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

11 documents of type bid book (final selection) for “Education”

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Broumov 2028 — Final 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 Education Department at the Regional Office of the HKR linked us to schools at the regional level. In Poland, we established cooperati- on mostly through municipalities.

Rouen 2028 — Final selection

Rouen · 2028

…by the local authorities, RSN28, and the Ministry of National Education focus on offering students exposure to more varied cultural and linguistic materials to whet their appetites for travel and transfers, as students and as…

Linz 2009

Linz · 2009

…2004) Total Students 11,642 897 9,998 7,642 3,288 778 9,676 43,921 Students 12,237 3,025 9,240 3,171 835 375 836 137 99 32 62 14,586 Adult education (academic year 2003/2004) Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI): of which in Linz…

Brno 2028

Brno · 2028

Here is an overview of school and leisure educational facilities in Brno that will be involved in the 14 Brno 2028 projects: pre-school education/kindergartens (169), primary schools (95), secondary schools (58), 6 of them with an artistic…

Hannover 2025 — Final selection

Hannover · 2025

Teaching and learning approaches from the field of media education will be drawn on to address and convey these and other themes in a child-friendly way within a protected envi- ronment.

Trenčín 2026

Trenčín · 2026

…audit process customised documents used by facilitators Explain your overall strategy for audience development and in particular the link with education and the participation of schools.

Bodø 2024

Bodø · 2024

We believe that a great cultural education is at the heart of bringing out the true creative potential of young people everywhere. Q16Young people and schools for-profit organisation devoted to education, private sector business and local…

Esch-sur-Alzette 2022

Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022

EXPLAIN YOUR OVERALL STRATEGY FOR AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE LINK WITH EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION OF SCHOOLS. AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT O nly if we succeed in addressing and involving an audience that goes beyond the…

Plovdiv 2019

Plovdiv · 2019

SOCIAL IMPACT EVOLUTION Together with our partners from the Ideas Factory, LEAD International, the Roma Education Fund and the Youth Club ROMA Plovdiv we have developed a complete set of innovative educational and social solutions since…

Magdeburg 2025 — Final selection

Magdeburg · 2025

V. (association for cultural child and youth education Saxony- Anhalt), Bildungsnetzwerk Magde- burg (European youth education centre), Volkshoch- schule Magdeburg (adult education centre), German family association Saxony-Anhalt…