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HUB-IN project

The HUB-IN project (Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Transformation of Historic Urban Areas) aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Historic Urban Areas (HUA), while preserving the unique identity of the historic sites regarding their natural, cultural and social values.

HUB-IN adopts the innovation and entrepreneurship as the main drivers of urban regeneration in HUAs and it is fully aligned with the International agendas for Cultural Sustainable Development (UNESCO) and Cultural Heritage Strategy (Council Europe).

HUB-IN will have two main stages. In the first stage, a network of Hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship (Hubs) will be developed in the HUAs of eight city partners and in the second stage, the resulting methods and tools will be upscaled to a global network of HUAs of follower cities.

The Hubs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Hubs) will test, demonstrate and pilot activities of co-creation and co-design in three meaningful clusters with potential for sustainable transformation of HUA: i) Cultural and creative industries, ii) New lifestyles and iii) Endogenous Natural & Social Resources.

Concluding, HUB-IN is expected to help reverse the trend of abandonment and neglect of the historic heritage in a systematic way, which may lead to the creation of new sustainable opportunities for local traditional businesses and the development of new creative skills and jobs.

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-Helped to the revitalisation of the historic city centre.
- Development of new creative skills and jobs
- Sustainable opportunities for local traditional businesses

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Can be applied to other historic cities or sites in order to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in these kind of areas ( Historic Urban Areas) and at the same time to preserve the the unique identity of the historic sites regarding their natural, cultural and social values.