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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: 411
cities: 178
evaluations: 50
bid books: 180; 1985–2030

All shelves Evaluations 50 Monitoring & progress reports 19 Bid books 180 Strategies & action plans 5 Frameworks & research 103 Sent in by members 54 Published by cities 8

39 documents for “Capacity building of cultural sector”

Ask Encore: “Capacity building of cultural sector”An answer from across the Archive, every claim cited to its document.

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Bodø 2024Bid books · Bodø · 2024Capacity Building Programme Another of our key priorities is capacity building across the cultural sector, both in the city of Bodø and across the county of Nordland.

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028Bid books · České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028…Y B U ACCESSIBLE HERITAGE ILDING YEAR OF GROWING 2025 Budweis 2028 is growing robustly, with projects blossoming to ensure we harvest as many cultural fruits as possible by 2028.

Galway 2020 — Monitoring ReportEvaluations · Galway · 2020ECoC objective: Develop the skills, capacity and governance of the cultural sector ECoC objective: Stimulate partnership and co-operation with other sectors ECoC objective: Improve cultural infrastructure Galway 2020 aimed to build the…

Debrecen 2023Bid books · Debrecen · 2023Democratic culture – ensuring a wide range of access and availability in the field of cultural goods and services • Decentralised culture – providing equal opportunity for access to culture everywhere in the city Building the image of the…

Bielsko-Biała 2029Bid books · Bielsko-Biała · 2029SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE The ECoC process is a major capacity-building accelerator for the cultural and creative sector in our city. In BB there are seven cultural institutions managed by the city, two by the region, and one by the state…

Katowice 2029Bid books · Katowice · 2029METROPOLIS OF CULTURE Who can play along: employees of the cultural sector Why do we play: capacity building, networking With whom do we play: culture institutions from Metropolis GZM and Poland, partner institutions from other ECoC cities…

Tartu 2024Bid books · Tartu · 2024Residencies for artists with disabilities boost inclusion on an European scale. 42 Cultural and artistic content CAPACITY BUILDING: Kultuurikompass The goal of the capacity building programme Kultuurikompass (Culture Compass) is to…

Rijeka 2020 — Evaluation ReportEvaluations · Rijeka · 2020For the implementation of the Rijeka 2020 - European Capital of Culture project, it was crucially important to develop capacities within the cultural sector in order to enable the implementation of a rather comprehensive project, but also…

Limerick 2020 — Final selectionBid books · Limerick · 2020Those programme strands are Home, Quest and Interface 3) Inviting citizens of Europe to participate and belong Building Capacity Capacity-Building is a key objective for us and our Cultural Strategy.

Cluj-Napoca 2021Bid books · Cluj-Napoca · 2021We have a dynamic cultural life, with a large number of events, yet very few producers have strategies for audience development; the interested people come mainly from the same social segment, and opportunities for cultural education are…

An analysis of the cultural sector in the aftermath of Cork 2005Frameworks & research · 2005233), “boost to the cre- ation of cultural infrastructure” (Luxembourg, 1995,capacity building, community empowerment, im- age enhancement, confidence boosting, and rela- p.

GarciaEtAl(2025)FINAL-Monitor2024_Assessing-Bodo2024-European-Capital-of-Culture_small.pdfEvaluationsIncreased skills and professionalism within the cultural sector. 2. Enhanced collaboration between amateurs and professionals. 3. Expanded international partnerships and cultural exchanges. 4.

Piran 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Piran · 2025…of the European Capital of Culture, and the 5-year process of preparing and delivering the proposed programme, will create the setting for the cultural integration of the four cities involved in this effort.

Dubrovnik 2020 — Final selectionBid books · Dubrovnik · 2020

Bodø 2024Evaluations · Bodø · 2024“Bodø2024 was for tourists and the cultural elite, not for us.” Sami Culture Week 2023 | Photo: Fredrik Stenbro | | 7 3 Sami National Day 2023 | Photo: Fredrik Stenbro 74 | | 4.3.

Bodø 2024 — Pre-selectionBid books · Bodø · 2024But the kind of society we want cannot succeed on gleaming new buildings alone. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To reverse the image of Nordland – internally and externally To widen the production base for culture To connect with groups still not…

Sofia 2019 — Pre-selectionBid books · Sofia · 2019Human sustainability will be achieved through massive efforts for capacity building and professionalization of the local cultural sector. Our recently initi- ated Regional Academy for Cultural Managers, the professional forums and…

Zadar 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Zadar · 2020This is why ECoC will help us attract these industries while building the new creative community and new ecosystem. To one point, this process has already been started with a support of the EU funds through the projects such as COIN Zadar…

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2019 (Matera & Plovdiv)Evaluations · Matera & Plovdiv · 2019…also thanks to the use of specific calls, about 15,000 citizens participating in the implementation of the Cultural programme were above 55 years old.

