Milestones 2006-2018

02 Milestones

2006-2018

ENoLL is founded in November 2006 under the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

As a proposed measure to boost European competitiveness ENoLL “establishes a European platform for collaborative and co-creative innovation, where the users are involved in and contribute to the innovation process”

April 2008 Slovenian EU Presidency; ENoLL 3rd Wave call for membership application is launched

4th wave of ENoLL members under the Swedish EU Presidency

ENoLL in 2010: • 188 Living Labs based in EU • 24 Living Labs outside the EU • Strategic cooperation with China and Brazil (formed Brazilian Network of Living Labs)

ENoLL first Summer School in Paris, France

The first phase of ENoLL consists of 20 Living Labs in 15 EU member states

2nd wave has been launched at the Portuguese EU Presidency event in Brussels, Belgium, bringing the total number of ENoLL members to 51

Under the French EU Presidency, ENoLL 3rd wave launch event at ICT2008 event

5th wave under the Belgian EU Presidency ENoLL becomes a legal entity headquartered in Brussels

Highlights: • ENoLL globalization and cooperation with FAO, INSME, UNITED, CAISEC • ENoLL Project involvement (PERIPHERIA, SMARTIR EPIC, OPENCITIES) • launch of the 5th membership wave in Ghent

• ENoLL Office Headquartered in Brussels with one full time staff member • ENoLL PPP policy initiative

Chinese Network of Living Labs (CNoLL) • Workshops held in China in 2010 and 2011

Other cases of globalisation • Korea (workshop held in February) • Australia (Action plan initiated)

• ENoLL supports the European Commission initiative on active and healthy aging • Summer School in Helsinki / Espoo, Finland

8th wave of ENoLL members • 25 new accepted members • 340+ accredited ENOLL Living Labs • ENoLL Summer School - the OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6th wave of ENoLL Members welcoming 46 Living Labs from 15 different countries

Brazilian Network of Living Labs (BNoLL) • EU-Brazil cooperation • Information dissemination and awareness taking place as well as workshops in several Brazilian cities

• African Network of Living Labs (ANoLL) • 8 African Living Labs in 2011 • Agreement on a task force in charge of an action plan and ensuring a close link between ENoLL and ANoLL • Summer School in Barcelona, Spain

7th wave ENoLL members • 25 additional members with an increasing numbers of nonEuropean members • 345 labelled ENoLL Living Labs ENoLL together with Manchester City Council organized the 4th ENoLL Summer School in August 2013

10th wave of ENoLL members • OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Montreal • 7 new approved EU Projects / 7 successfully concluded EU projects

• 10 new 12th wave ENoLL Members • OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Geneva, Switzerland

5 members updgrade their membership and join the group of Core Members (Effective members and Innovation Partners)

9th wave of ENoLL Members • 25 new accepted members • OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Istanbul

11th wave of ENoLL Members • OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Krakow, Poland • MoU signed with Future Centre Alliance Japan

MoU signed with Australian Living Lab Innovation Network