The ECoC evidence base
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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evaluations
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title years covered
50 documents on Evaluations
Chemnitz 2025
Chemnitz · 2025
Bodø 2024
Bodø · 2024
Novi Sad 2022 — Evaluation Report
Novi Sad · 2022
Galway 2020 — Monitoring Report
Galway · 2020
Rijeka 2020 — Evaluation Report
Rijeka · 2020
Galway 2020 — Evaluation Report
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — ALL ex-post evaluations -summary
Cross-city (EU summary 2007-2019) · 2019
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2019 (Matera & Plovdiv)
Matera & Plovdiv · 2019
Leeuwarden 2018 — European Commission evaluation
2018
Valletta 2018 — Final Report
Valletta · 2018
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Aarhus, Pafos
Aarhus & Pafos · 2017
Aarhus 2017 — Impact Assessment
Aarhus · 2017
Aarhus 2017
Wrocław 2016 — final report
2016
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2016 (San Sebastián & Wrocław)
San Sebastián & Wrocław · 2016
San Sebastián 2016 — Evaluation Report
San Sebastián · 2016
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — 2015 (Mons & Plzeň)
Mons & Plzeň · 2015
Plzeň 2015 — Evaluation Report
Plzeň · 2015
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Umeå, Riga
Umeå & Riga · 2014
Marseille 2013
Marseille-Provence · 2013
Marseille 2013 — Tourism Assessment
Košice 2013
Košice · 2013
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Guimarães, Maribor
Guimarães & Maribor · 2012
Maribor 2012 — Final Report
Maribor · 2012
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Tallinn, Turku
Tallinn & Turku · 2011
Turku 2011 — Final Report
Turku · 2011
Tallinn 2011
Tallinn · 2011
ECoC 2010 (Essen for the Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul) — final report
2010
EC Ex-Post Evaluation — Essen Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul
Essen/Ruhr, Pécs, Istanbul · 2010
Linz 2009 — Evaluation Report
Linz · 2009
Stavanger 2008 — Our story (final evaluation)
2008
Liverpool 2008 — Impact Assessment
Liverpool · 2008
Liverpool 2008 — Baseline Report
Luxembourg 2007 — final report (Richards)
2007
Luxembourg City 2007 — Evaluation Report
Luxembourg & Greater Region · 2007
European Cities of Culture 2000 — evaluation, final report
2000
Myerscough report — Lisbon 1994
Lisbon · 1994
Myerscough report — Antwerp 1993
Antwerp · 1993
Myerscough report — Madrid 1992
Madrid · 1992
Dublin 1991
Dublin · 1991
Glasgow 1990 — Monitoring Report
Glasgow · 1990
Myerscough report — Paris 1989
Paris · 1989
Myerscough report — Berlin 1988
Berlin · 1988
Myerscough report — Florence 1986
Florence · 1986
Myerscough report — Athens 1985
Athens · 1985
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