SUGAR aims to develop innovative best-practice protocols and guidelines on Sustainable Urban Governance and specifically Public Participation through Augmented Reality.  The project’s key activities include: research in urban governance, augmented reality and public participation to develop a Sustainable Urban Governance framework through AR specifically designed for implementation in the Cypriot context and use of an ‘experimental research’ framework through design thinking to implement, coordinate and monitor such a participatory planning model through a workshop format in Cyprus facilitated by the entire consortium bringing together the public and planning experts.