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This project is implemented through the CENTRAL

EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF

www.centralivinglab.eu

Project Presentation





PROJECT PROFILE

• Central Europe Programme - European Territorial Cooperation Objective

• Duration: 1.5.2011 – 30.4.2014 (36 months)

• Lead Partner: E-zavod (SI)

• 10 Project partners from 8 EU countries




PROJECT PARTNERS




POLICY CONTEXT

• ERDF 2007-2013

• CENTRAL EUROPE PROGRAMME

• LIVING LAB CONCEPT

• MEDLAB APROACH




POLICY APPROACH

REGIONAL POLICY

FRAMEWORK

ICT PLATFORMS AND

SERVICES

MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE

MODELS

SMEs

CITIZENS

NGOs

LOCAL AUTHORITIES

TERRITORIAL CAPITAL




LIVING LABS • User-driven open innovation ecosystems based

on business – citizens – government partnerships which enable users to take part an active part in:

• Bringing users early into the co-creation process

• Bridging the innovation gap between technology development and the uptake of new products and services

• Allowing for early assessment of the socio-economic implications of new technological solutions




LIVING LABS BENEFITS TO REGIONS

• Promote RTD in the regional context

• Foster Open Innovation in regional ICT businesses

• Increase inward RTD investment from big players

• Apply ICT RTD to issues of regional interest

• Promote diffusion of ICT co-design in target areas

• Stimulate social innovation in user groups




THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF LIVING LABS

• The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) - the international federation of benchmarked Living Labs in Europe and worldwide.

• Founded in November 2006 under the auspices of the Finnish European Presidency.

• 5 Waves have been finished, resulting in 62 new accepted Living Labs (total 274 LL).

• The living lab approach is a new innovation strategy that increases the chance your products become a commercial success.

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http://www.openlivinglabs.eu




GENERAL OBJECTIVES • Transfers approach and methodology of the TN MED programme’s

MedLab project.

• Aim is to transform Central Europe into a broad-reaching laboratory for innovation.

• Based on a promising approach in the arena of ICT under the name “Living Lab”. Technology R&D brings infrastructures into real-life contexts to enable a “co-design” process with end users.

• Method ensures greater relevance and faster time to market for R&D results (demonstrated by the 274 Living Labs in the ENoLL network).

• Bottom-up approach (using pilot method).




SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• to develop a trans-national Central European Living Lab based on:

• the deep integration of the Living Lab approach into regional policy

• the trans-national framework of ICT product and service R&D

• the governance of territorial innovation




MAIN ACTIVITIES

• A survey of the current potential for application of the CentraLab approach (innovation policies, on-going R&D, and development initiatives).

• New policy framework that increases the knowledge economy component of regional development initiatives in a range of fields.

• A coordinated set of trans-national pilot projects: Eco-tourism, Energy, Micro-SME Networks, Media & Creativity, Mobility, Environment & Education, Climate Change, Waste Management, Rural Development, and eHealth.

• A strategic governance work package.




PILOT THEMES

• Eco-tourism

• Energy

• Micro-SME networks

• Media and creativity

• Mobility

• Environment and education

• Climate change

• Waste management

• Rural development

• eHealth




TARGET GROUPS

• Regional Programming Authorities,

• Regional Development Agencies,

• Local Chambers of Commerce,

• Local authorities and municipalities,

• ICT industry and SMEs,

• University departments,

• Private and public research centres,

• Local businesses,

• Local associations and cooperatives (e.g. LEADER+ LAGs), NGOs,

• Pilot specific stakeholders,

• Media.




MAIN OUTCOMES

• R&D roadmap identifying the innovative ICT service requirements defined through the Living Lab user driven approach.

• The development policy implications derived from the concrete experiences of mixing R&D with local development initiatives.

• The governance models arising from the MoUs (Memoranda's of Understandings) framing the pilot projects and their integration into the Central European-wide Living Lab.

• A richly interactive web site and articulated set of Policy Briefing documents together with an aggressive media strategy and extensive calendar of events.




You are kindly invited to participate in integration of Living Lab approach to the

Central European space

Thank you for your attention!

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