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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

documents

cities
190

cities

evaluations
53

evaluations

bid books
182

bid books

1985–2031

title years covered

All shelvesEvaluations 53Monitoring and progress reports 1Bid books 182Selection and monitoring reports 111EU framework and official documents 27Strategies and action plans 5Research, guides and frameworks 33Shared by cities 1Sent in by members 59Published by cities 12
TypeBid book (pre-selection) 11Bid book (final selection) 19Ex-post evaluation 16Research 4Other 1
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.

51 documents for “Young people”

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

Found inside the documents

  • Eindhoven 2018 — Pre-selection
Eindhoven · 2018

ThEME: yOUNG PEOPlE, hERITAGE AND TRADITIONAl SkIllS The province of Brabant has a wide range of heritage sites for which it wants to devise new, sustainable functions.

  • Zadar 2020 — Pre-selection
    Zadar · 2020

    YOUTH Even though today youth problems are recognized in most European and even global development policies, and “young people” being the most fre- quently cited social group whose problems are being addressed, these problems are expressed…

  • Veliko Tarnovo 2019 — Pre-selection
    Veliko Tarnovo · 2019

    Are some parts of the programme designed for particular target groups (young people, minorities, etc.)? Specify the relevant parts of the programme planned for the event.

  • Liepāja 2027 — Final selection
    Liepāja · 2027

    This is how the three-day programme will work: Democracy for non-ideal people. In the programme, we will talk about a form of society for non-ideal people – a democracy where there is room for everyone.

  • Essen / Ruhr 2010
    Essen / Ruhr · 2010

    …organisations and towns in the whole of Europe and throughout the world TWINS LOTS TO EXPERIENCE BRIdgES BRIdgES LOTS TO EXPERIENCE 108 109 Young people will be creating a contemporary interactive exhibition entitled “inter_ cool” in…

  • Maastricht 2018 — Final selection
    Maastricht · 2018

    Five young women from Lyon: ‘They had been hearing about Europe since they were youngsters. When they heard about Europe at school, they always associated it with trade agreements. Nothing that concerned them directly.

  • The Hague 2018 — Pre-selection
    The Hague · 2018

    Young people liv- ing in The Hague want to make the city a more beautiful and in- teresting place: they are chockfull of ideas and want to put them into practice right now.

  • Broumov 2028 — Pre-selection
    Broumov · 2028

    …Landscape is our strong partner and its focus on nature and water protection leads us back to the strong topic around which we want to engage people.

  • GarciaEtAl(2025)FINAL-Monitor2024_Assessing-Bodo2024-European-Capital-of-Culture_small.pdf

    Young people reported feeling recognized, useful, valued, and part of something they found to be meaningful. Surveys show a high level of satisfaction with their engagement (scores up to 6.7 out of 7) and a strong willingness to volunteer…

  • Utrecht 2018 — Pre-selection
    Utrecht · 2018

    It is therefore only logical that the pro- gramme for 2018 devotes extra attention to young people, both in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. Young people were invited to submit programme ideas and many have done so.

  • Split 2020 — Pre-selection
    Split · 2020

    We also intend to create a Youth Advisory Group, a body of young people whose role will be inform and challenge the team developing our 2020 programme, as well as directly developing key content for the new House of Youth and for the new…

  • Molenbeek 2030 — Final selection
    Molenbeek · 2030

    Young people play a key role within our artistic programme, especially in Future Sound Stars Incubator (with young urban musicians). We are already connecting with young people from across the continent, including the Cultterra team in…

  • Bodø 2024
    Bodø · 2024

    …with their attention on climate, democracy, My Life Is Somewhere Else… is all about getting the young people to stay in or return to the region, like the whole idea of the Bodø2024 legacy.

  • Osijek 2020 — Pre-selection
    Osijek · 2020

    …parental care and children placed in foster care, as well as extremely gifted children; • The youth - high-school and university students and young unemployed persons; • Adults - especially persons with disabilities, persons…

  • EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2015 (Mons & Plzeň)
    Mons & Plzeň · 2015

    Second, the application listed four groups that were to be specifically targeted by the activities of the cultural programme.  Young people; the focus on young people was based on the theme “I’ll be 20 in 2015” (“J’aurai 20 ans in 2015”).

  • Luxembourg 2007 — final report (Richards)
    Luxembourg · 2007

    Rotunda 2/EXIT 07: Youth Programme One of the main aims of the ECOC for 2007 was to target young audiences. The main reason for this was a sense that these groups had been poorly catered for in the past, because:  Cultural initiatives…

  • Leuven 2030
    Leuven · 2030

    …Dance Academy (HR, MK, RS, SI), Tanzarchiv Deutschland (DE), ZKM - Centre For Art And Media Karlsruhe (DE) CLTS 5, 8 BUDGET €€€ THE NIGHT IS YOUNG ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC CULTURE, CAPACITY BUILDING, YOUNG PEOPLE, REGION A future-forward…

  • Bodø 2024
    Bodø · 2024

    In 2024, 210 open call applications from young people were evaluated, resulting in NOK 4 million being distributed across 77 projects. A total of 300 youth representatives were actively engaged in program events, which reached over 10,000…

  • Ghent2030: Toopen Together. Cultural recharge for a common future
    Gent. Contributed by Gent and published to everyone.Gent · 2024

    …a way of making culture that gives residents and other sectors a greater sense of belonging, as well as initiating new connections and helping people and the system itself acquire new skills.

