1. WP5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
NTNU, EUR, CAUPD, CCUD
Annemie Wyckmans (NTNU)
WP 5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination

2. WP 5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
WP5 Objectives
To facilitate, coordinate and document interaction with urban stakeholders in Living Labs, Reference Cities, URBAN-EU-CHINA,
and other urban stakeholder representatives of
authorities, industry, research, and citizens.
Test, consolidate & transfer research outcomes of WP 1-4 with 2-4 Chinese Living Labs
Promote & facilitate exchange of knowledge and good practices with Reference Cities
Communicate results to URBAN-EU-CHINA Strategic R&I Agenda and Evidence Base
Communicate, disseminate, exploit and broker TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA results towards external stakeholder organisations
External Stakeholders
URBAN-EU-CHINA
Reference Cities
Living Labs
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3. WP5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
(Lead: NTNU; Co-Lead: CAUPD)
Task 5.1: Living Labs
(Lead: NTNU, Co-Lead: CCUD, Contributors: CAUPD)
Task 5.2: Reference Cities
(Lead: EUR, Co-Lead: CCUD, Contributors: CAUPD, NTNU)
Task 5.3 Contribution to URBAN-EU-CHINA
(Lead: NTNU, Co-Lead: CAUPD, Contributors: CCUD, all)
Task 5.4: Dissemination, exploitation and brokerage with other initiatives and stakeholders
(Lead: EUR; Co-lead: CAUPD; Contributors: All)
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4. Result: Task 5.1: Living Labs
Objectives for TRANS-URBAN Living Labs:
Innovation hubs for co-creation between project partners and local stakeholders
Investigate transformation strategies to make a specific neighbourhood more socially integrative
Test, evaluate and optimise the real-life performance of the solutions developed in WPs 1-4
In cooperation with local citizens, authorities and other stakeholders. in particular urban authorities, real estate developers, public service providers and citizens
Learn, inspire and disseminate project knowledge
Input into the online compendium in WP6

5. Result: Task 5.1: Living Labs
Actions
ULL Expert Workshop in Sept 2018 in Beijing, in cooperation with JPI Urban Europe and UEC
List of success criteria and potential pitfalls for Chinese Living Labs
Identified four potential Living Labs, each with at least one Chinese partner as main contact: Tianjin (CCUD), Wuhan (CAS), and Jingdezhen and XiongAn (CAUPD)
Each WP has identified 1 Living Lab as it main activity, and will contribute to the other ULLs
D5.2 “Report on the living lab knowledge base” submitted (23rd Jan 2019 )
Prepare for partner meetings in Jingdezhen (Autumn 2019) and Wuhan (Spring 2020)
Perform mapping of local community stakeholders as well as urban decision makers that need to be involved in the living lab, discuss appropriate governance models for interaction and decision-making between TRANS-URBAN partners and the local authorities, and set realistic targets for each living lab.

