in particular the creation of the mp label marseille provence through the creation of an association at the metropolitan scale was a key building block and helped develop collaborative projects that reached beyond initial cultural objectives to such areas as uiban transport environment and economic development the results of the european capital of culture largely exceeded initial expectations with more than million visitors and around eur million estimated economic spillover effects in december an association marseille provence was set up and the project w as selected by a european juty in september the association mp covers municipalities mainly from the intermunicipal authorities etablissements publics de cooperation intercommunale