2020 ENoLL Activity Report

2020

Activity Report A review of the activities of the European Network of Living Labs for the year 2020

Activity report 2020

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Activity report 2020

© European Network of Living Labs This report is a compilation of activities of the network for the year 2020.

Editor: Spela Zalokar Contributors: Spela Zalokar Ot Puy Ines Vaittinen Leidy Enriquez Zsuzsanna Bodi Koen Vervoort Design: imagearea

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Foreword

Fernando Vilariño ENoLL Chairperson

The Activity Report that I am introducing in these

collaborating in an action-oriented basis. The

paragraphs is a compendium of the efforts car-

ENoLL Virtual Learning Lab was presented as the

ried out by our Community of Living Labs around

tool that consolidates the role of ENoLL in the

Europe and the World during 2020. The last year

capacity building for all in citizen-centric multi-

was one of the most challenging times for our so-

stakeholder innovation, and in living lab methods

cieties due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic around

and tools.

the world. Our life became more and more dif-

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ficult among the tragedies, and our way of doing

On the other hand, this joint effort was consoli-

became more and more digital. We contributed

dated in the deployment of the ENoLL Action-

with our grain of sand to the development of

oriented Task Forces in 5 verticals: Social Innova-

two instruments which will now stay in ENoLL,

tion and Digital Rights, Social Impact of Artificial

helping in the scaling-up of the ENoLL Office ac-

Intelligence, Health and Well-being, Rural Living

tions, and reaching more and better the ENoLL

Labs, and Energy and Environment, planting the

Community: On the one hand, ENoLL made a

seeds for working groups on areas such as Mo-

great effort in developing its digital component.

bility, Culture and Creative Industries and Agri-

The First Digital Living Lab Days appeared as a

food within them. The ENoLL AOTFs revealed to

powerful instrument to keep on working and

be strong instruments to attract members and

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externals to the common mission of creating a

innovation-led growth and positive social change

narrative for citizen centric innovation for Europe

can only happen hand in hand in the context of

and the World.

the Digital Transformation.

We explicitly gathered efforts to tackle COVID-19

I kindly invite you to read this report and identify

all together, by starting a specific Webinar Series

the best examples on how living labs can contrib-

showing concreate examples for the post-COVID

ute to it.

digital society through the action-oriented ap-

Fernando Vilariño

proach of the living labs. Finally, the Community of ENoLL keeps on growing with the addition

Chairperson

of new members from the Wave 2020, building the European way of Digital Transformation through relevant initiatives such as the Living-in. eu declaration, but also signing collaboration agreements with our partners around the world in Korea, Australia, Canada and more. As stated in the Manifesto for Innovation in Europe, both

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Foreword

Wim de Kinderen ENoLL Vice Chairperson

What one can do from behind a laptop !

It has definitely proven to be more difficult to start new collaborations with new partners. Our

The year 2020 started off very promising for

association, however, has a large and strong

ENoLL with the 2nd launch event of the “Dec-

existing network which has proven its strong

laration on joining forces to boost sustainable

value in these continuously strange times : we

digital transformation in cities and communities

have never been more active in “EU project land”

in the EU” in Porto during the European Commis-

with numerous applications involving many of

sion’s “Cities Forum”, followed immediately by

our members, and a record number of proj-

the United Nations’ World Urban Forum in Abu

ect approvals. Including, as a big cherry on the

Dhabi, during which ENoLL co-hosted with the

cake, a first time for ENoLL to be lead partner

European Commission a workshop capitalising

of a Horizon 2020 project, symbolizing the trust

on the Scaling Up challenge developed during

others put on ENoLL’s strategic leadership in the

the Thessaloniki Open Living Lab Days.

development of a thematic – Health, in this case

And then Covid-19 hit the world…

– network of Living Labs, including related quality aspects.

Travel and conferences may have been suspended, but activities continued, be it differently.

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We have now entered a new European programming period. May the success of 2020 be a precursor of our future successes in the upcoming years ! The stars are right : never before has co-creation been so central in EU policy papers and related (funding) programmes.

Dear ENoLL colleagues and friends, continue to speak out loud to promote our unique way of collaboration. In the meantime, we will keep on defending the network’s interest to the maximum.

Wim de Kinderen Vice Chairperson

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2020 Odyssey Zsuzsanna Bódi ENoLL Director

The 2020 Yearbook will be a tricky one to create, Lots of work, but no pictures to illustrate.

