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TOWARDS A NEW MODEL OF CULTURAL MANAGEMENT – THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE PROGRAMME

Th e European Capital of Culture (ECoC) is a major cultural project of the European Union, with signifi cant implications for the development of cultural management and cultural policies in cities that host this year-long cultural event. Ever since the ECoC program started in 1985, host cities have more or less successfully applied diff erent organizational models in order to implement a range of cultural projects. Th e basic three models used in ECoC cities are organizational structure within city management, an autonomous organizational structure, and a combination of the former two. Some host cities even founded independent companies of temporary character with a view to effi ciently manage the projects within the demanding ECoC program. Over the last decade countries from the former Eastern European block became involved in the ECoC project, gradually adopting a new model of cultural management. Th is paper will examine the impact of ECoC program on the development of urban cultural policies in Europe, particularly in its South-East, and look into diff erent ECoC models of cultural management.

Th e European Capital of Culture (ECoC) ; cultural policies ; cultural management ; ECoC model of cultural management

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