Addressing complex challenges requires different tools, mindsets and approaches from those traditionally used, which contributed to create some of these challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, raising inequalities. Innovation for place-based transformations. ACTIONbook, practices and tools is published by the Joint Research Centre and the European Committee of the Regions and is the result of a co-creative effort with territories, experts and policymakers.
This report is a comprehensive hands-on resource set to empower local, regional and national stakeholders across Europe to drive societal well-being and climate-resilient development through strategic partnerships and purpose-driven actions.
‘Innovation for place-based transformations. ACTIONbook, practices and tools’ consists of three documents: the ACTIONbook, a collection of practices, and a set of tools.
ACTIONbook publications
The ACTIONbook is a comprehensive hands-on resource set to empower local, regional and national stakeholders across Europe to drive societal well-being and climate-resilient development through strategic partnerships and purpose-driven actions.
The practices include initiatives taken around Europe with different degrees of transformative innovation. They provide a short summary of what cities, regions and Member States have done to innovate for societal well-being.
Discover a collection of tools for taking action towards place-based transformations. They are categorised by the type of tools they represent (concept, methodology, EU policy initiative and example) and by their level of applicability (local, regional, national, European or all).
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Last 9 April we visited Kera, a future sustainable district in Finland where low-carbon concrete is produced. We also stopped by Medimurje, in Croatia, and learned how they transformed former barracks into a knowledge centre where children can learn robotics and science. And we travelled to Tuscany, Italy, to see how a traditional textile district can become circular thanks to digitalisation.
All of them are excellent examples, included in the ACTIONbook, of using local strengths to innovate and grow. Watch Territories in ACTION and discover the secrets of innovative places with truly transformative powers.