Difficult to express this year’s rollercoaster, Shall we try to turn it into a rhyming little poster?

The mission of the year end General Assembly meeting: To keep everyone engaged and awake on the year’s 100+1 online gathering.

The year’s achievements and figures were turned into a quiz to our community, Who were the lucky players winning the lottery?

2020 was the first attempt for a Digital Living Lab Days, Can you think of any other ways, Where you could have learned what users can do for you: Bring something special to your innovation stew?[1] Welcoming new members, building their capacity, For our Living Lab community lifelong learning is a key.

We hope our Virtual Learning Lab students were happy with this year’s courses, Surely they have heard once or twice: You are muted!

The Action oriented task forces worked on forging new content, Which resulted in a busy year in proposal development.

We are proud to get eight new projects funded, Can you guess which were 2019’s favorite projects selected?

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ENoLL has now reached the teenager age This kid as well would like to get out of its 2020 cage.

Hopefully the upcoming year will get more eventful, When the refreshed bylaws will guide the network to adulthood.

After the An(n)as and (Z)suz(s)annas said goodbye, Who will be the new one at ENoLL bossing around?

Update your CV and polish your motivation letter, Rest assured, we will guide your first steps.

Following this short poem, some more reading for today, I leave you with my best wishes for the holidays.

I wish you a prosperous, healthy and peaceful new year, And whispering the 2020 Living Lab message to your ear: If you want to innovate, Get your users on board and let them co-create![2] Thank you for supporting my work along the years, I am leaving this position with happy tears.

Zsuzsanna Bódi Association Director

[1] https://johnbessant.org/2020/09/10/why-bother-with-user-innovation/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nUIVc0SGU&t=170s 9

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Table of

contents

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About ENoLL

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Our Milestones, 2006-2020

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About ENoLL

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Members

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Impact & Visibility

How we create value for members

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ENoLL Members in 2020

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ENoLL Core Members in 2020

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Labelled Living Labs in 2020

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Action Oriented Task Forces

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Strategic Highlights

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ENoLL’s Capacity Building Programme

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ENoLL in European Funded Projects

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Representation at International Events

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ENoLL at events

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OpenLivingLab Days 2019

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Online visibility

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Governing Body - ENoLL Council

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ENoLL Office

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Composition

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About

ENoLL

The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is

The original concept was updated to open innova-

the international federation of benchmarked Liv-

tion environments attracting inwards investment,

ing Labs in Europe and worldwide. Founded in

both intellectual and financial ones. As described

November 2006 under the auspices of the Finnish

by the European Commission, creating of ENoLL

European Presidency, the network has grown in

was the first step towards a New European Inno-

‘waves’ up to this day.

vation System, as a reaction to the urgent need to improve European-wide aspiration for innovation

The European approach to Living Labs was cre-

towards job creation and growth.

ated in the Unit “Collaborative working environ-

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ments” of the DG INFSO (now DG CONNECT) in

At its creation the then-Prime Minister of Fin-

close collaboration with an industrial advisory

land Mr. Matti Vanhanen emphasized that “the

group on Open Innovation (Open Innovation

European Network of Living Labs is a concrete

Strategy and Policy group – OISPG).

action for putting Lisbon strategy in real life” .

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The network and its members provide innova-

by new ICT concepts and solutions to specific

tion services for small and medium-sized interna-

needs and aspirations of local contexts, cultures,

tional companies, the public sector, organisations

and creative potentials.

and citizens. ENoLL promotes the development of business and industry and the creation of tax

Since its inception in 2006, the ENoLL network

revenue and jobs.

has expanded and developed into a vibrant and lively community of member living lab organisa-

Living Labs refer to user-centred, open innova-

tions that operate by the main living lab principles

tion ecosystems based on a systematic user co-

such as multi-stakeholder co-creation, active user

creation approach integrating research and in-

involvement and real-life intervention. By 2020

novation processes in real life communities and

it has labelled 474 Living Labs and continues to

settings. In practice, living labs place the citizen at

grow.

the centre of innovation and have thus shown an ability to better mould the opportunities offered

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Our milestones 2006-2020 Since the formation of the association, ENoLL has

Living Lab movement at a global stage. With the

grown in waves every year. This timeline show-

continuous growth in the membership it is evi-

cases only some of the many accomplishments

dent that the Living Lab movement is strong not

celebrated by the people who have grown the

only in Europe, but also on other continents.

