation: Košice as the European Capital of Culture.

  • Aarhus 2017
    Aarhus · 2017

    Fewer audience members None of the above Don’t know 2% 8% 11% 15% 22% 22% 21% 27% 37% Source: rethinkIMPACTS 2017’s questionnaire survey of directors of cultural institutions (2018).

  • Luxembourg 2007 — final report (Richards)
    Luxembourg · 2007

    The total estimated media spend equiva- lent value of €6.5 million is likely to have a long term impact on the image of the country as well. Visitor expenditure impacts The bulk of the economic impact of any ECOC comes from the expenditure…

  • Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
    Liverpool · 2008

    …something that Liverpool Culture Company aims to build on with initiatives such as the 2008 Highlights Launch to the World Travel Market. 23 Impacts 08 - The Liverpool Model, European Capital of Culture Research Programme www.impacts08.net…

  • EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Tallinn, Turku
    Tallinn & Turku · 2011

    Turku’s ECoC had a significant economic impact on the city. A study prepared by Turku School of Economics estimated that the ECoC contributed to an increase in employment of 3,300 person years in Turku and to an increase in total revenue…

  • Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report
    Plzeň · 2015

    Pilsen 2015 has, without question, been one of the most important events, having a big impact on the homeland and foreign tourism. Due to its importance for the development of tourism in 2015, the CzechTourism agency participated in the…

  • Linz 2009 — Evaluation Report
    Linz · 2009

    …2009 33 www.linz-airport.at/www/cm/system/galleries/download/documents/statistik.pdf 40 An important source of quantitative information on the economic impact of Linz 09 is an economic study of the impact of ECOC on the regional economy of…

  • Marseille 2013
    Marseille-Provence · 2013

    …towards informing or beginning to change public opinion (especially through the Diversity Festival and Journey to the Unknown). 3.4.3 Economic impacts Developing the creative economy and place-making were key economic impacts anticipated…

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