6. Results: Task 5.1: Living Labs
Jingdezhen (CAUPD)
Wuhan (CAS/UN-H)
Tianjin (CCUD)
XiongAn (CAUPD)
Performed:
Site visits & meetings with local authorities
Planned:
Partner meeting Autumn 2019
WP1: urban regeneration in traditional heritage areas with local community
WP2: First test of toolbox
WP3: First test of urban regeneration + expansion
WP4: Knowledge Café, Foresight workshop & Data collecting and analysis
Performed:
Meetings & Site visits with local authorities, developer & UN-Habitat
Placemaking Week (UN-H)
Planned:
Partner meeting Spring 2020
WP2: Test toolbox and gaming to bridge planning & implementation gap
WP3: urban regeneration, & urban expansion areas.
WP4: Knowledge Café, Foresight workshop & Data collecting and analysis
WP5: Training of staff
Performed:
Meetings & site visits with Tianjin Free Trade Zone
Contact with urban planning authorities for cooperation
Planned:
WP5 responsibility with partner contributions
Additional travel funding by local authorities & CCUD
ULL workshop during CCUD Forum May 2019 with JPI Urban Europe
Development of action plan
Workshop during CCUD Forum in May 2020
Performed:
XiongAn Conference December 2018
Planned:
WP5 responsibility with partner contributions
On-demand contributions to expert workshops etc towards CAUPD
Nordic Edge China session with XiongAn authorities on 10 April 2019
XiongAn Conference 2019
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7. Results Task 5.2 Reference Cities
Involve cities
First concrete outputs are being made public based on the 11 Deliverables that have been produced thus far (pending PO approval)
Drawing from URBAN-EU-CHINA, input from more than 30 pairs of cities has been gathered
Europe: Two cities (Tel Aviv and Leeds) expressed interest to sign and become Reference Cities
Provide guidance to cities
Project activities and first scientific results were communicated to cities
More city-targeted activities are being planned based on the 11 Deliverables that have been produced thus far (pending PO approval)
Tailored dissemination
Activities will mostly be executed in project year 3
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8. Results Task 5.3 Contribution to URBAN-EU-CHINA
Contribution to R&I Agenda
Extracted key contributions from WP 1-4 as input for the URBAN-EU-CHINA R&I Agenda for EU-China cooperation on sustainable urbanisation.
Contribution to Evidence Base
Extracted key contributions from WP 1-4 as input for the URBAN-EU-CHINA Evidence Base on EU-China cooperation on sustainable urbanisation.
WP 5 ULL Wuhan, Tianjin and Jingdezhen showcased as city-city partnerships with European partners
Wuhan-Manchester city partnership awarded as first powerhouse demonstration project in EU-China sustainable urbanization
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9. WP 5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
Results: Task 5.4 Dissemination, exploitation and brokerage with other initiatives and stakeholders
Dissemination and exploitation strategy
DES was compiled and submitted on time and according to the work description, then communicated to all project partners
Dissemination activities targeting other initiatives
Flyer, poster and roll-ups were created and produced
Website, social media accounts set-up and running, and updated regularly
Communication with relevant projects and initiatives evolving
Organisation of multiple events, with the participation of external stakeholders and experts in all project meetings (Dresden, Beijing, Turin)
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10. WP 5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
Challenges
Task 5.1: Balance TRANS-URBAN research with Chinese ULL expectations and conditions on the ground
Flexible approach, co-creation of plans, balancing remote work with physical presence
Concentrate as much ULL activity as possible around partner meetings
Activities, data collection and follow-up with urban authorities in between meetings
Task 5.2: Creating attention for TRANS-URBAN research towards Chinese and European cities
Using existing city networks in China and Europe to attract reference cities towards TRANS-URBAN results
Build targeted messages towards cities, based on TRANS-URBAN research results
Task 5.3: Making a clear distinction between TRANS-URBAN-EU-CHINA and URBAN-EU-CHINA
Explicit distinction between CSA and RIA activities
When cooperating on events or activities, distinguish contributions from both projects
Task 5.4: Balance own dissemination initiatives with contribution to established initiatives
Well-connected through partner networks as well as Advisory Board
Distinct approaches towards Chinese and European audiences
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11. WP 5 Living Labs, Exploitation & Dissemination
Outlook
Task 5.1:
Partner meetings in the ULLs in Autumn 2019 (Jingdezhen) & Spring 2020 (Wuhan)
Local workshops in each ULL to gather data and test research results
Task 5.2:
Enhancing the impact of reference cities through systematic experience reporting of the Chinese ULL
Attracting other Chinese cities to learn of relevant experiences
Expand the number of reference cities
Attracting European cities to participate as reference cities: targeted s and articles from EUROCITIES & event in Tallinn (17/05/2019)
Task 5.3:
Feedback workshop on URBAN-EU-CHINA R&I Agenda
Continue to extract relevant information of TRANS-URBAN deliverables to URBAN-EU-CHINA database of success stories
Task 5.4
A new leaflet to promote the ULL and the work that will take place there
A full range of different events in Turin (ongoing) and the Autumn 2019 and Spring 2020 project meetings
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