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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 “Legacy”

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Narva 2024 — 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 pro- gramme will be carried out starting in 2020, and it will continue as one of the legacy projects of ECoC. LEVEL UP NARVA includes training, coaching, mentorship, workshops, seminars, study visits, and online project-development…

Banja Luka 2024 — Final selection

Banja Luka · 2024

LEGACY BEYOND 2024 The pragmatic approach of our Bid is rooted in the experience of other Euro- pean Capitals of Culture, which served as a good starting point and a case study for what happens after the titular year when you don’t have a…

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028

České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028

MANAGEMENT Contributions from donors, residents, or visitors towards Budweis 2028 legacy will be collected by the foundation itself and further distributed to respective projects in a transparent way beyond 2028.

Córdoba 2016 — Final selection

Córdoba · 2016

…encounters and the dialogue of cultures. 29 to bring the common aspects of European cultures to the fore Córdoba and al-Ándalus bequeathed a legacy with- out which the history of the West cannot be fully un- derstood, although many…

Lublin 2029

Lublin · 2029

Timișoara 2021

Timișoara · 2021

Legacy-by-capacity-building-driven The last package is designed to investigate the long-term legacy of the project with particular focus on the overall goals and objectives (ECoC1- ECoC3 and SG1-SG3).

Riga 2014

Riga · 2014

Everyone arriv- ing at the european capital of culture will be asked to submit to the exhibition per- sonal items with a historic legacy. The lo- cation of the exhibition is planned in one of the former Freedom Street factories – VEF or in…

Katowice 2029

Katowice · 2029

Past ECoCs with strong legacy 2018: Leeuwarden (Netherlands) → We were invited to cooperate on their legacy project Arcadia on traditional arts and crafts.

Kalamata 2021 — Final selection

Kalamata · 2021

Our provision, and decision of the City Council is, if the Melina Mercouri Prize is awarded, it will finance our 4-year Legacy Plan (2022-2025). The award will cover the salary cost of a small team with an operating budget to support…

Hannover 2025 — Final selection

Hannover · 2025

…responsi- bility outlined above are three further remits which are pre- sent in the work of all the teams: third-party funding, evalua- tion/legacy and Upgrade Hannover.

Bourges 2028 — Final selection

Bourges · 2028

…A true service, knowledge and resource centre for artists and their access to the European stage This programme ECA is the Bourges 2028 legacy project which we described in detail in Bid Book 1.