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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.

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bid books
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1985–2030

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All shelvesEvaluations 50Monitoring and progress reports 1Bid books 180Panel reports 86Strategies and action plans 5Research, guides and frameworks 35Sent in by members 54Published by cities 11
TypeBid book (pre-selection) 15Bid book (final selection) 15Monitoring panel report 3Ex-post evaluation 19Strategy 2Research 3Other 1 Any type

15 documents of type bid book (pre-selection) for “Funding”

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  • Sofia 2019 — Pre-selection
What the document types mean
Bid book (pre-selection)
A city's first application for the title, judged by the selection panel to make the shortlist.
Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Bid book (final selection)
A shortlisted city's full, final application for the title, with its programme, budget and plans.
Evidence of intent: what a city promised, not what it delivered.
Selection panel report
The EU expert panel's assessment of the bids in one competition, with its reasons and its recommendation.
Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Monitoring panel report
The EU expert panel's report on a designated city's preparations before its title year, with its advice.
Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Ex-post evaluation
An assessment, written after the title year or a programme, of what it actually achieved, usually by independent evaluators.
Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Monitoring or progress report
A city's own report on how its programme is going, written while it runs, with the figures it has tracked.
Evidence of outcome: what actually happened.
Strategy
A city's long-term plan or policy for culture, including legacy strategies and council decisions.
A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Action plan
A concrete plan of what a city or organisation will do, by when and with what resources.
A plan: how a city meant to deliver and keep going.
Guide or toolkit
Practical how-to material that others can reuse: guides, toolkits, handbooks and templates.
Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Research
Studies, frameworks and papers across one or more cities, written by researchers rather than by a city.
Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Other
Anything else: news, memos, programme brochures and documents that fit no type above.
Context: useful background, not a city's own evidence of what happened.
Sofia · 2019

…and transformation of the Munici- pal Cultural Institute “Sredets” into a centre for contemporary performing arts. 7,525,000 BGN 3,836,821 EUR Funding: JESSICA • Renovation and revitalization of The National Palace of Children and the…

  • Siracusa & South-East 2019 — Pre-selection
    Siracusa & South-East · 2019

    Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma Funding: € 75,000 Internazional Cinema Festival on Frontiers Descriotion: Frontier: not only a land on the margins, but as something tha is in front of us.

  • Banja Luka 2024 — Pre-selection
    Banja Luka · 2024
  • Utrecht 2018 — Pre-selection
    Utrecht · 2018

    The contri- bution of the city and province sums up to (just over) € 28 milllion; this is new,€ 28 milllion; this is new,€ additional funding specifically for Utrecht 2018.

  • St. Pölten 2024 — Pre-selection
    St. Pölten · 2024

    …of Austria. ** No serious figure can be given here at present, as the EU has yet to decide on the budgets/financial framework and the (new) funding programmes for the period of 2021 to 2027.

  • Évora 2027 — Pre-selection
    Évora · 2027

    Negotiations are still underway with the funding authorities on the investment amounts presented here; so far there have been no final decisions. The entry into force of the financing framework 2021-2027 - Portugal 2030 should allow most…

  • Limerick 2020 — Pre-selection
    Limerick · 2020

    Initial funding will come from Limerick City and County Council, thus allowing time to further implement our fundraising strategy. 67 | 6.2.3 Have the public finance authorities (City, Region, State) already voted on or made financial…

  • Larissa 2021 — Pre-selection
    Larissa · 2021

    Until the submission of the present proposal, the Municipality of Larissa had funding from the implementation of co-funded programmes by the European Commission amounting to 393.000€.

  • Aosta 2019 — Pre-selection
    Aosta · 2019

    In terms of economic resources, some specific comments must be dedicated to EU funding. In this pre- selection phase, it has been decided to conservatively calculate only the amount of the “Melina Mercouri” prize.

  • Ruse 2019 — Pre-selection
    Ruse · 2019

    …the estimated amounts are based on the experience we have gained during the now ending 2007-2013 programming period, nearly 2/3 of the public funding is expected to come from the EU funds; the remaining 1/3 will be formed by equally shared…

  • Leeds 2023 — Pre-selection
    Leeds · 2023

    Whilst 2023 is outside of the budgetary planning period for Arts Council England we have discussed potential funding with its senior officers in order to make a realistic estimate.

  • Bodø 2024 — Pre-selection
    Bodø · 2024

    Our future challenge and the most important one is how we use that funding to drive our broader strategic vision. 445 . M A N A G E M E N T Q23 Please explain the overall operating budget (i.e.

  • Ravenna 2019 — Pre-selection
    Ravenna · 2019

    …and branch offices in Faenza, Cesena, Forlì and Rimini Partners: Mar (Ravenna City Art Museum), Academy of Fine Arts - Ravenna, Isia - Faenza Funding: € 1.000.000 19.

  • Lendava 2025 — Pre-selection
    Lendava · 2025

    …current project by an amount equal to 15% of the entire funding (14% to be precise), which is the average co-financing level of EU projects. We expect a good 10 million EUR from the state and 1.5 million EUR from EU funds, mainly from…

  • Herceg Novi 2021 — Pre-selection
    Herceg Novi · 2021

    Novi anticipates funding 50% of the overall operating budget and the remainder is funded at National level (34%), Region (6,5%) and Private Sector (10%).