European Capitals of Culture
Decades of experience, bid books, evaluations and lessons learned — scattered, hard to access and underused. We are building an open, collaborative knowledge base to change that.
Early stage — proof of concept underway
About this initiative
The European Capital of Culture programme has shaped cities, communities and cultural ecosystems for over four decades. Cities invest years of effort into their bids, programmes and evaluations.
Yet the collective knowledge generated remains fragmented — locked in PDFs, dispersed across institutions, and rarely synthesised into accessible, reusable resources.
ecoc-portal.eu is a community-driven initiative to build an open knowledge base: a living resource for practitioners, researchers, city makers and cultural professionals engaged with the ECoC programme across Europe.
This is a proof of concept, built by a community of practice. We are at an early stage and actively looking for collaborators.
Get involved
Are you a city, evaluator, cultural operator, researcher or policymaker working with ECoC? We would love to hear from you.