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Urban Innovation Zones
Urban Innovation Zones are specified areas in urban regions in which real word experimenting takes place. They can be understood as a mix of orchestrated complementary policy actions combining research and innovation instruments and instruments of urban policy on the one side and concrete economic activities including (public and private) investment and innovation (in infrastructures, products and services) on the other side.

Key features of Urban Innovation Zones:

 * Urban zones as specified areas in which real word experimenting takes place
 * Experimenting with and adapting regulatory framework conditions
 * Demonstrations and living labs under real world conditions
 * Public-private coordination (Innovative firms, Financial sector …)
 * Multi-stakeholder coordination
 * Policy fields interacting: Innovation Policy, Urban policies (urban development, housing, energy, water ….)
 * Multi-level / multi-actor governance orchestration
 * New policy mix: urban planning, pre-commercial procurement processes, innovation oriented public procurement