The ECoC evidence base
Forty years of European Capitals of Culture in their own words: what cities promised, what they did, and what the evaluations found.
documents
cities
evaluations
bid books
title years covered
Ex-post and independent evaluations: what actually happened.
Chemnitz 2025
Chemnitz · 2025
Bodø 2024
Bodø · 2024
Novi Sad 2022 — Evaluation Report
Novi Sad · 2022
Galway 2020 — Monitoring Report
Galway · 2020
Rijeka 2020 — Evaluation Report
Rijeka · 2020
Galway 2020 — Evaluation Report
Galway · 2020
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — ALL ex-post evaluations -summary
Cross-city (EU summary 2007-2019) · 2019
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2019 (Matera & Plovdiv)
Matera & Plovdiv · 2019
Leeuwarden 2018 — European Commission evaluation
2018
Valletta 2018 — Final Report
Valletta · 2018
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Aarhus, Pafos
Aarhus & Pafos · 2017
Aarhus 2017 — Impact Assessment
Aarhus · 2017
Aarhus 2017
Aarhus · 2017
Wrocław 2016 — final report
2016
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2016 (San Sebastián & Wrocław)
San Sebastián & Wrocław · 2016
San Sebastián 2016 — Evaluation Report
San Sebastián · 2016
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2015 (Mons & Plzeň)
Mons & Plzeň · 2015
Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report
Plzeň · 2015
What cities tracked along the way.
Czech Republic ECoC 2028 — first monitoring report (České Budějovice)
České Budějovice · 2028
Nova 2025 — Monitoring Report
Nova Gorica & Gorizia (GO! 2025) · 2025
Chemnitz 2025 — Monitoring Report
Chemnitz · 2025
Bad Ischl 2024 — 1st monitoring report
Bad Ischl · 2024
Tartu 2024 — 1st monitoring report
Tartu · 2024
Veszprém–balaton 2023 — Monitoring Report
Veszprém–Balaton · 2023
Novi Sad 2022 — 2nd monitoring report
Novi Sad · 2022
Novi Sad 2022 — 1st monitoring report
Novi Sad · 2022
Esch-sur-Alzette 2022 — 2nd monitoring report
Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022
Esch-sur-Alzette 2022 — 1st monitoring report
Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022
Kaunas 2022 — 2nd monitoring report
Kaunas · 2022
Kaunas 2022 — 1st monitoring report
Kaunas · 2022
Rijeka 2020 — Monitoring Report
Rijeka · 2020
Leeuwarden 2018 — 2nd monitoring report
Leeuwarden · 2018
Leeuwarden 2018 — 1st monitoring report
Leeuwarden · 2018
Pafos 2017 — Monitoring Report
Pafos · 2017
Wrocław 2016 — 1st monitoring report
Wrocław · 2016
Wrocław 2016 — Monitoring Report
Wrocław · 2016
What cities promised. Statements of intent, not outcome.
Maribor 2030
Maribor · 2030
Larnaka 2030
Larnaka · 2030
Leuven 2030
Leuven · 2030
Kiruna 2029 — Final selection
Kiruna · 2029
Lublin 2029
Lublin · 2029
Bielsko-Biała 2029
Bielsko-Biała · 2029
Katowice 2029
Katowice · 2029
Skopje 2028 — Final selection
Skopje · 2028
Bourges 2028 — Final selection
Bourges · 2028
Bourges 2028 — Pre-selection
Bourges · 2028
Rouen 2028 — Pre-selection
Rouen · 2028
Rouen 2028 — Final selection
Rouen · 2028
Broumov 2028 — Pre-selection
Broumov · 2028
Broumov 2028 — Final selection
Broumov · 2028
Brno 2028
Brno · 2028
České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028
České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028
Évora 2027 — Final selection
Évora · 2027
Liepāja 2027 — Final selection
Liepāja · 2027
How cities planned to deliver and to keep going.
Cultural Development Plan „Cultural Vision 2030“ (English) (Bad Ischl 2024)
2024
ACTION PLAN No.1-Culture and Creative Industries Strategy EN 2026-2027.pdf
Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026_2035.pdf
Documento-explicativo-para-la-presentacion-de-la-Estrategia-Cultural-de-Caceres-2026–2036.pdf
DOCUMENTO-Estrategia-Cultural-de-Caceres-2026-2036.pdf
Cross-city studies, frameworks and conference papers.
Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA + candidate countries ECoC 2030 (final selection)
2030
Selection panel report — Belgium ECoC 2030 (final selection)
2030
Selection panel report — Sweden ECoC 2029 (final selection)
2029
Selection panel report — Poland ECoC 2029 (final selection)
2029
Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA + candidate countries ECoC 2028 (final selection)
2028
Selection panel report — France ECoC 2028 (final selection)
2028
Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2028 (final selection)
2028
Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2028 (pre-selection)
2028
Selection panel report — Latvia ECoC 2027 (final selection)
2027
Selection panel report — Portugal ECoC 2027 (final selection)
2027
Selection panel report — Slovakia ECoC 2026 (final selection)
2026
Selection panel report — Finland ECoC 2026 (final selection)
2026
Selection panel report — Slovakia ECoC 2026 (pre-selection)
2026
Selection panel report — Finland ECoC 2026 (pre-selection)
2026
Selection panel report — Slovenia ECoC 2025 (final selection)
2025
Selection panel report — Germany ECoC 2025 (final selection)
2025
Selection panel report — Slovenia ECoC 2025 (pre-selection)
2025
Selection panel report — Germany ECoC 2025 (pre-selection)
2025
Everything members have sent to Encore by email, searchable straight away.
Report ENG Open Call Figures.pdf
Abby Violin Caceres 2031 Report.pdf
Caceres2031_CulturaViva_EN.pdf
Grant Programmes in the Field of Culture
AGCEX Endorsement of Cáceres 2031 European Capital of Culture Bid
Report ENG Cáceres 2031 and Potries.pdf
Report ENG - Armando Juntas Territorio.pdf
Report Heritage Nights ENG.pdf
Report Cultural Capital Day ENG.pdf
Report ENG Tegus Meeting.pdf
Report Open Call Caceres 2031.pdf
Cultural_Creation_Guide_English.pdf
REPORT Cultural Creation Guide .pdf
FEMPEX Report ENG.pdf
Report Mudarte Premiere Rural Labs ENG.pdf
Report Cultural Activation Office' First Two Months of Activity.pdf
Report Europaeum.pdf
Generation31_English_26:27.pdf
Documents cities chose to make public.
Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2035
Brno · 2026
Grant Programmes in the Field of Culture (2026)
Brno · 2026
Action Plan No. 1: Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2027
Brno · 2026
ANNEX to the Proposal for a 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 · 2026
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 · 2026
OK Analyza brnenske kulturni sceny ENG 2025_WEB
Brno
Financial Support for Brno’s Independent Cultural Scene
Brno
2026 · Context
Financial Support for Brno’s Independent Cultural Scene
Brno · 2026
How Will We Know If LOV2030 Makes a Real Difference?
Leuven
Context
How Will We Know If LOV2030 Makes a Real Difference?
Leuven