First members: 20 Living Labs in 15 EU member 2006

states

2007

2008

2009

ENoLL 3rd Wave call for membership applica-

ENoLL

tion is launched under the

was founded in

Slovenian EU

November 2006 under

Presidency

the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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

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4th wave of ENoLL members under the Swedish EU Presidency

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Summer School in

ENoLL global-

Helsinki / Espoo,

ization and coop-

Finland

eration with FAO, INSME, UNITED, CAISEC.

7th wave:

First Summer School in

25 additional

Paris, France

members with an increas-

ENoLL

ing number of non-European

becomes

members. In total 474

a legal entity

labelled ENoLL Living

headquartered in

Labs

Brussels

2010

2011

2012

2013

Summer

5th wave under

School in

the Belgian EU

Manchester,

Presidency

the UK

ENoLL in 2010: - 188 Living Labs based in EU - 24 Living Labs outside the EU - Strategic cooperation with China

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

and Brazil (formed the Brazilian Network of Living Labs)

Summer School in Barcelona, Spain

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The 2010s saw an exponential growth of the net-

to the OpenLivingLab Days event began occuring

work. The association was headquartered in the

on annual basis and has grown from an internal

European capital with one full time staff member

event for the network members to a globally

in 2011. The team would grow alongside the net-

recognised meeting of the international Livng

work. The ENoLL Summer School, later renamed

Lab community.

2014

2015

2016

9 th wave: 25 accepted 8th wave: 25

members

accepted members 340+ accredited ENoLL Living Labs

accepted members OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Istanbul,

ENoLL Summer

7 new approved EU Projects / 7 successfully concluded EU projects

Turkey

School - the Open-

OpenLivingLab

LivingLab Days hosted in

Days hosted in

Amsterdam, The Nether-

Montreal, Canada

lands

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10th wave: 18

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First edition of the Digital Living Lab Days Living Labs can appy to join at any point of the

With its growing international connections,

year. MoU signed with KLID

ENoLL helped launch networks of Living Labs on other continents. These networks include Brazilian Network of Living Labs (BNoLL), Chinese Network of Living Labs (CNoLL) and African Network of Living Labs (ANoLL) .

2017

2018

2019

2020

12th wave: 10 accepted members. MoU 11th wave: 13 accepted members.

MoU signed with Future Centre Alliance Japan

signed with Australian

13th wave: 19

Living Lab Innovation

accepted members.

Network

MoU signed with World

OpenLivingLab Days hosted in

OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Krakow, Poland

Geneva, Switzerland

Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Thessaloniki, Greece

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How we create value for members Directly, as well as through its

support, and Living Lab interna-

These

active members, ENoLL pro-

tional project development. The

but are not limited to paid con-

vides co-creation, user engage-

network seeks to create inno-

tributions, work on EU proj-

ment, test and experimentation

vation-based growth for global

ects, speaking engagements at

facilities targeting innovation in

competitiveness of Europe.

events and training sessions,

many different domains such as

opportunities

etc. Invitations to collaborate

energy, environment, mobility,

100K EUR were outsourced to

on project proposals are treated

healthcare, agrifood, etc.

members in 2020.

separately and are not included in this number.

As such, ENoLL is well placed to act as a platform for best practice exchange, learning and

Three pillars of the network

ACTION ORIENTED TASK FORCES

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include

CERTIFICATE & LABELLING

CAPACITY BUILDING

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Certificate

&

Labelling

To join the network, Living Labs and organisations have to undergo a quality assessment process. ENoLL is the only body evaluating the maturity of Living

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Living Labs labelled in 2020

members in 2020

Action Oriented Task Forces Living Labs can meet like-mind-

their business and develop new

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Webinar series: Living Labbers webinars Tackling COVID-19

new EU funded projects approved

ed people, learn from their working opportunity to expand

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New Publications

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100K € outsourced to

Labs.

experience and use this net-

327

Participants at the Digital Living Lab Days

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Virtual Learning Lab sessions in 2020

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Operational Action Oriented Task Forces

474

Total Living Labs labelled since 2006

ideas. The members can join Action Oriented Task Forces, spe-

2020 highlights infographic

cial interest groups working on different topics.

members when appropriate.

