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Ex Post evaluation of the 2011 European Capitals of Culture (Tallinn and Turku).

Report United Kingdom English
This evaluation report considers the European Capital of Culture Action in the year 2012 including the cultural programmes of the two cities designated as European Capital of Culture (ECoC) for that year: Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia). The evaluation considers the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of both 2012 ECoC throughout their “life-cycle”, i.e. from the preparation of their application, through the designation and development phase and up to the completion of their cultural programmes at the end of the title year. Consideration is also given to their likely sustainability and legacy. The evaluation then considers the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the ECoC Action as a whole.

Report Slovenia English
The year of holding the title of culture capital brought a new period and new experience to Slovenia, the East Cohesion Region, Maribor and the partner towns. The Maribor 2012 institute carried out the biggest European cultural project on behalf of Maribor, Murska Sobota, Novo mesto, Ptuj, Slovenj Gradec and Velenje. The candidature for the ECoC project was lodged by the country on behalf of these cities and towns. And from that time onwards, we can witness the biggest opportunity for establishing relationships and co-operation between the city, the region and country. Uncertainties and lack of clarity regarding the selection of the appropriate organizational form at the beginning also demonstrate the fact that something new had started to happen. That we stood for a project that exceeds the boundaries of the typical practice of cooperation in Slovenia. A long-drawn-out search for solutions and the selection of an inefficient organizational form for the biggest and most recognizable European project in the Republic of Slovenia contributed to the uncertainty of execution of the year of holding the title. Unclear expectations of the stakeholders and at the same time, only a year before holding the title, the many changes in the organization have presented many doubts of how the Republic of Slovenia, the region and the city and towns would be able to justify the acquired title of the European Capital of Culture. What is more, personnel changes in almost all the Institute’s bodies, even just a month before the beginning of the ECoC year, caused confusion regarding the execution of the project. In 2011, an independent Brussels commission at the European Commission registered office verified the reality of execution of the project for the last time and the guarantees that were given by cities and the country. With a team of Maribor 2012 institute’s co-workers, we managed to persuade the independent commission, regardless of all the uncertainties, that we will be able to qualitatively realize the biggest European cultural project with the support of the cities and the country in 2012.
Report English
This is the report of the monitoring and advisory Panel following the second monitoring and advisory meeting for the 2014 European Capitals of Culture, namely Riga (Latvia) and Umeå (Sweden), which took place in Brussels on 17 April 2013.
Report English
This is the report of the Monitoring and Advisory Panel following the first monitoring and advisory meeting concerning the 2016 European Capitals of Culture, namely Wrocław (Poland) and Donostia San Sebastián (Spain), which took place on 15 October 2013 in Brussels.
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Following debate the Panel voted unanimously that one candidate city best met the objectives and criteria of the ECOC event, and that it provided the best potential and capacity for the organization of an impactful programme. The Panel therefore recommends that the following city in the Netherlands be designated as the European Capital of Culture 2018: Leeuwarden.
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Eight candidate cities submitted an application by the deadline in the form of bidbooks to the Ministry, which forwarded them to the Panel members.
The candidate cities are: Burgas, Gabrovo, Plovdiv, Ruse, Shumen, Sofia, Varna and Veliko Turnovo.
After a thorough discussion of the bidbooks, the presentations and the subsequent answers, the Panel decided to recommend to the Bulgarian government that it invites the following four cities to the final selection stage for the European Capital of Culture in Bulgaria in 2019: Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo. The decision rests with the Bulgarian government.

Report English
The candidate cities are: Aosta; Bergamo; Cagliari; Caserta; Città-diffusa Vallo di Diano e Cilento con la Regione Campania e il Mezzogiorno d'Italia; Erice; Grosseto-Maremma; L’Aquila; Lecce; Mantova; Matera; Palermo; Perugia; Pisa; Ravenna; Reggio Calabria; Siena; Siracusa ed il Sud Est; Taranto; Urbino; Venezia con il Nordest.
After a thorough discussion of the bidbooks, the presentations and the subsequent answers, the Panel decided to recommend to the Italian government that it invites these cities to the final selection stage for the European Capital of Culture in Italy in 2019: Cagliari, Lecce, Matera, Perugia, Ravenna, Siena. The decision to invite cities to proceed, under Article 7 of the Decision, rests with the Italian government.