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Advanced Pilots of Living Labs Operating in Networks
D6.7 Report on Extra-European Living Lab networking
Authors: Daan Velthausz (AIM) Veli-Pekka Niitamo (ProcessVision) Ă lvaro Oliveira (Alfamicro)
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Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 4 Extra-European Dissemination activities in Brazil .................................................. 5 Extra-European Dissemination activities w.r.t China .............................................. 9 Extra-European Dissemination activities w.r.t Southern Africa ........................11 Extra-European Living Lab Events ................................................................................17 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................19
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1 Introduction This report describes activities performed outside Europe and provides documentation
of outcomes for further dissemination. The activities are focussed on two specific
countries: Brazil and in South Africa, as the themes of the living labs in Brazil an South
do match very well the energy efficiency domain (Brasil, China) and healthcare domain (South Africa)
The Living Lab concept has been successfully adopted in Southern Africa as well as in
Brazil. This has been achieved, among other factors, via learning from the C@R project
(South Africa), active dissemination at various workshops and events, as well as the
exchange of staff between e.g. Meraka Institute (South Africa) and Amsterdam Living Lab (Netherlands) and via international organizations such as SAP. The foreseen
activities in this task consist of e.g. organizing joint workshops, exchange of expert staff of different Living Labs, provision of services and tools, exchange of results and insights
of the cross-border pilots and methods of APOLLON with the Living Labs in South Africa,
i.e. via the network of Living Labs in Southern Africa (LLiSA) and in Brazil where Living Labs are emerging in various places.
The goals for Apollon to engage in Extra European living lab has been: •
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to create a cooperation between the established thematic network of Living Labs and international stakeholders and
a method and environment through which European SMEs easily can explore
emerging markets outside the EU (e.g. Southern Africa, South-America and
China).
The next sections describe the Extra-European Dissemination Activities that have been undertaken in APOLLON in Brasil, China, and Southern Africa.
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Extra-European Dissemination activities in Brazil
Energy Efficiency has been a central topic in many Brazilian Living Labs. The APOLLON cross-border activities in the domain of Energy Efficiency have been implemented in the context of the EU-Brazil cooperation for Living Labs. This activity has been developed
with a bottom-up approach involving the main stakeholders of Living Labs –
universities,
research
administration: –
institutes,
enterprises,
funding
organizations,
Information dissemination and awareness. Fostering the interest to the ENoLL Community membership.
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Dissemination Workshops in several Brazilian cities.
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strategic objectives, Federal and State policies opportunities, etc.
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thematic and institutional meetings.
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public
Workshops to support the definition of the Living Lab concept: partnership creation, Mentoring aiming at the preparation of the Living Lab eco-systems. Workshops, Meetings with the main stakeholders at academic, research, enterprise, federal and state governments, municipalities, associations and NGO’s, etc.
And simultaneously a top-down approach at federal, state and regional levels: –
Documents of strategy to the DG Info of the European Commission demonstrating
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the strategic role of Brazil as a partner for the EU.
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Conference in 2008 and 2009 organised by CKIR in Helsinki.
Scientific publications and conference presentations, namely at the Innovation Discussion panels in conferences (e-Challenges, ICE, European Commission events,
etc.) dedicated to present and discuss the EU-Brazil cooperation in the domain of
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innovation focused in Living Labs.
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methodology.
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methodology.
Promote awareness and motivate Brazilian State governments to the Living Labs Promote awareness and motivate Brazilian Federal Government to the Living Labs Steering Committee of the European Commission for the scientific and technological cooperation negotiation.
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Preparation of the EU-Brazil Conference for the Innovation and Living Labs.
This environment allowed us to identify the Energy Efficiency (Smart Metering) and the more general Smart Grid as two strong areas of interest in Brazil: looking for the
European scientific and technological partnerships in order to implement in Brazil pilot projects of different dimensions which can support policy recommendations adapted to
the Brazilian environment and opening the opportunity for commercial agreements to implement large scale Energy Efficient applications.