  • Lund 2014 — Final selection
    Lund · 2014

    Date: 2014 SWITCH—REVEALING HIDDEN AGENDAS IN FASHION, THE MEDIA, GAMING AND MUSIC Switch is a competition of power strategies, where young people are given the opportunity to swap places with a hidden wielder of power within the fields of…

  • Namur 2030 — Final selection
    Namur · 2030

    There are 30 000 Roma people in Belgium, 10 000 to 15 000 of whom live in Wallonia. And finally, that’s why we have put a dedicated plan in place for children and young people, which is presented here. 78 Now it’s our turn!

  • Veliko Tarnovo 2019 — Final selection
    Veliko Tarnovo · 2019

    The local secondary schools and universities have been identified as the best in the country, and thus many young people enrol in local institutions to get a good education.

  • Kaunas 2022
    Kaunas · 2022

    We changed the title of the project Centuryans to Kaunas Challenge after young people’s feedback. We feel that the Kaunas Challenge is one of the most in- novative, interactive and proactive of the Kaunas 2022 initiatives.

  • Larnaka 2030
    Larnaka · 2030

    Co-Creators Network: Bi-Communal WG, Women WG, Youth WG, Regional WG Partners: Museum of People (CY), New Famagusta Museum (TkCyp), Passaji (TkCyp) busart (GR), Freedom Theatre (PL), Association of Asia Minor Elefsina (GR), Novi Sad 2022…

  • Évora 2027 — Final selection
    Évora · 2027

    Fostering intergenerational theatre through the formation of three groups of different ages – young people, adults and older people – and creating new theatre productions.

  • Novi Sad 2022 — Evaluation Report
    Novi Sad · 2022

    RESULTS 18 19 Enable and encourage informal education of young people and children in the field of culture and art. Involve young people in all spheres of social and political life in the city through participation in projects.

  • Varna 2019 — Final selection
    Varna · 2019

    A Special Responsibility to Young People Young people will always constitute a special group, if only for the fact that they hold the keys for the cities of tomorrow.

  • CultureNext_Culture-as-Care_AdvocacyThemeReport_June2026_FINAL.pdf
    London. Contributed by London and published to everyone.

    Traditional cultural institutions and programmes often continue to reflect established hierarchies and formats that young people perceive as distant or exclusionary.

  • Gabrovo 2019 — Pre-selection
    Gabrovo · 2019

    In the field of performances there will be events targeted to this young audience, such as concerts, contemporary formats of youth and children theatre, video films and competition.

  • Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
    Liverpool · 2008

    On the other hand, there is an enhanced return rate from specifically disabled-oriented events, and so the attendance rate of disabled people here may be inflated relative to their attendance at other events.

  • Luxembourg City 2007 — Evaluation Report
    Luxembourg & Greater Region · 2007

    They were responsible for the events held in Rotunda 2, which was designated as a specific venue for young audiences. They were supported during the ECOC by 11 trainees and three European Volunteers.

  • Ljubljana 2025 — Final selection
    Ljubljana · 2025

    …new and sustainable opportunities for the involvement or participation of various groups of citizens in cultural activities, particularly of young people, volunteers, the disadvantaged and underprivileged, including minorities?

  • Nova Gorica 2025
    Nova Gorica · 2025

    As Andrej Sluga, a successful owner of an IT company and a craft brewery with clients on all five continents puts it: “Young people should understand that the 21st century gives them a fair opportunity to succeed.

  • Hildesheim 2025 — Final selection
    Hildesheim · 2025

    Schoolchildren To engage with culture and art from a young age can enable children to find meaning in and expression through art, an ability possibly serving them their entire life. However, this does not happen as a matter of course.

  • Bourges 2028 — Final selection
    Bourges · 2028

    Special attention will be paid to target audiences of seniors, young people and young dropouts, and LGBTQ+ to create more awareness and bring groups of people together that rarely meet in daily life.

  • Valletta 2018
    Valletta · 2018

    Summer the opportunity for young people to collaborate and will encourage intercultural dialogue. Other collaborative projects will provide young people with the opportunity to develop professional relationships and gain professional…

  • Leeuwarden 2018
    Leeuwarden · 2018

    For young people we have signed agreements with institutions of third- level education, special education and vocational education. Each of these institutions provides at least 1 FTE in expert input (cultural coordinator) to ensure the…

  • Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
    Liverpool · 2008

    On the other hand, there is an enhanced return rate from specifically disabled-oriented events, and so the attendance rate of disabled people here may be inflated relative to their attendance at other events.

  • Kuressaare 2024 — Pre-selection
    Kuressaare · 2024

    Culture is what people need to give their world a meaning. For children and young people, a large portion of culture is related to independence and co- operation. Culture is mainly acquired through upbringing, education, and the media.

  • DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL renewing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2034 to 2047 and repealing Decision No 445/2014/EU
    Cluj-Napoca. Contributed by Cluj-Napoca and published to everyone.Cluj-Napoca · 2026

    …diversity of Europe and artistic freedom; (b ) the involvement of local and European artists, cultural organisations and residents, including young people, in the design and implementation of the cultural programme, (c) the cooperation…

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    Chemnitz · 2025

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    Galway · 2020

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    Galway · 2020

    Wrocław 2016 — Archipelagos of Culture

    Wrocław · 2016

    Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report

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    Maribor 2012 — Final Report

    Maribor · 2012

    Turku 2011 — Final Report

    Turku · 2011

    Palmer/Rae Associates — European Cities and Capitals of Culture 1995–2004, Part II (city reports)

    Cross-city (Palmer Report Pt II) · 2004

    European Cities of Culture. Oct 1994

    Cross-city (Network of Cultural Cities of Europe) · 1994

    Glasgow 1990 — Monitoring Report

    Glasgow · 1990