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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) 2Bid book (final selection) 9Monitoring panel report 1Ex-post evaluation 17Strategy 3Action plan 1Research 5Other 6 Any type

5 documents of type research for “Legacy”

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Ask Encore: “Legacy”An answer from across the Archive, every claim cited to its document.

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  • Legacy Magazine „Aufbruch, / Shine On, Salzkammergut“ (Bad Ischl 2024)
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.
Bad Ischl · 2024

(Zeit-)Geschichte Entwicklung partizipativer Reflexionsformate und Förderung einer gelebten Erinnerungskultur durch Kunst- und Kulturprojekte. Dynamischer Umgang mit Tradition Auseinandersetzung mit volkskulturellen Traditionen in…

  • 568e846b-0dac-4f5e-b911-102e063ecaae-novisad_culture_sdg_impact_profile-1-.docx-1-.pdf
    London. Contributed by London and published to everyone.

    Since the title year, the Foundation “Novi Sad — European Capital of Culture” has transitioned from programme delivery to legacy stewardship. It operates with an annual budget of approximately €2.4 million, focused on legacy programming…

  • Compendium of recommendations from the ex-post evaluations of the ECoC 2007–2016
    2017

    LEGACY Planning legacy at an early stage Sustainability needs to be considered at an early stage and ‘built-in’ from the outset. Whilst the year before the title-year and the title-year itself are inevitably very busy, legacy planning…

  • Impact assessment accompanying COM(2012) 407, SWD(2012) 226
    2012

    Problem n° 3: weak legacy planning It clearly emerged from the 25 year anniversary conference which focused on the legacy of ECoC that legacy is far from automatic simply because a city holds the title.

  • European Capitals of Culture: success strategies and long-term effects (Garcia and Cox, European Parliament, 2013)
    2013

    There are good examples of bidding legacy within the UK, where the 2008 competition process was followed by the creation of a UK ‘Cultural Cities Network’ in 2003, involving most of the other candidate cities, and this network laid the…