Report Belgium EnglishThis report follows the second monitoring meeting in Brussels on 7 March 2017 between Valletta, one of the two European Capitals of Culture (ECOC) in 2018, and the monitoring and advisory panel (the “panel”). Valletta was recommended for the 2018 title at the selection meeting in October 2012 and formally designated as the ECOC in May 2013; the recommendations in the selection report, the two post-designation reports and the first monitoring report4 are still valid.