Work on European-funded

Internationalization

projects

Global visibility

By joining the network, mem-

ENoLL Office is actively scan-

The network gives visibility to

bers raise their profile to the in-

ning open calls for projects and

its members on a global scale,

ternational audience. Member’s

tenders by the European fund-

through its digital channels, an-

profile is included in publica-

ing agencies. ENoLL is actively

nual events and representation

tions of ENoLL and online chan-

involving its members in the

at meetings with relevant stake-

nels.

proposals or channelling inter-

holders.

est aimed at the network to the

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ENoLL members in 2020

By the end of 2020 there were 19 Effective Mem-

lab practitioners from the network. Their selec-

bers, 1 Innovation Partner and 112 Adherent

tion is done to ensure geographic and thematic

Members registered. 21 Adherent membships

diversity and avoid any conflict of interest. To

were closed during the period of the year.

ensure high-value added exchanges within the network and quality outputs from ENoLL certified

Following the initiative from 2019 on the ENoLL

living labs, membership is limited to those organ-

accreditation process and an extended evaluation

isations able to demonstrate the consistent use of

report format the labelling system is more flex-

a living lab approach.

ible. The application process for new members is open throughout the year and assessed at fixed

In 2020 the network labelled 8 new Living Labs

basis.

and welcomed new strategic partners which are presented on the next pages.

Complete applications are evaluated by a com-

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mittee of 3 individual experts. These 3 evaluators

ENoLL Living Labs are not limited to a specific re-

are selected from a pool of long-standing living

gion, type of organization, area of expertise, or

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EFFECTIVE MEMBERS

112

ADHERENT MEMBERS

469+

HISTORICALLY LABELLED*

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INNOVATION PARTNERS

group of people. As such, the evaluation criteria

with all different kinds of user engagement

takes into account this great diversity by look-

& how living lab processes are deployed in

ing at a set of key indicators within 6 common

real life settings

chapters of mature ENoLL Living Labs. This as-

•

Resources: different available resources (in-

sessment process helps make ENoLL a dynamic

frastructures, materials...) and their potential

platform for quality exchange on best practices

use/service.

related to Living Labs.

•

Openness: approach in general towards open innovation and the inclusion of all the groups of the Quadruple helix.

Six common components of mature ENoLL Living Labs

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Value: outcomes of a living lab and how they create values and benefits for all the involved stakeholders

• •

Organization: the organization, manage-

•

Business Model & plans for the future:

ment and governance of a living lab

current business model and accessibility to

Users & Reality: how a living lab is dealing

funding, SWOT analysis & strategic plans.

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Core Members in 2020 ENoLL Core Members are composed of Effective Members and Innovation Partners. Innovation Partners are organizations which are involved in the object and activities of the association, but who are not selected according to the ENoLL selections process. Adherent members can choose to become Effective Members and have a vote in the organization and strategic directions of the ENoLL association.

Effective members Basaksehir Living Lab, Turkey Bird Living Lab, Spain Bristol Living Lab, United Kingdom City Lab Coventry, United Kingdom Guadalinfo Living Lab, Spain Eindhoven Living Lab, The Netherlands Energy Living Lab, Switzerland espaitec Living Lab, Spain i2Cat, Spain imec living labs, Belgium Krakow Living Lab, Poland Laurea Living Labs Network, Finland Library Living Lab, Spain Living Labs Taiwan, Taiwan Poznan Living Lab, Poland TAMK Living Lab, Finland Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Ageing Living Lab, Greece Thessaloniki Smart Mobility Living Lab, Greece VilanoLab, Spain

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Innovation Partners Finnish Network of Universities of Applied Sciences, Finland

LIBRARY LIVING LAB

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Labelled Living Labs in 2020 At the final day of the Digital Living Lab Days on

cultural market in Roeselare, Belgium.

4 September 2020, we have officially welcomed new adherent members to the ENoLL family, which have joined through the 2020 wave. The

LABSAUDE (Spain)

members were approved by the ENoLL General

The Galician Network of Health Living Labs - LAB-

Assembly which was held during the first week of

SAUDE, is an initiative promoted by the Public

September 2020.

Health Authority of Galicia (Regional Government of Galicia) that turns the Galician hospitals and health centres into real environments for testing

Living Lab Animal Husbandry (Belgium)

innovative solutions as a previous step to access the market.

