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

13 documents of type bid book (final selection) for “Volunteering”

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Ljubljana 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.

Volunteering will provide support to our various programme segments and give citizens an opportunity to participate in the ECoC. For many individuals, LJ 2025 will be their first encounter with volunteering, an opportunity for…

Hannover 2025 — Final selection

Hannover · 2025

This organisation acts as a link between cultural institutions and young people who want to spend a gap year volunteering in the cultural sector. The volunteers are trained by the Volks- hochschule Hannover, an adult-education centre which…

Nürnberg 2025 — Final selection

Nürnberg · 2025

Volunteering The commitment and engagement shown by the people of Nürnberg is re- markable. No fewer than 130,000 peo- ple in Nürnberg are engaged in volun- tary work.

Nova Gorica 2025

Nova Gorica · 2025

Small-scale volunteering activities have already played a significant role during the bidding phase. Experts collabo- rated voluntarily in consulting for the preparation of the bid book.

Namur 2030 — Final selection

Namur · 2030

The city has been awarded the national ‘Local Volunteering Authority’ label and is also committed to applying for the title of European Volunteering Capital in 2029 to promote the development of a strong network of volunteers by 2030.

Rijeka 2020

Rijeka · 2020

Coast Lines ( islands ) Rijeka 2020 Volunteer Programme Apart from targeted volunteering programmes in cultural institutions, we involve volunteers in all programme-related and promotional activities: dissemination of information and…

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028

České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING From both CSR and HR perspectives, certain corpora- tions have a focus on active involvement, including those with already established volunteering schemes (e.g. time, skills) and those with none.

Lublin 2029

Lublin · 2029

Kaunas 2022

Kaunas · 2022

…recruiting and training Kaunas 2022 volunteers; launching the grand Kaunas 2022 welcoming volunteer pro- gramme, and launching an online volunteering programme for active social media volunteering in communication and market- ing results.

Katowice 2029

Katowice · 2029

Volunteering Drawing on the good practices of our European partners, we are introducing an innovative intergenerational volunteer- ing programme. Without forgetting that the predominant group among Polish volunteers is youth and young…

Tampere 2026 — Final selection

Tampere · 2026

VOLUNTEERING While Tampere is experienced in volunteering for sport events, cultural institutions, social clubs, NGOs and international communities, we now want to bring the diverse interests and background together – to expand the network…

Limerick 2020 — Final selection

Limerick · 2020

Volunteering – This is one of the very best ways through which people can find a way to belong to something, as well enhancing the project through their support.

Bielsko-Biała 2029

Bielsko-Biała · 2029

International Volunteering Programme: we have developed the concept of an international volun- teering programme (CV&T) during the ECoC bid. This programme will train individuals aged 16-25 in various positions within cultural event…