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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: 180; 1985–2030

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41 documents for “Volunteering”

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Magdeburg 2025 — Pre-selectionBid books · Magdeburg · 2025It looks Volunteering is also a way of bringing people from different communities together. Magdeburg’s online association database contains 250 addresses of various associations in which volunteers are involved.

Nürnberg 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Nürnberg · 2025Volunteering The commitment and engagement shown by the people of Nürnberg is re- markable. No fewer than 130,000 peo- ple in Nürnberg are engaged in volun- tary work.

Nova Gorica 2025Bid books · Nova Gorica · 2025Small-scale volunteering activities have already played a significant role during the bidding phase. Experts collabo- rated voluntarily in consulting for the preparation of the bid book.

Three Sisters 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Three Sisters · 2020For us volunteering is part of how we live. However, we haven’t ever really called it volunteering and with the exception of recent major cultural and sporting events – such as the Tall Ships race in 2011, key festivals or our Town Centre…

Tampere 2026 — Final selectionBid books · Tampere · 2026VOLUNTEERING While Tampere is experienced in volunteering for sport events, cultural institutions, social clubs, NGOs and international communities, we now want to bring the diverse interests and background together – to expand the network…

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline ReportEvaluations · Liverpool · 2008This equated to 216 and 771 days of volunteering in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Comparison with other events is difficult as time periods (and thus potential levels of commitment) differ; for example, over a 10 day time period in 2002…

Rijeka 2020 — Evaluation ReportEvaluations · Rijeka · 2020…for 84 participants, including repre- sentatives of cultural organisations from Rijeka and TD RIJEKA 2020 employees. 118 EVALUATION REPORT The volunteering programme of the Rijeka 2020 - ECoC project included a total of 462 vol- unteers.

Magdeburg 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Magdeburg · 2025For international volunteering we will involve the expertise of Liverpool 2008, Ruhr 2010, as well as the Volunteering Legacy Book by Plovdiv 2019 to learn how to develop sustainable, cross-city volunteer programmes.

Leuven 2030Bid books · Leuven · 2030For other volunteers there are financial barriers that make volunteering difficult. Which is why we provide a volunteer allowance. In this way we ensure that we reach a broader and more diverse volunteer populace.

Broumov 2028 — Pre-selectionBid books · Broumov · 2028The volunteering programme – Light the Spark Volunteer work is the main direction of our participatory ap- proach, which is why we aim to add educational trainings in volunteering as part of regular civic education at Broumovs- ko’s…

Lublin 2029Bid books · Lublin · 2029

Banja Luka 2024 — Final selectionBid books · Banja Luka · 2024…strategy of sorts, which will in time, gradually, bring the best results. → The steps are: Organizing open days of volunteerism, • Creating a volunteering centre, a place where people can connect among them- selves but also with projects…

Bielsko-Biała 2029Bid books · Bielsko-Biała · 2029International Volunteering Programme: we have developed the concept of an international volun- teering programme (CV&T) during the ECoC bid. This programme will train individuals aged 16-25 in various positions within cultural event…

Aarhus 2017Evaluations · Aarhus · 2017…ReThinkers at 4,535 in their “Welcome Future” report, but 13% were exclusively registered in the database and were never actively involved in volunteering for Aarhus 2017. The actual number of involved citizens was thus under 4,000.

Limerick 2020 — Final selectionBid books · Limerick · 2020Volunteering – This is one of the very best ways through which people can find a way to belong to something, as well enhancing the project through their support.

Ljubljana 2025 — Final selectionBid books · Ljubljana · 2025Volunteering will provide support to our various programme segments and give citizens an opportunity to participate in the ECoC. For many individuals, LJ 2025 will be their first encounter with volunteering, an opportunity for…

Rijeka 2020Bid books · Rijeka · 2020Coast Lines ( islands ) Rijeka 2020 Volunteer Programme Apart from targeted volunteering programmes in cultural institutions, we involve volunteers in all programme-related and promotional activities: dissemination of information and…

Liepāja 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Liepāja · 2027Volunteering. An important way to feel a sense of belonging not only to ECoC but also to the city is to strengthen people's involvement through volunteering. We have to admit that we have not been so strong in this area so far.

Liverpool 2008 — Baseline ReportEvaluations · Liverpool · 2008Liverpool 08 Volunteering and Ambassadors A key factor in encouraging local ownership of, and engagement with, the Manchester Commonwealth Games was developing a large number of volunteers to help with the logistics of arranging the event.

