The article Cultural planning “in random”: benchmarking cultural policy trends and changes in Croatia with the experience of European Capital of Culture project written by CULPOL stakeholder Mario Kikaš is the third CULPOL Issue Paper published within the framework of activities of the Jean Monnet Project EU Competences and National Cultural Policies: Critical Dialogues (CULPOL). This issue paper focuses on the perspectives of local cultural policies in Croatian cities that were involved in ECoC bid-process and had to deliver its local strategies of cultural development. It also deals with the impacts of ECoC bid-process on local cultural capacities and policies, and how are cities that were not designed as the hosts, dealing with its cultural development in post – ECoC time.
CULPOL ISSUE PAPER 3 – Kulturno planiranje “u hodu”: proces kandidature hrvatskih gradova za Europsku prijestolnicu kulture kao indikator stanja i promjena u kulturnoj politici / Cultural planning “in random”: benchmarking cultural policy trends and changes in Croatia with the experience of European Capital of Culture project by Mario Kikaš, IRMO, Zagreb, August 2017. Language: Croatian with English summary