Cooperation Plans and Guidelines (version 2)

The Cooperation Plans and Guidelines will outline the results of joint activities between sustainable urbanisation projects in European and Chinese cities (including selection criteria), as well as the corresponding process of selecting, facilitating and documenting the matching of 10 European and 10 Chinese cities during year 1, scaled up with an additional 10 cities per continent per year (i.e., 10+10 cities in 2017, 20+20 in 2018, and 30+30 in 2019). The deliverable will include the Cooperation Plan template and guidelines for cooperation and alignment between the matched cities, as inspiration for new initiatives. The cooperation framework will amongst others contain results and guidelines regarding peer-to-peer learning activities (e.g., information exchange, shadowing activities, bilateral meetings, web conferences, study visits, and development of new projects), commitments in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding, and models for triple helix cooperation between city, industry and research partners. This deliverable is led by EUR and CCUD.