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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

50 documents for “Digital”

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

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Nitra 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Nitra · 2026

the_missing_pillar.pdfSent in by membersDigital technologies provide new ways for creativity and innovation to be unlocked. The creative economy is one of the most rapidly growing sectors worldwide, creating opportunities for job creation and international markets.

Plovdiv 2019Bid books · Plovdiv · 2019Digital Communication Strategy “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow”, says Bill Gates. Considering that Plovdiv is one of the best connected cities in Europe with cheap, fast and reliable access to…

Galway 2020Bid books · Galway · 2020…for the European Capital of Culture Year? 6.27.1 EXPERIENCE ANYTHING ANYWHERE In a little over 12 months Galway has become the largest ever ‘Digital Capital of Culture’ building an online community of over 70,000 people and reaching…

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028Bid books · České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028DIGITAL STRATEGY: SHARING IS CARING The digital layer is integrated into each and every Budweis 2028 aspect - with no exception of marketing. Further- more, in cultural marketing, the product often becomes the message of marketing…

Rijeka 2020Bid books · Rijeka · 2020Digital Possibly the most intense part of our commu- nications work will be in the self-produced digital contents. Our digital newsroom will be fully servicing the above mentioned media relations ( when/where needed ) and will be covering…

Dublin 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Dublin · 2020Digital Dublin will foster and develop an Interna- tional and European Innovation system through city to city collaboration, working with Government, Business, Higher Education and Citizens.

Kalamata 2021 — Final selectionBid books · Kalamata · 2021digitAl stRAtegy In our modern era, image and sound can travel faster than any transport vehicle! Digital solutions and technology are the tools that we need in order to make our programme more accessible to broader audiences and reach as…

Veliko Tarnovo 2019 — Final selectionBid books · Veliko Tarnovo · 2019A review of the relationship between art, digital media and technologies will answer the ques- tion in a 2019 conference devoted to this issue. Participants will debate and explore the subject of digital media and its applications in the…

Donostia-San Sebastián 2016Bid books · Donostia-San Sebastián · 2016

Ljubljana 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Ljubljana · 2025MADE IN DIGITAL Although Slovenian new media and intermedia artists are globally renowned (Marko Peljhan, Dragan Živadinov, Maja Smrekar), we have heretofore lacked a serious overview of their work that would shine a light on their…

Venezia & Nordest 2019 — Pre-selectionBid books · Venezia & Nordest · 2019The Digital Capital. The cultural playbill will be staged via the Digital ECoC (see Question IV.3), which will bring full broadband and ultra-broadband coverage to Venice and the Northeast, supplement the content of the ECoC Bid (through…

Nova Gorica 2025Bid books · Nova Gorica · 2025

Faro 2027Bid books · Faro · 2027Digital culture Digital is here to stay, but there is a difference between digital and digital. Indeed, as a immediate aftermath of the crisis, people are tired of all digital. People crave for physical experiences.

Mons 2015Bid books · Mons · 2015Tournée vers les TIC (Technologies de l’Information et de la Com- munication) et les médias numériques, la Digital Innovation Valley regroupe des entreprises de la région de Mons et des environs (Tour- nai, le Brabant wallon, Charleroi).

Timișoara 2021Bid books · Timișoara · 2021Digital strategy The digital existence of the TM2021 Cultural Programme leads the marketing and communication strategy because the digital component is the key mechanism to implementing the engagement, participation and outreach of TM2021…

Herceg Novi 2021 — Pre-selectionBid books · Herceg Novi · 20215) Digital experience. This is an area where we recognise a key need and is a current gap in the programme. Though we have a solution which will make a significant difference to our knowledge and effectiveness in this area.

Liepāja 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Liepāja · 2027And leaflets, flyers will be both physical and available in digital versions, on platforms, on social networks. In communication, digital is the new natural.

Zagreb 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Zagreb · 2020…CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL ART FORMS WITH NEW, INNOVATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS? traditional/contemporary and analogue/digital are two main reconciliation processes we will employ in our approach to innovative…

Hildesheim 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Hildesheim · 2025DIGITAL MEDIA The digital media content will provide exciting insight into the programme, practices and mindset of Hildesheim 2025, inspired by the notion of care.

