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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

19 documents of type ex-post evaluation for “Funding”

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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.

…2025 gGmbH: Contributing to the evaluation process City of Chemnitz/Department of Culture: Working documentation 46 47 6 OVERVIEW CULTURAL FUNDING 2019–2023 This chapter deals with selected data on the City of Chemnitz’s cultural funding…

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London

Reports available at www.impacts08.net Impacts 08 gratefully acknowledges the funding and commitment from Liverpool City Council in commissioning this research programme, and the engagement of many individuals from within the Council in…

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Umeå, Riga

Umeå & Riga · 2014

No direct funding was provided to Sigulda from the Rīga2014 programme meaning it was the ‘badge and brand’ of ECoC that the city used to stimulate funding from their own City Council as well as visitors to the city more generally.

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Aarhus, Pafos

Aarhus & Pafos · 2017

Likewise, the Prime Minister and the Minister for Culture have been actively involved. 2.4.2 Funding The budget for Aarhus 2017, as proposed in the application, was 500m DKK (€66.7m). This was proposed to be expended as follows.

Marseille 2013

Marseille-Provence · 2013

4.4.2 Funding A budget of €98m was proposed at both the pre-selection and final selection phases.62 This made Marseille-Provence one of the best-funded ECoC to date and ensured that a critical mass of activity could be implemented across…

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Guimarães, Maribor

Guimarães & Maribor · 2012

The funding data shows that the budget planned for the cultural programme during the application phase was delivered in practice. The establishment of funding protocols with the main funders and having all funding sources identified during…

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