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 (pre-selection) for “Urban regeneration”

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Cagliari 2019 — Pre-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.

Larissa 2021 — Pre-selection

Larissa · 2021

Urban and cultural infrastructure development Developing existing infrastructure through restoration and regeneration projects and upgrading cultural hardware (i.e.

Zadar 2020 — Pre-selection

Zadar · 2020

URBAN RELOADING Urban reloading seeks to address several challenges that are highlighted through ECoC: The ﬁrst is the challenge of accessibility and par- ticipation in mainstream cultural events, due to the fact that access to culture…

Namur 2030 — Pre-selection

Namur · 2030

Alors que le déménagement de la Ravik Boutik vient de se concrétiser, des citoyens se mobilisent afin d’améliorer leur cadre de vie et se fédèrent pour faire éclore un projet qui bénéficiera au plus grand nombre.

Córdoba 2016 — Pre-selection

Córdoba · 2016

Explain this choice The urban planning projects can be summarised under four headings: 1 The river and the Cultural Riverside. The recent reclama- tion of the left bank of the Guadalquivir as an urban park, in which a range of public…

Three Sisters 2020 — Pre-selection

Three Sisters · 2020

The 16-acre former Smithwick’s Brewery site in Kilkenny is a large-scale €33m cultural regeneration proposition that offers an enormous opportunity to add capacity, diversity and quality to the region’s creative and cultural industries…

Gent 2030 — Pre-selection

Gent · 2030

Urban renewal projects underway in districts and areas of the city such as the Oude Dokken, Nieuw Gent and Dampoort are creating open spaces and new meeting places.

Zagreb 2020 — Pre-selection

Zagreb · 2020

EPK PRINT 17.4. 4/17/15 11:55 AM Page 44 URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Badel Renewal and construction in the area of the old factory complex into a centre for business, tourist services, and cultural and artistic events, as well as a high…

Ghent2030: Toopen Together. Cultural recharge for a common future

GentGent · 2024

Urban infrastructure The vision for urban development until 2030 is summarised in ‘Space for Ghent’. One of its main principles is better use of space through ‘smart densification and creation of more open spaces’.