Ahead of the European Capital of Culture 2031 Pre-Selection meeting being held in Valletta, Malta on the 3rd and 4th of November 2025, the Valletta Cultural Agency is hereby publishing the list of panel members.

The panel members are:

Erni Kask

Suvi Innilä

Csaba Borboly

Else Christensen-Redzepovic

Jorge Cerveira Pinto

Tanja Mlaker

Matthias Ripp

Anthony Attard

Jelle Burggraaff

Hrvoje Laurenta

José Herrera – appointed by the Minister for Culture, Lands and Local Government

Georgina Portelli – appointed by the Minister for Culture, Lands and Local Government