The city of the future

This report presents the results of research focused on the current training needs of grassroots urban regeneration processes. The aim of the project was to understand more about the history of these processes, their effects and the specific facilitating factors and challenges of their local contexts. The re- search analyses ten case studies of culture-led grass- roots urban and social innovation processes across Europe. Each case study was explored through four different lenses: tracing the chronology and the future directions of the processes; exploring their effects and their innovations; understanding the challenges and facilitating factors they encountered; and identifying the skills they used and those for which they need further training. The report draws some key lessons for urban regeneration processes and for the training of professionals in the field of urban innovation.