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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

14 documents of type bid book (final selection) for “Social inclusion”

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Skopje 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 City of Skopje maintains a proactive social welfare policy that includes systematic care for various marginal- ised and vulnerable groups: from persons with challenges and the homeless to people with mental health problems and elderly…

Namur 2030 — Final selection

Namur · 2030

To promote social inclusion, the city takes inspiration from best practices and European values in a continuous search for solutions to offer people deprived of access to culture, whether due to their geographical, social or economic…

Esch-sur-Alzette 2022

Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022

Social inclusion > Public space > New sense of identity > Creative industries and capacity building at our society from the margins. And we will do this using the means of participation through cul- ture.

Ljubljana 2025 — Final selection

Ljubljana · 2025

The association’s users are homeless and socially excluded persons, members of an extremely marginalized social segment that is socially excluded in many ways – people without proper and safe living quarters, without personal belongings…

Brno 2028

Brno · 2028

A crucial project for the inclusion of marginalised groups is Stepping Forward (32/Q11), which will promote city-wide involvement of (1) seniors, children, youth and families, (2) people with mental illness, (3) peoples with intellectual…

Córdoba 2016 — Final selection

Córdoba · 2016

Other barriers also need to be borne in mind: those af- fecting social groups, such as Gypsies and immigrants – who for social or economic reasons are unable to ac- cess cultural activities on the same footing as others.

Molenbeek 2030 — Final selection

Molenbeek · 2030

…between children, schools, educational actors and cultural organizations while taking into account the area’s pedagogical ambitions and social realities.

Bielsko-Biała 2029

Bielsko-Biała · 2029

ACCESSIBILITY Economic: we need to have both low cost and free events across the different areas of art in our pro- gramme and city cultural life. We already have dis- counts for the elderly, teenagers, large families and blood donors.

Tampere 2026 — Final selection

Tampere · 2026

In culture and the arts, equality may be a transforma- tive force – and through culture we can promote social equality and sustainable societies. everyone in Pirkanmaa to participate in communal cultural activities and artistically express…

Lublin 2029

Lublin · 2029

Plovdiv 2019

Plovdiv · 2019

Basic principles project (Mobile Art Labs) to help them socialise and overcome their introversion. With the project Children City on The Youth Hill children age 6 to 15 will have the power to experiment with various crafts and occupations…

Dubrovnik 2020 — Final selection

Dubrovnik · 2020

…project Decoding Leisure Utopias maps and monitors the process in order to gain knowledge for the future spatial development of the social/cultural infrastructure.

Cagliari 2019 — Final selection

Cagliari · 2019

…artists throughout the period of preparation for 2019, the increase in visitors and the reorganization of seasonal tourism, cultural and social events, will stimulate the re-population of the quarters, the starting up of new commercial and…

Pula 2020 — Final selection

Pula · 2020

From visibility to better exposure, we foster social and economical inclusion of minorities and make concrete, long-term cultural changes. In the Open Fortress project and LaCom we show the richness of minority cultures precisely through…