The first opportunity was identified by the Living Lab of Vitória, Espírito Santo, where the electricity production and distribution is operated by ESCELSA (6 million costumers) a company belonging to EDP-Brazil that is a subsidiary of EDP-Portugal.
The driver of this initiative was our understanding that the Living Lab environment can
reinforce the level of trust between cross-border stakeholders, thus accelerating the
knowledge and the technology transfer activities. However, no Energy Living Labs existed in Brazil when we started in 2009. This led us to follow the bottom-up approach
summarized above: a first workshop was held at ESCELSA headquarters in Vitória,
Espírito Santo, which was simultaneously participated (video-conference) by Bandeirantes, another EDP subsidiary in São Paulo (also about 6 million consumers).
This action led to a strong interest of EDP-Brazil in the Living Lab Methodology to
address the user behaviour transformation in Energy Efficiency. The concept for the Living Labs was created and adequate pilot projects and partnerships were identified.
EDP-Brazil fostered the creation of the Living Labs and at the end assumed the
coordination of both in São Paulo and Vitória. They submitted a proposal for Living Lab Certification to the 4th Wave of ENoLL, being now a member of the network.
The dynamics of the Living Lab creation was used to involve the APOLLON SMEs, either directly as it was the case of ISA (Portugal) and Process Vision (Finland) and indirectly through Alfamicro. This activity led to the following results: – – – –
Market evaluation for the European SMEs.
Pilot projects with the involvement of European SMEs. ISA Sul America created by ISA, based in São Paulo.
An APOLLON supporting pilot being established in Vitória.
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A lighting project involving new clean technology established with the collaboration
of EDP Living Lab and the Amazonia Living Lab in Manaus. This is a project addressing the energy sustainability of Amazonia. The orchestration of the partnerships took place in the APOLLON Living Lab cross-border initiative in Brazil.
The enthusiasm and the business potential of Brazil for the Energy Efficiency knowledge and technology led ISA in Portugal to invite other SMEs in order to create a Living Lab
embracing the complete value chain of the Energy Efficiency domain. The partnerships in this domain led to an initial number of 30 partners that created ISaLL (Intelligent Sensing and Smart Services Living Lab), as shown below.
Partnerships in this Living Lab can supply any Energy Efficiency solution. As a matter of interest, EDP Portugal is also a member of ISaLL. The collaboration between the Portuguese and the Brazilian Living Labs is creating and developing business
opportunities that would never materialized if the Living Lab ecosystems and the collaboration between them were not established.
However the main business driver of this collaboration has been the knowledge and
experience brought by the Portuguese Living Labs in terms of using ICT to achieve user
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Several initiatives are progressing in Brazil in this domain of Energy Efficiency. 2011
will offer a tremendous opportunity for the European companies, namely ISaLL, considering that the Federal Energy Efficiency Policy, currently under public evaluation, will be approved at the beginning of the year, opening a large number of wide scale implementations.
Companies like ISA are well placed to take advantage of this opportunity and they have
been preparing for that, namely being involved with their experience, in the public
consultation process. A conference to be jointly organized with EDP Brazil, to be held in
SĂŁo Paulo (2011), will further extend to the European SMEs the market opportunity of the major Energy players in Brazil.
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3 Extra-European Dissemination activities w.r.t China Energy Efficiency has been a central topic in many Chinese Living Labs. Illustrative is
DigiEcoCity, which is a model for an ideal city combining the principles of sustainable
development, the innovations of which are made possible by the digital revolution and
the urban functions necessary for providing a framework of good everyday life in a
gardenlike environment. DigiEcoCity combines living, working, public and private services, culture and leisure. Its scale and details respond to local needs. DigiEcoCity is a human and ecological alternative to concentrated metropolises. DigiEcoCity combines three fundamental concepts:
1. DIGI concepts cover digitally integrated highly interactive information systems
providing access to community services like health care, learning and trade, highly-automated transport, logistics and building systems, and information
systems to city management and service production.
