The ECoC evidence base

The Archive

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 action plan or research for “Urban regeneration”

Clear

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

Found inside the documents

Action Plan No. 1: Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2027
Brno. Contributed by Brno and published to everyone.Brno · 2026
…The aim is to support the ongoing maintenance of cultural heritage sites: ▪ the restoration of listed buildings owned by the city and the regeneration of public spaces in the historic centre, ▪ GP for the preservation and restoration of…

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.

Istanbul 2010

Istanbul · 2010

Urban rehabilitation and regeneration projects directly supported by Istanbul 2010 Agency In spite of such unfortunate implementations where Istanbul 2010 Agency has had neither the power nor the authority to intervene, there are also…

Lille 2004 and the role of culture in the regeneration of Lille métropole

Lille · 2004

Obviously the main objective was the preser- vation of the urban and social fabric, which has, most of the time, been developed by and for the factory.

Urban branding (Patras 2006)

Patras · 2006

…substantive infrastructure uncompleted, no perceivable legacy in terms of economic opportunities, regional development, sustainable growth Urban Regeneration Review • Lack of a strategic plan and many small projects rather than large…

Urban anxieties and creative tensions in the European Capital of Culture 2005 (Cork)

Cork · 2005

Art light and landscape: new agendas for urban development. European plan- ning studies, 15 (9), 1247–1260. Bailey, C., Miles, F., and Stark, P., 2004.

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

2013

Bergsgard and Vassenden (2011: 305-6) point out that Stavanger is: a prosperous city with less need of regeneration than many European cities that have emphasised cultural strategies.

Governing ECoCs (Sibiu 2007)

Sibiu · 2007

…the rescaling of statehood and the increased influence of the EU greatly problematize the local and contingency tendency characteristic of urban regime theory, the last part of the overview will turn towards regulation theory and the…

Deconstructing the creative city: snapshots from Helsinki (Helsinki 2000)

Helsinki · 2000

Deconstructing the Creative City: Snapshots from Helsinki Since the 1990s, innovation, culture and creativity have become new catchwords in urban development as a growing number of cities started promoting and marketing themselves with a…

The Archive

Found inside the documents

Also matching the title, city or themes