The Archive

Selection panel report — Poland ECoC 2029 (final selection)

2029

Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA + candidate countries ECoC 2028 (final selection)

2028

Selection panel report — France ECoC 2028 (final selection)

2028

Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2028 (final selection)

2028

Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2028 (pre-selection)

2028

Selection panel report — Latvia ECoC 2027 (final selection)

2027

Selection panel report — Portugal ECoC 2027 (final selection)

2027

Selection panel report — Slovakia ECoC 2026 (final selection)

2026

Selection panel report — Finland ECoC 2026 (final selection)

2026

Selection panel report — Slovakia ECoC 2026 (pre-selection)

2026

Selection panel report — Finland ECoC 2026 (pre-selection)

2026

Selection panel report — Slovenia ECoC 2025 (final selection)

2025

Selection panel report — Germany ECoC 2025 (final selection)

2025

Selection panel report — Slovenia ECoC 2025 (pre-selection)

2025

Selection panel report — Germany ECoC 2025 (pre-selection)

2025

Programme Book of the Cultural Programme (2024, Bilingual) (Bad Ischl 2024)

2024

Legacy Magazine „Aufbruch, / Shine On, Salzkammergut“ (Bad Ischl 2024)

2024

Selection panel report — Estonia ECoC 2024 (final selection)

2024

Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA & candidate countries ECoC 2024 (final selection)

2024

Selection panel report — Austria ECoC 2024 (final selection)

2024

Selection panel report — Estonia ECoC 2024 (pre-selection)

2024

Selection panel report — EFTA/EEA & candidate countries ECoC 2024 (pre-selection)

2024

Selection panel report — Austria ECoC 2024 (pre-selection)

2024

Selection panel report — Romania ECoC 2023 (final selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Greece ECoC 2023 (final selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Hungary ECoC 2023 (final selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Hungary ECoC 2023 (pre-selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Greece ECoC 2023 (pre-selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Romania ECoC 2023 (pre-selection)

2023

Selection panel report — Luxembourg ECoC 2022 (final selection)

2022

Selection panel report — Lithuania ECoC 2022 (final selection)

2022

Selection panel report — Luxembourg ECoC 2022 (pre-selection)

2022

Selection panel report — Lithuania ECoC 2022 (pre-selection)

2022

Selection panel report — ECoC 2021 (Greece & Romania) (pre-selection)

2021

Selection panel report — Croatia ECoC 2020 (final selection)

2020

Selection panel report — Ireland ECoC 2020 (final selection)

2020

Selection panel report — Croatia ECoC 2020 (pre-selection)

2020

Selection panel report — Ireland ECoC 2020 (pre-selection)

2020

Cagliari events 2014–2019 (Cagliari 2019 candidacy)

2019

Selection panel report — Bulgaria ECoC 2019 (final selection)

2019

Selection panel report — Italy ECoC 2019 (final selection)

2019

Selection panel report — Bulgaria ECoC 2019 (pre-selection)

2019

Selection panel report — Italy ECoC 2019 (pre-selection)

2019

Leeuwarden 2018 — regional development

2018

Selection panel report — Malta ECoC 2018 (final selection)

2018

Selection panel report — Netherlands ECoC 2018 (final selection)

2018

Selection panel report — Malta ECoC 2018 (pre-selection)

2018

Selection panel report — Netherlands ECoC 2018 (pre-selection)

2018

Selection panel report — Cyprus ECoC 2017 (final selection)

2017

Selection panel report — Cyprus ECoC 2017 (pre-selection)

2017

Selection panel report — Spain ECoC 2016 (final selection)

2016

Selection panel report — Spain ECoC 2016 (pre-selection)

2016

Wrocław 2016 — Archipelagos of Culture

Wrocław · 2016

Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2015 (final selection)

2015

Selection panel report — Belgium ECoC 2015 (final selection)

2015

Selection panel report — Czech Republic ECoC 2015 (pre-selection)

2015

Selection panel report — Belgium ECoC 2015 (pre-selection)

2015

Umea and Lund Selection Comparison (Umeå 2014)

2014

Selection panel report — Latvia ECoC 2014 (final selection)

2014

Selection panel report — Sweden ECoC 2014 (final selection)

2014

Selection panel report — Sweden ECoC 2014 (pre-selection)

2014

Selection panel report — Latvia ECoC 2014 (pre-selection)

2014

Selection panel report — France ECoC 2013 (final selection)

2013

Selection panel report — France ECoC 2013 (pre-selection)

2013

Slovenia & Portugal: ECoC 2012 selection

2012

Selection panel report — ECoC 2010 (final selection)

2010

Istanbul 2010

Istanbul · 2010

Vilnius 2009 — anthropological report

2009

Selection panel — report on the nominations (ECoC 2009)

2009

Selection panel — report on the short-listed applications for the United Kingdom nomination (ECoC 2008)

2008

Governing ECoCs (Sibiu 2007)

2007

City marketing (Sibiu 2007)

2007

Selection panel — report on the nominations from Luxembourg and Romania (ECoC 2007)

2007

Urban branding (Patras 2006)

2006

Selection panel — report on the nomination from Greece (ECoC 2006)

2006

An analysis of the cultural sector in the aftermath of Cork 2005

2005

Urban anxieties and creative tensions in the European Capital of Culture 2005 (Cork)

2005

Selection panel — report on the Irish nominations (ECoC 2005)

2005

Un événement d'une ampleur exceptionnelle (Lille 2004)

2004

Lille 2004 and the role of culture in the regeneration of Lille métropole

2004

Comparing the Genoa 2004 and Lille 2004 cases (Sacco)

2004

European Capitals/Cities of Culture 1995–2004 — city reports (Palmer, part 2)

2004

european cities and capitals of culture study for the european union palmer augus 2004 part II english

Cross-city (Palmer Report Pt II) · 2004

Lasting effects of Bruges 2002

2002

A case study of Salamanca 2002

2002

The Impact of Cultural Events on City Image (Rotterdam 2001)

2001

Promoting Europe through ‘Unity in Diversity’: Avignon as European Capital of Culture in 2000

2000

Deconstructing the creative city: snapshots from Helsinki (Helsinki 2000)

2000

Dressing for success (Lisbon 1994)

1994

European Cities of Culture. Oct 1994

Cross-city (Network of Cultural Cities of Europe) · 1994

CultureNext_Culture-as-Care_AdvocacyThemeReport_December2025_FINAL.pdf

GarciaEtAl(2013)ECoCLongTermEffects-EuropeanParliament.pdf

Larnaka_Culture_SDG_Impact_Profile_v2 (1).docx (1).pdf

56021a3c-220e-49cd-a8c0-656eca9296c0-garciaetal-2010-ecocpolicygroup-europeancommission.pdf

568e846b-0dac-4f5e-b911-102e063ecaae-novisad_culture_sdg_impact_profile-1-.docx-1-.pdf

OK Analyza brnenske kulturni sceny ENG 2025_WEB.pdf

The Missing Pillar: Culture's Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

CultureNext_Culture-as-Care_AdvocacyThemeReport_June2026_FINAL.pdf

Annex: ECoC host-country order 2034–2047 (COM(2026) 455)

Proposal: renewing European Capitals of Culture 2034–2047 (COM(2026) 455)