2. ECO concepts cover ecologically sustainable reactive solutions providing energy efficiency at both the building and community level, utilizing renewable energies
and waste as a source of energy and recycled materials and security of water supply and clean water environment for recreation, working and living.
3. CITY concepts cover localized proactive urban solutions enabling efficient
logistics, new combinations of working and living, increases in functional diversity making the urban structure more vital and resistant against the impacts of the changing social and macro-economic conditions.
DigiEcoCity derives from the early Living Lab work done in Finland (Arabianranta and
Suurpelto/Espoo). DigiEcoCity provides a demonstration platform for innovative
companies and individuals to develope sustainable services ad products. The development work is based on bilateral agreement with the Finnish Ministry (TEM) and
Chinese Ministry (MOST). Concepting started 2009 and first city development projects signed and first city will be built between 2010-2012. MoU has been signed with Future Learning Finland which is developing Living Lab environments for Learning solutions and with Process Vision which is an Apollon member in WP3. APOLLON ICT PSP Project
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developing several contacts with several entities, namely Universities, Companies and
Chinese Government in order to plan the creation of the China Network of Living Labs (CNoLL).
Alvaro was invited to Beijing with the aim of developing ENoLL - Chinese strategic
relationship in areas such as urban Living Labs, Smart City services, IoT, and where I met with Vice President of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (BJAST).
BJAST is the largest local scientific research institute in China, directly belonging to
Beijing Municipality. Furthermore, Alvaro met with MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology in China) including BMSTC (Beijing Municipal Science and Technology
Committee). I also gave a speech at the Global Internet of Things Conference 2010 on the importance of user-driven innovation in smart city environments.
As a result of the visit, on the 25th of November Alvaro signed a Memorandum of Understanding on City Administration and Public Service Innovation with Beijing City
Administration Information System and Equipment Center (CAISEC) and an agreement
of collaboration with the Ubiquitous Network Industry and Technology Development Forum (UNITED) (Attached).
CAISEC and ENoLL are aiming to work cooperatively towards the next generation of
innovation, which involves the user, to better city administration and public service. ENOLL and CAISEC hopes to benefit from practice of each other through closer cooperation on following domains and activities.
UNITED and ENoLL will cooperate in increasing communication and cooperation in IST fields, and setting up joint workshops and cooperative research and development projects on ubiquitous service, technology and product innovation and approaches oriented among other things to smart cities, energy and health.
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4 Extra-European Dissemination activities w.r.t Southern Africa Healthcare is one of the domains that has got interest in the Southern African Living
Labs, that are organised in LLISA (Living Labs in Southern Africa). On behalf of Apollon,
SAP and AIM has engaged with the southern African Living labs, i.e. SAP research is involved in different living labs in South Africa.
In addition to the LLISA network, the African Living Lab network has been established. Detailed information can be found in the White Paper “Supporting the Evolution of
Sustainable Living Labs Networks in Africa” 1 that was initiated as a result of the inaugural IST-Africa Living Labs Workshop on 10 May 2011 in Gaborone and the
establishment of the EU – AU Living Labs Task Force for Africa. The description of the
African Living Labs below is taken from this white paper.
SAP Research Living Labs are based on short to medium term projects aimed at
developing and testing technologies for emerging economies (e.g. enterprise development, business software systems). SAP Research Pretoria was established in
2009 in Gauteng Province by SAP in partnership with the Meraka Institute (CSIR) with the objectives to Research and develop new ICT solutions for Emerging Economies; measure and validate the social and economic impact and investigate methodologies,
technologies and techniques for Emerging Economies. Three Living Labs have been lead
by SAP Research in South Africa: Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab/Rustica Living Lab; Overture Living Lab and PatHS Living Lab. SAP is a member of the LLiSA Network. •
Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab 2 was launched under the FP6 co- funded C@R (Collaboration at Rural) project and developed the initial collaborative
procurement service system for small scale retailers in rural communities (‘Spaza’ shops) piloted from 2008 to 2009. Building on the lessons learnt from
the C@R project, the RUSTICA 3 project, which started in 2010 aims to improve the collaborative procurement system through the introduction of smart phones,
edited by Paul Cunningham, Marlien Herselman and Miriam Cunningham, September 2011 http://www.c-rural.eu/Southafrica-LivingLab/ 3 NGASSAM E.K, KANDIE W, RABBOLINI G, Towards a Mobile eProcurement System for Small Scale Retailers in Rural South Africa, In IST-Africa 2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-905824-24-3 APOLLON ICT PSP Project 11 Final Version 1 2
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providers that can offer a substantially larger product range. Various services
such as micro financing and cashless payments will be introduced to facilitate
and enhance the overall procurement process. Impact studies will be conducted to study the effect of these interventions on the socio-economic development of •
the environment.
