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

9 documents of type bid book (final selection) for “Urban regeneration”

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Magdeburg 2025 — 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.

Görlitz, Prague, Poznań, Kraków) Budget/Time: € 325,000, 2023-2025 Pretty Urban Life #installation #conference #urban space #co-creation #youth exchange Lost city centre, disconnected places, many voids to escape from.

Córdoba 2016 — Final selection

Córdoba · 2016

…providing all the city’s districts with cultural facilities, in order to promote the creation of, and access to culture, and to encourage the urban and social regeneration of areas hitherto in- sufﬁciently integrated within the city.

Esch-sur-Alzette 2022

Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022

Through many years of working on and in these spaces through art and participation, we want to have a long-term impact on Esch’s urban development and that of the entire region.

Cagliari 2019 — Final selection

Cagliari · 2019

…and upgrading existing facilities (including museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas, concert halls, arts centres, etc.) (in euro) Urban Requalification (renewal of squares, gardens, streets, development of public spaces, etc.)…

Klaipėda 2022 — Final selection

Klaipėda · 2022

…an aesthetic quality leap in the “bedroom” districts and the urbanised areas of the city. For the purpose, the structure of the newly- built or reconstructed public objects of Klaipėda City and Region (swimming pools, bridges, hotels…

Plovdiv 2019

Plovdiv · 2019

The first step towards re-thinking and preserving TRANS FORMtransforming the city and the people through urban development and education Urban Dreams Artistic interventions in the public space Through artistic intervention, the project…

Turku 2011

Turku · 2011

The Old and the New Turku By the year 2011, several extensive areas combining the old and new urban culture and city planning are developed in Turku.

Pécs 2010

Pécs · 2010

The sense of urbanity largely depends on how public spaces are used: a city whose streets and squares are used by its population not only for traffic but also for shopping, entertainment, dining, debates relaxation and playing games is…

Skopje 2028 — Final selection

Skopje · 2028

…of their domestic, European and international networks; cultural and artistic diasporas around the world, both Macedonian and Albanian. 21 (Urban/istic Redeems) (In-Service) Technical Hands-on Training dePhantomisation of the Arabian House…