This policy brief refers to the strategy of the economic development of a third largest Polish city. Łódź is a city of very strong industrial roots, based on the textile industry. Its sudden growth took place in the 19th century, when it transformed from an agricultural village into an industrial centre having nearly 300 thousand residents and became one of the most dynamically developing cities in the world in those days. Today, Łódź has solid grounds for modern development, it is a strong metropolitan, academic, and cultural centre, with a significant potential for manufacture, services, as well as research and development in the logistics, home appliance industry, and IT industry. The Integrated Development Strategy for Łódź 2020+ was approved in 2012. Although it is a good step forward to a long-term, integrative strategic planning, it still needs some improvement.

3S RECIPE is part of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe's ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call (ENSUF). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857160.