Broumov 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Broumov · 2028We reach these Europeans in person, through market- ing activities and digital platforms. By active listening and choosing topics closest to the specific group, we create space for self-identification with the Creative Pilgrimage and…

Trnava 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Trnava · 2026This awareness leads to a new attitude towards the (digital) overflow that is overwhelming for so many of us. Rather than being washed away by it, people who have experienced our ECoC programme will feel firmly rooted, trusting themselves…

Elefsina (Eleusis) 2021Bid books · Elefsina (Eleusis) · 2021…and implementation of the Communication and Marketing strategy, the Press Office, Public Relations, Graphic design and Translation, as well as digital media and web development services.

Rouen 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Rouen · 2028The 11TH Port of Call is entirely digital, linking Rouen and the Seine Normande to all those who will not be travel- ling but who will be experiencing part of RSN28 online.

Split 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Split · 2020Our digital communication strategy transcends time and place. It offers us a broad possibility to approach many targets with a small budget, investing, however, a lot of work, creativity, passion, and out of the box thinking.

Rhodes 2021 — Final selectionBid books · Rhodes · 2021Digit:Isle will host exhibitions of local and international emerging digital artists, workshops on technology and arts, master classes, contemporary screenings, new media performances, smaller scale music concerts and other immersive…

Nürnberg 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Nürnberg · 2025Podcasts about Nürnberg2025’s arts and cultural programme Playground TV: Nürnberg2025’s digital television channel Media Library: providing access to all formats, including previously broadcast programmes Our Media House Partners include…

Banja Luka 2024 — Final selectionBid books · Banja Luka · 2024Digital Partisans will invite its audience to actively par-ticipate in the creation process and to contribute to the future life of the exhibition.

Évora 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Évora · 2027PLACES(channels) We are living through an unprecedented digital transfor- mation. The ways in which information is created and con- sumed are constantly evolving.

Dubrovnik 2020 — Final selectionBid books · Dubrovnik · 2020The team fully acknowledges the complexity of the digital field and will further develop its dig- ital strategy with already committed partners. This will be achieved in close cooperation with worldwide leaders in innovative hardware as…

Siena 2019 — Pre-selectionBid books · Siena · 2019Date: 2015-2019 (training and archive de- velopment); 2019-onwards: Dissemination Place: Digital web, private homes, public spaces, Contradas. Project partners: metaLAB Harvard Uni- versity; Ahref Foundation, Trento; Magis- trato delle…

Tampere 2026 — Final selectionBid books · Tampere · 2026First, we have in- itiatives making our saunas more accessible for inter- national visitors: DIGITAL PLATFORMS: we provide a mobile app point- ing out saunas in many sizes, forms and tastes, and answering Frequently Asked Questions in…

Kaunas 2022Bid books · Kaunas · 2022Digital presence is planned to give a deeper look at the analogue reality by audio, video, augmented reality, bluetooth and location services based apps. Digital technology can add the dimension of time to spaces in the City.

Bourges 2028 — Pre-selectionBid books · Bourges · 2028…Chapelle Euroverse and Miniverse exhibition This project reconstructs Bourges’ Sainte Chapelle that was destroyed in 1775 as an immersive digital space – an exceptional monument completed in 1397, modelled on the Sainte Chapelle of Paris.

Chemnitz 2025Bid books · Chemnitz · 2025We also learned that, in the digital sphere, we have to do more than to just contact people — to make the step to real-life participation, active involvement and even (co-)ownership of the projects are required.

Tartu 2024 — 1st monitoring reportMonitoring & progress reports · Tartu · 2024…recommendations concerning the need for a more provocative and experimental programme, the Panel wanted to know what would change in the digital strategy and in the aims of the programme after COVID-19.

Zadar 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Zadar · 2020Urban Reloading tackles accessibility and participa- tion challenges, ﬁrstly by giving the special atten- tion to access to culture via digital means.

Esch-sur-Alzette 2022Bid books · Esch-sur-Alzette · 2022Digitalisation This is not just the pivotal point and fulcrum of the programme; it is a criterion that will be incorporated into the planning of the pro- gramme right from the very start, now and of course in the future.

Zittau 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Zittau · 2025…is a project by the inhabitants of this region, so it is they who should be the protagonists of our external and internal communication. #digital&original: In future we will increasingly be using digital met- hods of communication.

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