The Overture Living Lab 4 was established in October 2009 (and ended in December 2010) with the specific purpose to support the design process for Mobile Business Services for Very Small Enterprises (VSEs) in Emerging
Economies and to evaluate it in a real-world scenario. The project focuses on how very small businesses in the plumbing industry can benefit from service
oriented mobile phone related software platforms and services in a costeffective and efficient manner. SAP Research in collaboration with Vodacom,
CashBuild, the Institute of Plumbers of South Africa, and four plumbing businesses, worked together to design, develop, and evaluate new solutions, that address the different culture, language, and technology needs and ICT literacy levels.
There are Living Labs that are dedicated to health/wellness domain, i.e. the North-West
Living Lab and the PatHS (Patient Health System) Living Lab, and the recently started Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Living Lab •
The North-West Living Lab 5, South Africa was established by an entrepreneur in
2008 as a research practise (Research Logistics) and since 2010 has focused on
community-based research and development from a wellness perspective. It has
a close working relationship with the North- West University (NWU) and assists LLiSA and the NWU with research-related services. A base line study was undertaken between June 2010 and March 2011 in 38 pre-selected communities in the North-West Province to identify future community interventions and
engagements based on local needs. The North-West Living Lab is currently developing and refining a community development toolkit that includes eservices technology and asset-based social interventions to address identified
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uses an internal evaluation model. The North-West Living Lab is in the process
of developing into a Living Lab and is funded through research and commercial
assignments including community needs assessment studies. It has trained over
70 field workers in the collection of community-based data. Wellness in this context refers to community engagement to identify areas for economic growth and developing strategies to support capacity building. From a community
context the North-West Living Lab focused on strengthening areas linked to supporting economic prosperity, social justice, adequate health and social
services, low crime, adequate housing, clean environment and support of community structures (using technology, e.g. e-applications as catalyst for
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change).
The PatHS Living Lab was undertaken in collaboration with University of the
Witwatersrand’s School of Public Health and with the support of the Provincial Department of Health and Social Services in Mpumalanga, focused around three
primary healthcare clinics – Agincourt, Xanthia, and Thokozani – in the
Bushbuck Ridge Municipality in South Africa. Starting in January 2009, the project was focused on understanding health clinic business processes and the development of a user-friendly patient management system for chronic diseases
to improve primary healthcare systems in rural communities. Wider user involvement included neighbouring clinics, private healthcare providers, and a district and regional hospital. The official end of the project was 31 March 2010 after which it was envisaged that Mpumalanga Department of Health & Social
Services would take ownership of and responsibility for the system to ensure
sustainability of the Living Lab. This unfortunately did not materialise and the •
PatHS Living Lab ceased operations.
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Living Lab is an emerging Living Lab
located in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, focused on supporting healthcare systems. Based on the portfolio of services (prevention, treatment,
case and support) provided by the Emmanual Haven Project to communities
affected by HIV and AIDs, it comprises of five clusters – Health cluster (VCT Clinic, ARV Clinic, Day Care Centre, Step Down Centre, Home-based Care, Eye
Clinic), SMEE Cluster (Shoe Manufacturing, Small Business Corporate Services),
Horticulture Cluster (Commercial Farming, Open Field Farming, Family Tunnels SMME Cluster), IEC Cluster (Creche, OVC School, Radio, Bible School, Computer
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Services).
