D2.1 Method Playbook

The present Method Playbook of CRAFT-IT4SD, D2.1, serves as a comprehensive scientific and methodological guide for all consortium members and for the four pilot sites, in particular. The Playbook elaborates on and explains the overarching conceptual design of CRAFT-IT4SD and the scientific and methodological issues and roles underpinning the project. The CRAFT-IT4SD initiative focuses on how the CCSI can become a driver for the sustainable climate transition, in particular regarding the highly polluting fashion and textile industry. CRAFT-IT4SD relies on cross-sectoral experimentation in the intersection between craft and living heritage on the one side, and digital technologies on the other, to innovate and develop new sustainable business models. The approach is challenge-driven and involves inclusive partnerships and collaboration between diverse actors, specifically between microplayers, bigger industry and policy makers. The initiative establishes pilot sites in Europe for place-based innovation ecosystems, and creates learning communities across these national pilot sites, while replicating its findings in new ecosystems resulting in a growing movement for the green transition.

The Method Playbook provides a comprehensive review and scientific foundation for an ecosystem approach and outlines CRAFT-IT4SD’s joint framework and methodology for conducting pilot demonstrations (WP4), which will be operationalized in the Method Handbook (D4.1.).