České Budějovice (Budweis) 2028Bid books · České Budějovice (Budweis) · 2028Inclusive volunteering in culture will be introduced as a tool for integration and empowerment. It will help to identify strengths, needs and aspirations of participants who will contribute to the cultural life of Budweis.

f59881a3-596e-4ec5-9027-5b7cc8b20dd8-garciaetal-2010-creating_an_impact-impacts08.pdfEvaluationsVolunteering in Liverpool ECoC The Liverpool Culture Company presented a four year 08Volunteer programme which attracted over 4,000 registrations of interest.

Maribor 2012 — Final ReportEvaluations · Maribor · 2012All volunteer work and ways of including volunteers in the work of the Maribor 2012 institute was prepared on the basis of the Volunteering Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No.

Herceg Novi 2021 — Pre-selectionBid books · Herceg Novi · 2021Volunteers As we indicated above, things like cultural Volunteering are relatively new and under developed concepts in our part of the world. So we have been taking some advice from people who have really good experience in this area.

Debrecen 2023Bid books · Debrecen · 2023Horizon EnAct (urban volunteering programme) is the volunteering mechanism aiming to provide an integrated volunteer management on one side but also an individu- al learning path for individuals who wish to contribute to the implementation…

Rouen 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Rouen · 2028…ing the collective for the equinox High Tides. ■ The High Tides The Seine Assembly manages an essential component of our programme: The High Volunteering, acquiring new skills and fulfilling one’s potential Volunteer work is an important…

Limerick 2020 — Pre-selectionBid books · Limerick · 2020volunteering, but also the thirst to contribute actively to the city. The Social Impact Study and Volunteer Programme Report demonstrated how volunteering enhanced participants sense of ownership of the year, and we plan to re-mobilise…

Messolonghi 2021 — Pre-selectionBid books · Messolonghi · 2021…novative tools (netnography, sociability indicators, web monitoring, etc.). 73 messolonghi 2021 european capital of culture candidate city 6 Volunteering The candidacy of Messolonghi 2021 is a vision based firstly on the exchange of…

Évora 2027 — Final selectionBid books · Évora · 2027WANDERING GUIDES: INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME In 2022, we started working with volunteers, building up a force of about 30 people. By 2027, our goal is to involve at least 500 volunteers.

Katowice 2029Bid books · Katowice · 2029We will build a network of volunteers from different countries (the pro- fessional networking site LinkedIn has added a “volunteering” tab for a reason.

Galway 2020 — Monitoring ReportEvaluations · Galway · 2020…following a three-month pause caused by the pandemic onset, the Wave Makers were asked to indicate whether they would like to continue volunteering for Galway 2020.

Klaipėda 2022 — Final selectionBid books · Klaipėda · 2022The volunteering tradition in the city and region is still underdeveloped, despite the fact that we have some experience of working with volunteers in major cultural events in the city, and especially in the Tall Ships Races, Song…

Liverpool 2008 — Impact AssessmentEvaluations · Liverpool · 2008Volunteering in Liverpool ECoC The Liverpool Culture Company presented a four year 08Volunteer programme which attracted over 4,000 registrations of interest.

Broumov 2028 — Final selectionBid books · Broumov · 2028…Finance & Legal / Marketing & Communication / International Collaboration / HR IT & Risk Management / Fundraising & Sponsorship Volunteering Team.

EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Tallinn, TurkuEvaluations · Tallinn & Turku · 2011…great emphasis on organising cultural event in neighbourhoods across the city, particularly in schools (in the case of Liverpool). 71 Last, a volunteering programme can one of the most effective ways of increasing the long-term, active…

Chemnitz 2025Bid books · Chemnitz · 2025To identify barriers that might inhibit new residents, the physically impaired and differently abled, people of different age groups or financially marginalised people from participating in our culture of making, we will ask different…

Leeuwarden 2018Bid books · Leeuwarden · 2018Half the population is involved in volunteering and there are many international contacts via this base. Since it is a part of our culture , we believe that the volun- teer programme is crucial to the success.

Bodø 2024Evaluations · Bodø · 2024Volunteering, therefore, Arctic light opening | Photo: David Engmo is an important resource that can be activated to a much higher degree. Local municipalities are well-positioned to take an active role in facilitating this highly…

Veliko Tarnovo 2019 — Final selectionBid books · Veliko Tarnovo · 2019We beleive we can overcome any challenges with the full support of our numerous creative citizens. volunTeering aT vT2019 Creative workshops, meetings and discussions have taken place not only in the city centre, but also in suburban…

GarciaEtAl(2025)FINAL-Monitor2024_Assessing-Bodo2024-European-Capital-of-Culture_small.pdfEvaluationsVolunteering, therefore, Arctic light opening | Photo: David Engmo is an important resource that can be activated to a much higher degree. Local municipalities are well-positioned to take an active role in facilitating this highly…

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