HARMONY areas engagement activities and demonstrations – First version
Aligned with the main goals of the project, HARMONY WP9 envisages and works towards efficiently organized demonstration activities. In this framework, task 9.1 (T9.1) specifically focuses on setting up the HARMONY case studies and managing cross-metropolitan activities. It covers all preparatory steps, which are necessary to set-up and coordinate the demonstrations, as well as the stakeholders' engagement activities, the primary and secondary data collection and the evaluation of the case studies. In line with deliverable 9.1 (D9.1), which describes general guidelines for the setting up, operation, evaluation and knowledge exchange of the six HARMONY co-creation labs, the current deliverable 9.3 (D9.3) aims at presenting and evaluating the results of the engagement activities and demonstrations, across with any potential political or governance barriers faced, which is the main content of tasks 9.2 to 9.7. This pertains to the activities carried out until the moment of the deliverable submission, considering that a second version of it will follow for the final presentation and evaluation. All the cocreation labs contain a set of activities aiming at contributing to the further development of the innovative approaches to the mobility services on the local level, as well as to contribute to the HARMONY modelling activities. Next to it, three of the co-creation labs will carry out physical demonstrations of the drones or autonomous vehicles. The main input for deliverable 9.3 relates to the case studies' set-up, management and crossmetropolitan activities and more specifically to changes in the objectives and scope of the co-creation lab and/or demonstration, activities carried out, barriers (in relation to the activities carried out), crucial success factors, the lessons learnt and key stakeholder engagement moments. A summary is also included, focusing on the process evaluation and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other external or internal factors, on the activities so far.