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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

41 documents for “Environment”

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

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Kranj 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Kranj · 2025…changes is a necessary part of our daily routine, given that not only are social fabrics being changed at a lighting pace, but also natural environments around them.

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028Bid books · České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028…(CZ) ► Milan Binder (CZ) PROGRAMME PROJECT DESCRIPTION CURATOR NAMELEADING PARTNER 42 CREATORS The only possible future is the better one! #ENVIRONMENT ARS BIOLOGICA 2024 – 2029 University of South Bohemia, Biology Centre of the CAS, Ars…

Cultural Development Plan „Cultural Vision 2030“ (English) (Bad Ischl 2024)Strategies & action plans · 2024…experts warn of impending climate collapse. 55 Thirst for retreat © Rocky Cody So how can the Salzkammergut be encouraged to facilitate a more environmentally friendly lifestyle?

Banja Luka 2024 — Final selectionBid books · Banja Luka · 2024Anoth- er legacy is the created and accumulated capacity to creatively engage different environment-related issues - either currently present, or those looming in the future.

Elefsina (Eleusis) 2021Bid books · Elefsina (Eleusis) · 2021Vertical Gardens and Share the Light focus mainly on building the spacial environment, whereas the "Neighbourhood Cutlural Councils" focus on building the local communities capacities in cultural management, audience development, curating…

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline ReportEvaluations · Liverpool · 2008The Use of the Heritage Environment This sub-theme will explore the way in which Liverpool‟s World Heritage Site and other heritage buildings are incorporated within the cultural city.

Plovdiv 2019Bid books · Plovdiv · 2019The Environment Action Programme for the EU, newly proposed by the DG Environment called “Living well, within the limits of our planet” has its priorities in the reduction of threats to human health and wellbeing linked to pollution…

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline ReportEvaluations · Liverpool · 2008The Use of the Heritage Environment This sub-theme will explore the way in which Liverpool‟s World Heritage Site and other heritage buildings are incorporated within the cultural city.

Žilina 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Žilina · 2026

Kuressaare 2024 — Pre-selectionBid books · Kuressaare · 2024The living environment that has been pre- served over centuries, unique traditions, and our hard-working and humorous people have been especially acknowledged because we have managed to live in harmony with the nature.

Piran 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Piran · 2025RE:CREATE to The environmental problems involves seeing audiences as stakeholders, co-designers, and fellow designers of spaces and processes. Where audiences want to co-create, co- design, co-generate we will have an offer ready.

Paphos 2017Bid books · Paphos · 2017Tourism and Environment Tourism in Pafos is a mixed blessing. It is economically vital but a strain on some other areas. The three main influences of tourism are on the environment, on the segregation of the city and on the social…

Volos 2021 — Pre-selectionBid books · Volos · 2021ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN LANDSCAPE Development of EU’s green directive on the protection of nature, on ensuring health and quality of life, environmental education and eco- tourism. Indicative actions.

Mons 2015Bid books · Mons · 2015Ainsi, nous attendons des traiteurs de nous faire des propositions de menus équilibrés, respectant les règles de base d’une alimentation saine (principe des cinq fruits et légumes par jour, etc.), réalisés à base de produits Bio et…

Rouen 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Rouen · 2028…from non- Western culture on connecting to the earth and the soil. — PARTNERS: The FRENE (French network for education in nature and the environment), the GRAINE (regional network of actors in Education for the Environment and Sustainable…

Tampere 2026 — Final selectionBid books · Tampere · 2026Creative workshops on upcycling plastic objects, the recycling event Plastic Market and the environmental friendly waste cleaning games with a Russian partner work all spark environmental action – amounting to three strands of the project…

Liepāja 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Liepāja · 2027The development of the coastal ecosystem management model is an initiative of the Liepāja Municipality Environment Department, based on the assessment of ecosystem services, highlighting the benefits and trade-offs between different land…

Oulu 2026Bid books · Oulu · 2026This shift affects every aspect of our cul- tural, political, environmental and technological landscape. In 2026 we propose to cooperate with artists who work within a similarly shifting paradigm, where technological innovation and…

Bodø 2024Bid books · Bodø · 2024Our vision is to become the most environmentally sustainable ECoC ever. There will be no plastic products for single use and recycling facilities will of course be provided for all events.