Participating
stakeholders include Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Dept. of Engineering, IT, Nursing Science, Education), Emmanual Haven Foundation and
local Communities. Activities to be supported during the first two years have been identified and funding mechanisms are being explored. This project and
specifically the Living Lab aims to create a research and social context that is not
only relevant to the mission and objectives of NMMU, but also the broader South African community. The Living Lab aims to use ICTs to play a catalytic role in the
attainment of some specific Millennium Development Goals namely, eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote
gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal
health, combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, diabetes and other diseases, and develop
a global partnership for development. It is envisaged that by establishing a Living Lab in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Metro, the innovation chasm
which currently exists in South African healthcare can be addressed in a way that will recognise the NMMU’s responsiveness to societal needs through collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships at local, regional, national
and international levels.
There are Living Labs that have close match with the creative application domain, i.e. RLabs. •
Reconstructed Living Lab 6 (RLabs) was established in a disadvantaged part of
Cape Town, Western Cape in 2007, which is plagued by gang activity and drug abuse and has very high levels of unemployment. Based on the solid foundation of community trust and social capital established over a considerable period of
time by the father of one of the founders, and with initial support from CPUT
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology), RLabs has evolved rapidly based on the commitment of the targeted communities and the promoters. RLabs now
employs 18 people full-time and also has a team of 18 volunteers, working on a
number of programs focused on community transformation, up-skilling and
empowerment. RLabs uses a value-based model to develop and train people in
disadvantaged communities in the use of ICT and social media (e.g. Facebook, 6
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with the RLabs Academy at the core, which takes groups of 12 – 20 people
through a social media and web literacy training programme (two hour sessions
over twenty weeks) delivered by a team of trainers. To date, on average five out
of each group that has successfully completed the RLabs Academy have been
taken on as volunteers, who contribute in training subsequent groups. The active involvement of the community in training users, tends to attract more participation. An important part of the community ownership culture that has developed around the Academy is that participants voluntarily offered to bring snacks to share with other participants, in part as an exchange of value, as they
do not pay for the training received. This is a significant sign of ownership for
people living in poverty. Based on community feedback, some classes have been
specially designed around women, with both women trainers and trainees, as some members of the community find this more comfortable for cultural reasons. The Innovation Incubator is currently primarily focused on internally
generated ideas, but is open to incubating ideas generated by graduates of the RLabs Academy. The RLabs Research Institute is currently focused on providing
access to grass roots communities by conducting research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, academia and other
organisations. RLabs Products and Services are currently selling social media
consulting and online services, based on an internally created product, which is in the process of being commercialised. RLabs has established relationships
internationally with a number of prospective or existing living labs and plans to roll out a number of products and services in cooperation with these potential
partners on a global scale by 2012. RLabs uses a continuous evaluation system
through online feedback from those included in its large network (e.g. training
participants, different partners). In December 2009, RLabs was formally established as a Section 21 Company (not-for-profit organisation). The two
primary promoters do not currently draw any income from RLabs, which has allowed RLabs to grow much faster than would otherwise have been possible. The promoters currently generate income from licensing the JamiiX platform,
which was developed by a spin-off company. This and income from JamiiX will also support the future evolution of RLabs, as RLabs has a financial stake in the spin-off company.
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their living labs in Capetown and actively participating in LLISA’s2-days workshop 1-2
march 2011 in Capetown. Amsterdam Living Lab has invited R-labs to present about
their findings, and share experiences on the PICNIC event in Amsterdam 14th of September 2011 as part of the Apollon dissemination and engagement track. One of the lessons learned is on sustainability and how to create a spin-off company.
In addition, based on the smart grid work done in the Amsterdam Smart City program as
part of the Amsterdam Living Lab, the South African Energy Company, ESCOM, has been visiting Amsterdam in 2011 and is now working together with the Dutch Industry
partners (that were involved in the Amsterdam Smart grid trajectory) to introduce and tailor the findings to the local South African situation.
