Ex post evaluation of the 2014 European Capitals of Culture (Umea and Riga)

Summary:

This report is presented under article 12 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019, which requires that each year the Commission shall ensure the external and independent evaluation of the results of the European Capital of Culture event of the previous year and report on that evaluation to the other EU institutions.

This report puts forward the Commission's position on the main conclusions and recommendations of the external evaluation of the two 2014 European Capitals of Culture, Umeå (Sweden) and Rīga (Latvia).

• Primary Source

ESO Records

Rīga and Umeå: European Capitals of Culture in 2014 https://www.europeansources.info/record/riga-and-umea-european-capitals-of-culture-in-2014/

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