3.4 Knowledge and innovation management

3. The four pillars of the WieNeu+ programme

The fourth pillar and a key core competence of the WieNeu+ programme is Knowledge and innovation management. This creates an environment in which new solutions can be promoted, piloted and developed further. The aim here is to foster innovations that not only exert a positive impact in the respective WieNeu+ programme area but can also be transferred to other contexts and programmes, producing a long-term effect well beyond the lifetime of the project.

A workshop scene in a room with people seated in a semicircle; Helene Scheller is at the front on the right, facing the group.

Fig. 18: Grätzl 20+2 regular partners' meeting, May 2024 © City of Vienna/Bojan Schnabl

"With our knowledge management activities, we create space not only for peer-to-peer exchange, but for true shared learning. Our knowledge-sharing formats generate transdisciplinary expertise that enables all programme partners to bring the experience and know-how gained from WieNeu+ into their own day-to-day work." (Helene Scheller, WieNeu+ WieNeu+ Deputy Programme Manager, City of Vienna – Municipal Department for Technical Urban Renewal)

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Copyright: City of Vienna / MA 25

Monitoring

All projects are subject to continuous monitoring and are evaluated on the basis of concrete indicators. The latter were developed in cooperation with UIV (Urban Innovation Vienna https://urbaninnovation.at/) based on those used for Vienna's Smart Climate City Strategy. The monitoring process delivers timely feedback on the effectiveness of the implemented solutions.