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5 Extra-European Living Lab Events In the table below the overview of events (conferences, workshops) is listed related to Apollon’s Extra European Living Lab collaboration. International Event or Workshop LLiSA 1st International Living Lab conference
Related (Apollon) Domain
Health, Rural
Date
23rd – 24th Meraka November South Africa, Institute / 2009 Pretoria SAP
WCIT 2010 (Word Summit on ICT), see Creative, 25th -27th http://www.wcit2010.com/WCIT%202010 New Media May 2010 Designers as co15th -20th creators, August Fablab International Conference 6e edition New Media 2010 The Living Labs in Southern Africa Network Health, 2011 workshop Rural
EU-African Living Labs Workshop
Energy efficiency, rural, 10th May healthcare 2011
Energy Efficiency
ENoLL Workshop Globalization and Brazilian Network of Living Labs – “Living Labs facing the Energy Efficiency Energy challenges of our time” Efficiency 1st International Congress of Creativity and Innovation – “Environment for creativity and innovation in the Living Lab ecosystem” Creative ENoLL WS – The Brazilian Network of Living Labs– “What is the European Network of Living Labs” APOLLON ICT PSP Project
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1st - 2nd South Africa Meraka March 2011 Cape Town Institute
Energy efficiency, rural, 11th-13th Living Lab workshop during IST for Africa healthcare May 2011 InovAmazonas 2011 – Workshop of the Brazilian Network of Living Labs
Country/City Co/Organiser
9th June 2011
Botswana, Gaborone
IST, ENoLL, Meraka Institute
Botswana, Gaborone
ENoLL, IST
Brazil, Manuas
Alfamicro
16th -17th June 2011
Brazil, Virora ENoLL
29th -30th June 2011
Brazil, Manuas
5th-6th September Brazil, Belo 2011 Horizonte
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14th Amsterdam Healthcare, September Amsterdam, Living Lab, Creative 2011 Netherlands PICNIC 16th September Amsterdam, 2011 Netherlands ENoLL
Apollon - African Network of Living Lab (ALL) meeting, PICNIC
18th October 2011
Living Lab: A mode of Collaborative Innovation Innovations of ICT facing to energy Energy conservation – “European Energy Policies” Efficiency 3rd November: 1st International Seminar on Open Innovation and Social Innovation (Vitoria, Brazil) – “The Globalization of the Energy European Network of Living Labs Efficiency
19th October 2011 19th October 2011
China, Bejing ENoLL China, Bejing ENoLL
China, Bejing ENoLL
Energy efficiency, 14th -15th 4th Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Creative, November South Africa Research healthcare 2011 Cape Town Euro Africa
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6 Conclusion From the goals for Apollon in engaging in Extra European living lab: •
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to create a cooperation between the established thematic network of Living Labs and international stakeholders and
a method and environment through which European SMEs easily can explore
emerging markets outside the EU (e.g. Southern Africa, South-America and China).
the following can be concluded from the Apollon extra European living lab activities: the upcoming global regions have adopted the living lab concept and in are pushing and driving specific domains that are extremely relevant to the European Living Labs and
companies. In addition to the ineternational membership of living labs joining the
European Living Lab network (ENoLL), the establishing of regional or even continental
living lab networks (like the African Living Lab network) provides further opportunity
for collaboration. In the are of energy efficiency, healthcare and new media there joining
forces in thematic networks is a good starting point, as well as joint International projects that have and are being developed. The European SME’s can explore the
international market making use of the international collaboration between the living
labs.
As the regional conditions differ even more than within Europe, e.g. cultural aspects, the
cross border methodology and tools developed in Apollon Workpackage one are a big asset for SME’s that are willing to explore markets outside EU. Concrete example for this ESCOM, the South African Energy company, that is now collaborating with the Dutch
Industry partners to introduce and tailor the findings of the Amsterdam grid work done
in the Amsterdam Smart City program as part of the Amsterdam Living Lab, to the local
South African situation. This also eases up the introduction of other SME’s solutions that have been successfully tested in the Amsterdam Smart City & Living Lab.
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