Trnava 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Trnava · 2026Part of enhancing the cultural experience of the city, is the development of cultural infrastructure. This includes projects that range from the construc- tion of new cycle paths to the restoration of a com- munist building, or the reuse…

Kaunas 2022 — 1st monitoring reportMonitoring & progress reports · Kaunas · 2022Kaunas 2022 will hold an international conference on informal cultural training based on experience and knowledge gained through The Tempo Academy of Culture.

Žilina 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Žilina · 2026…big events like ECoC create disruptions and it is important to manage them wisely in order to achieve a long-lasting positive impact on the cultural scene that would extend beyond the event as such.

Piran 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Piran · 2025…key projects from the Kultura.PIKA Strategy initiate or participate in EU-projects · work on the climate policy for the cultural sector · develop a cultural network/platform of wider cross- border Istria build on sinergies · take over…

Plovdiv 2019Bid books · Plovdiv · 2019All of these public discussions made us realise, however, that it was crucial to start working on what we identified as problems in Plovdiv’s cultural sector right away, not through discussions, but by offering opportunities to the…

Elefsina (Eleusis) 2021Bid books · Elefsina (Eleusis) · 2021sector (foundations, urban investors etc.) and local Eleusis key actors. In terms of geographical scope, the focus would be mostly on European countries with special emphasis on the Balkan region.

Leeuwarden 2018 — European Commission evaluationEvaluations · 2018Nonetheless, there were instances of very high quality and overall the cultural programme offered a diversity of activities of many different artistic disciplines.

Bad Ischl / Salzkammergut 2024Bid books · Bad Ischl / Salzkammergut · 2024To establish long-term exchanges with other cities holding the ECoC title, we not only developed links in the cultural program for the title year 2024, but also long-term and capacity building projects.

Selection panel report — Lithuania ECoC 2022 (final selection)Frameworks & research · 2022According to the panel, the proposed procedures do not fit the capacities of the cultural sector in the city and could therefore have counterproductive outcomes.

Galway 2020Bid books · Galway · 2020…Actions Create intergenerational ICT learning platforms in Create introductory programmes to the culture of Galway for new migrants using cultural institutions.

Hildesheim 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Hildesheim · 2025

Selection panel report — Lithuania ECoC 2022 (pre-selection)Frameworks & research · 2022…if all partner cities have expressed the political support for the ECOC project as the latter has diverse needs and objectives comparing to cultural tourism development, which is politically supported.

the_missing_pillar.pdfSent in by membersAdopt the language of the SDGs One clear challenge for the arts and cultural sector is the need to integrate and adopt the language of the SDGs. There is a need for major institutions to become better at messaging the impact of their work…

Kranj 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Kranj · 2025Imagine a program serving inspi- ration for spontaneous cultural and social projects launched by citizens, who, under the umbrella of the ECC, will more easily turn their ideas into tangible results that reach audiences.

Narva 2024 — Final selectionBid books · Narva · 2024We will encourage innovation through collab- oration across sectors and industries: music with technology, art of the word with architecture, design and cleantech, performance and transportation, etc.

Tirana 2024 — Pre-selectionBid books · Tirana · 2024Knowing Cultural Heritage: Here the aim is the preservation and the promotion of Tirana’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage, in so doing it turns Tirana in an authentic destination and supports the development of a creative city.

Selection panel report — Slovakia ECoC 2026 (pre-selection)Frameworks & research · 2026The past history of civil society organisations alongside cultural institutions rising to the challenging era of the 1990’s led to a unique generational experience that gives authenticity to the aspiration of Žilina to strengthen the…

Magdeburg 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Magdeburg · 2025In order to further strengthen the presence and efficiency of this sector, we complete the project with international symposiums and workshops for the players from Magde- burg and Saxony-Anhalt as part of our Opening Access capacity…

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2015 (Mons & Plzeň)Evaluations · Mons & Plzeň · 2015building their capacity is essential to developing a cultural programme that is authentic to the city and which involves local citizens. One important form of support is creating opportunities to widen contacts and networks, particularly…

Broumov 2028 — Pre-selectionBid books · Broumov · 2028Close cooperation and partnership bringing mutual benefits among municipalities, local NGOs and the private business sector are crucial for small European communities to survive watershed moments.