Within the context of the drOp project, Local Economic Development (hereafter LED) deals with industrial urban symbiosis to be fostered amongst the most relevant partners engaged in the construction and renovation of social housing facilities. Moreover, LED has been considered one of the two main strategic dimensions of the integrated methodology (IRM) being deployed in WP1 and the Santa Ana neighbourhood should demonstrate how it can be achieved at the district level while the two follower cities, Matera and Elva will replicate same strategies at definition level.
Therefore, the objective of the WP3 is twofold:
- to provide conceptual inputs to WP1 alongside the different design levels of the integrated methodology in those aspects,
- to help the lighthouse demonstrator develop new symbiotic renovation projects that will serve other districts of the project (Matera and Elva).
Those local renovation initiatives, rooted in social innovation, should provide the district or even the municipality with new products, services or solutions enhancing smart neighbourhoods, active ageing, energy communities and accessibility improvements.
With such objectives in mind, the stages of the IRM development process will receive specific guidance allowing local governments (municipalities) or decision markers at the municipal level to align planning, strategy, and project priorities encouraging LED.
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