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CRISALIDE (City Replicable and Integrated Smart Actions Leading Innovation to Develop Urban Economies) is one of the very few projects financed between EU and Russian Federation through the ERA NET RUS PLUS (ENRP) programme. It is the only financed project in ENRP dealing with topics related to urban planning in this current EU programming period (2013-2020). Societal transformation happens in the cities. Cities are the natural habitat for developing innovation. Innovation inherently requires change. Great cities, especially in their golden ages, have been considered as “innovative milieus” or “cradles of civilization” (Hall, P., 1998). The change, as the catalyser of innovation, is embedded in urban life. The change covers different fields, for instance, the demography (e.g. ageing, in-im-emigrations), the citizens’ behaviours (e.g. higher mobility, digital literacy, social media addiction), the working patterns (e.g. continuous learning, higher commuting, virtual offices), the use and extension of both public space and sphere (e.g. location-based services, public/private urban spaces as hyper-location, re-use and temporary uses of buildings and brownfields) the modes/means of production (e.g. just in time products, global trade and distribution, effective governance schemes adoption and tools for Public-Private-People Partnerships - PPPP ) and so on. Nonetheless, we are in an age of rapid urbanization. In Russia, a polarization of population around major urban areas is evident. This trend led, a few years ago, to the design of a policy facing planning issues related to Russian Urban Agglomerations. Urbanization is a great opportunity for supporting innovative choices and urban solutions. Strategic, smart and integrated urban management is a key tool to promote stable growth and effective processes of innovation. New efforts to modernize the Russian economy and face global issues as well (e.g. climate change, migration, sustainability), have taken on an even greater significance since the implementation of Western sanctions. Cities can be the natural catalyser for promoting innovation, as they contain all strategic elements (e.g. available spaces and infrastructures both public and private, research centres, universities, science parks, creative communities, large industry, SMEs), at a scale of proximity. CRISALIDE is experimenting in Rostov-on-Don, through a collaborative approach involving EU and Russian researchers, the creation of a digital innovative platform aimed at facilitating the renewal and regeneration of brownfields. The platform is abstracting, digitalising and finally creating a replicable and user-friendly tool based on an enlarged participatory planning process grounded on PPPP (Public Private People Partnership) principle. The platform is harmonising the contribution of stakeholders in diverse planning domains and formalize them through KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) providing values at disposal to decision makers linked to grade of smartness and comprehensive quality of life generated by the triggered regenerative planning process