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

3 documents of type strategy or research for “Health”

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CultureNext_Culture-as-Care_AdvocacyThemeReport_June2026_FINAL.pdf

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.

London

…on cultural partic ipation and youth, hosted in Leeuwarden and Friesland (The Netherlands), the 15th Culture Next Conference on culture, health and well being, hosted in Bielsko Biała (Poland), and a thematic process coordinated by Leuven…

An analysis of the cultural sector in the aftermath of Cork 2005

Cork · 2005

Some respondentswere disbanded at the close of the year, the Project Manager for the Culture and Health strand of the argued that their organization’s existing resources could have been put to better use by what was,program assumed a new…

Strategy in Practice in Brno: Culture Accessible to All

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Strategy in Practice in Brno: Culture Accessible to All

BrnoBrno

In collaboration with the association Vize tance, z. s., we also organised the conference Art in Health, Health in Art and this year, on 11 June 2026, in collaboration with the Jiří Mahen Library, the international conference Culture as a…