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.
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cities
evaluations
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title years covered
60 documents for “Cultural programme”
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Nova 2025 — Monitoring Report
Nova Gorica & Gorizia (GO! 2025) · 2025

Chemnitz 2025
Chemnitz · 2025

Bodø 2024
Bodø · 2024

Galway 2020 — Monitoring Report
Galway · 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

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Aarhus, Pafos
Aarhus & Pafos · 2017

Aarhus 2017
Aarhus · 2017

Wrocław 2016 — Monitoring Report
Wrocław · 2016

Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report
Plzeň · 2015

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Umeå, Riga
Umeå & Riga · 2014

Marseille 2013
Marseille-Provence · 2013

Turku 2011 — Final Report
Turku · 2011

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Essen Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul
Essen/Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul · 2010

Liverpool 2008 — Impact Assessment
Liverpool · 2008

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
Liverpool · 2008

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
Liverpool · 2008

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

european cities and capitals of culture study for the european union palmer augus 2004 part II english
Cross-city (Palmer Report Pt II) · 2004