Nova Gorica 2025Bid books · Nova Gorica · 2025With the accessibility of contemporary environmental sens- ing and recording instruments, be it on biological, chemical, physical or visual levels, the human ability to understand the components of what we deem “nature” has expanded…

Ioannina 2021 — Pre-selectionBid books · Ioannina · 2021Other aspects of culture: natural environment and sports In a region with sizeable areas of wilderness and areas of particular natural beauty, where people lived and worked in close alignment with nature, the cultural connection between…

Évora 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Évora · 2027…in the Alentejo will create the conditions for a series of meetings of European artists and experts working in the field of climate and the environment. It is a rare example of trees conquering space.

Riga 2014Bid books · Riga · 2014CoopERATIon pARTnERS: Riga’s partner towns. 70 71 environment unites The surrounding environment is one of the components forming a person’s personality.

Hlohovec 2026 — Pre-selectionBid books · Hlohovec · 2026Four areas of interest, four areas of response to 4Ds 1/Safe Environment vs. Destabilization Our dreamer faces the process of destabilization, uncertainty, and unveiling of our known world by deﬁning and creating a safe environment.

Lecce 2019 — Final selectionBid books · Lecce · 2019…Ykon, Helsinki Underwater and Sky Perception- An open, live and virtual natural museum Within the cultural heritage of the geographical/environmental Salento, there is a rich history of life forged by the environment.

Faro 2027Bid books · Faro · 2027The current pandemic and lockdowns have made us all value natural environments – and especially those in proximity to water – much more. Studies carried out over the last 10 years have shown that spending leisure time in “blue” spaces and…

Évora 2027 — Pre-selectionBid books · Évora · 2027…idyllic landscape, leading to a lack of water and a loss of biodiversity – all issues that will merit the attention of artists known for their environmental activism and critical stance on the exploitation of the land.

Matera 2019Bid books · Matera · 2019We share a common environment. It must, however, go hand-in-hand with a deep-rooted sensitivity to the surrounding environment. For all the differences of language, song, climate and tradition, Europe- ans everywhere face the same…

Perugia 2019 — Pre-selectionBid books · Perugia · 2019…creation and policies - Employment relationships - Workplace conditions and social protection - Health and safety precautions in the workplace environment - Human development, training in the workplace and skills development - Fundamental…

Donostia-San Sebastián 2016Bid books · Donostia-San Sebastián · 2016…ultimately aim at generating less CO2, compensating for generated CO2 and launching a coherent message of commitment and coexistence with the environment.

Bourges 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Bourges · 2028…together the ambassadors of indigenous peoples from the fi ve continents, celebrities from the world of current musics and specialists in environmental causes.

Hildesheim 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Hildesheim · 2025How can works of art add to the solution of funda- mental environmental questions? With Hi2025, we aim at contributing to a new responsibility for preserving nature and environment.

Leuven 2030Bid books · Leuven · 2030A live arts programme with unplugged outdoor performances shaped entirely by their environments Imagine a ballet among the trees, an opera echoing across the fields, or a symphonic orchestra gently swaying to the rhythm of the wind above a…

Osijek 2020 — Final selectionBid books · Osijek · 2020All the events planned for 2020 and for preparatory years are planned with the awareness of their impact on the environment through CO₂ emissions.

Sofia 2019 — Final selectionBid books · Sofia · 2019…His- tory Museum, 10 venues throughout Kyustendil Indicative budget: € 1,100,000 Panagiya fest, Kyustendil 2012 SHARING GREEN Sofia’s environmental record has often been less than exemplary and the city still faces numerous environmental…

Varna 2019 — Pre-selectionBid books · Varna · 2019…main entrance “Urban Texture: Rings and Paths” Project for Integrated City Transport and Sustainable Mobility Confirmed Projects Total Urban Environment – Zone of social impact (Mladost, Vladislav Varnenchik Neighbourhoods) Urban…

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/EUPublished by cities · Cluj-Napoca · 2026EN 22 EN (a) an initial interim report by 31 December 2038; (b) a second interim report by 31 December 2043; (c) an ex post report by 31 December 2048. Article 18 Exercise of the delegation 1.

Narva 2024 — Final selectionBid books · Narva · 2024…and international festivals such as De- sign Manchester, we will learn to have fun with our built environment by in- viting our community as well as artists and spatial practitioners from around the world to “Put some colour on!” Narva.

Hildesheim 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Hildesheim · 2025The participatory concert installation will deal with pausing and reversion, and plans on developing alternative attitudes towards our environment. By reducing in an attractive way, we will ex- plore a diﬀerent, more meaningful setting.

Culture and Creative Industries Strategy 2026–2035Published by cities · Brno · 2026…priorities of this strategy is sustainability in CCIs, as it is key to maintaining their long-term benefits to the economy, society and the environment.

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