Strategic achievements

13 ENoLL Activity Report 2017 3.1

Tightening collaboration with Australian and Korean peers

Expanding Living Lab movement to Croatia: at the Zagreb forum

ENoLL President Tuija Hirvikoski spoke at the Aging Well Conference in Adelaide and visited Ageing Well Living Lab and residential area. She introduced the European concept of Cities as Living Labs at the Korean Daegu Creative City Forum and thus opened new channels for collaboration. ENoLL Director Zsuzsanna Bodi presented examples on Living Labs that are supporting entrepreneurship in cities while Bror Salmelin who is leading the Open Innovation movement, spoke on the matter of innovative urban ecosystems and how these are linked to Living Labs.

Collaboration with business sector

A strategic meeting with a car-manufacturing producer Volkswagen took place in October 2017 to explore possibilities of collaboration and the potential of mobility Living Labs.

Making new connections at the ICT proposers day

The networking event centred on European ICT Research & Innovation with a special focus on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-20. ENoLL representatives searched for potential partnerships and applicants for SynchroniCity project’s Open Call. ENoLL Office also met with new potential partners to explore projects ENoLL members can work on.

Joint Hearing on “Cities as Actors of Open Innovation”

On 28 June, the Joint Hearing on “Cities as Actors of Open Innovation” took place in Brussels. One of the key presentations of the event was delivered by Teemu Santonen and delved into circular economy and Cities as Living Labs. Such analysis was based on a tender work carried out by an international team of experts: Laurea University of Applied Sciences, The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and ENoLL. The study “Cities as Living Labs: Increasing the impact of investment in the circular economy for sustainable cities” is available via EU Bookshop on http://bookshop.europa.eu.

Memorandum of Understanding signed with Future Centre Alliance Japan

On August 28, 2017, the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) and Future Center Alliance Japan (FCAJ) (based in Chiyoda-ku, Iidabashi, Tokyo) have signed a partnership agreement with the aim of developing open innovation and better collaboration among businesses, research institutions, universities and public sectors for a better society and economy development. This partnership agreement was approved at ENoLL’s general meeting that took place during the OpenLivingLab Days 2017 conference. The MoU was signed by Tuija Hirvikoski (President of ENoLL) and Noboru Konno (President of FCAJ).

The agreement seeks and carries out mutually beneficial activities of the two organisations through the following types of activities: a) mutual knowledge sharing and creation activities (Ba/SECI) through webinars and OpenLivingLab Days b) Co-Branding and joint Events c) Programs d) collaborative projects, joint transnational studies, policy papers.

Open Science Policy Platform Group that advises the European Commission on how to develop open science policy

ENoLL President, Tuija Hirvikoski, is a member of the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) Group. The group consists of top level representatives of European stakeholders working in the field of science and research. Members of the OSPP Group are selected by DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission. In 2016, Tuija Hirvikoski, as President of ENoLL, was nominated as a member of OSPP for a term of 24 months. Her mission is to support the complementary interaction between Open Innovation, Open Science and Open Learning. In 2017, the OSPP Group met twice and adopted two sets of recommendations and a report.

Pictured: ENoLL President and the OSPP group in Berlin with EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas

Open Science Policy Platform: 2017 Highlights

3rd Meeting of the OSPP during the Open Science Conference in Berlin on 20 March 2017

During the meeting, EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas addressed the OSPP and engaged with the group during a roundtable discussion on Open Access Publishing and the European Open Science Cloud. OSPP members were invited to put forward ideas on how to better connect with citizens on research and innovation policy. Tuija Hirvikoski, on behalf of ENoLL, an organisation that builds bridges between multidisciplinary stakeholders, emphasized the importance of both participatory research and open innovation. Therefore, ENoLL could play a major role while embracing other initiatives sharing same values and goals. 4th Meeting OSPP on 13 October 2017

Expert Groups on Rewards and Skills Skills presented their final reports in the OSPP for a first discussion, while the working group on Altmetrics presented their recommendations on Next-Generation metrics which have been adopted by the OSPP.

To give continuity to the Open Science movement ENoLL and its members organised various workshops throughout 2017 following the 3Os theme – Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World.

Recommendations on Open Science Publishing Adopted by the Open Science Policy Platform on 25 April 2017

Report on the governance and financial schemes for the European Open Science Cloud Adopted by the Open Science Policy Platform in May 2017