Main goal of the LLAH is promoting practiceoriented innovation in the pig, cattle and poultry industry by co-creation, knowledge exchange

MEPAPREDIS (Italy)

and controlled experiments in research facilities

MEPAPREDIS is a collaborative working

and on commercial farms.

environment for partners of different nature: industrial, academic, healthcare

Ömki on-farm living lab (Hugary)

organization, public and individual

ÖMKi’s On-farm Living Lab is an agroecology-

society. The MEPAPREDIS Living Lab (MEPAPRE-

focused nationwide participatory experimenta-

DIS LL) aims to provide support to actors operat-

tion network which includes a variety of field

ing in the healthcare sector through user-centric

trials and technology tests co-designed and co-

and user-driven innovation processes with a

implemented with farmers in Hungary, with the

main focus on pregnancy diabetes screening

aim to promote agro-ecological transition.

methods.

Agrotopia (Belgium)

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Inagro is currently realizing the infrastructure

Senior Lab (Switzerland)

to support the living lab: the 9000 m2 Agrotopia

The senior-lab is an innovation and research

rooftop research greenhouse on top of the agri-

platform dedicated to the quality of life of the

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Living Lab Animal Husbandry (Belgium) Agrotopia (Belgium) Senior lab (Switzerland) LABSAUDE (Spain)

Mobility Lab (Switzerland)

Omki on-farm living lab (Hungary)

MEPAPREDIS (Italy) Smart Safety Living Lab (South Korea)

elderly. Interdisciplinary approach is in its DNA as it was created by three schools of applied sciences, each one specialised in very different, but

Mobility Lab (Switzerland)

yet complimentary, subjects (management,

The Canton of Valais, the city of Sion, the

engineering, health, art and design).

EPFL, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO) Valais-Wallis and Swiss Post Ltd are

Smart Safety Living Lab (South Korea)

pooling their expertise in order to create,

Smart Safety Living Lab (SSLL) focuses on sup-

solutions.

develop and test innovative mobility

porting SMEs in the industrial and manufacturing fields. For this, we provide various services, such as business model (BM) development, User Experience (UX) evaluation, and certification for

SEE THEIR FULL PROFILE AT https://enoll.org/network/living-labs/

market launching.

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Impact and Visibility Action-Oriented Task Forces

ENoLL has built tremendous expertise in the area of co-creation and action-research methods for multi-stake holder user centric innovation, and thus is placed in an excellent position to explore emerging approaches in Special Interest Groups. The ENoLL Action-oriented Task Forces Program selects 5 topics with evidence of critical mass within the ENoLL Community.

SOCIAL INNOVATION AND DIGITAL RIGHTS

4. We should not forget our Living Lab vision and mission to: Empower everyone to innovate and build new innovation ecosystems.

At the Digital Living Lab Days the task force hosted a session on “The role of Living Labs in supporting the development of universal access to social

SOCIAL IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

innovation ecosystems”. The session explored questions such as “what does social innovation

This task force is aiming at providing a practical

look like from others perspectives” and “How will

approach to the questions related to the social

ENoLL support and act as an enabling agent work-

transformations associated to the development

ing with EC and other policy makers?”

of the Artificial Intelligence, in the general framework of the Digital Transformation.

Key points that emerged from the discussion: 1. Living labs should focus on solving societal chal-

The group has organised several face to face and

lenges at the global and at the local level.

digital meetings in 2020. The first meeting too

2. Living labs have an important role to play in

place in February 2020 at the premises of the

the co-creation and co-building of social innova-

Computer Vision Centre in Barcelona. Concrete

tion ecosystems with partners and organisations

examples of current and future projects and ac-

around the world like ESSI and others.

tivities of the task force were presented.

3. Collaboratories, or labs of labs, can be a good

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pathway to bring into being new social/innovation

During the DLLD session, the AOTF topic debate

ecosystems. Territory, place and context matters.

aimed to:

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better understand the implications of AI in

stating that a trustworthy approach to AI implies

our day by day

a change not only in culture but also in the pro-

discover European and Global projects that

cesses associated to AI-based services design and

are created around different dimensions of

implantation are SMEs and large companies. Amir

the social impact of AI.

Banifatemi shared the AI Commons approach,

•

network between key players in the sector

embracing the spirit of a Wikipedia of AI solutions

•

find out more about existing funding oppor-

to advance in the democratization of the access to

tunities for Living Labs

AI creation and enjoyment.

•

The task force also identified how different busiA framework from the European Commission

ness models can be created in the field of restau-

was shared with an opportunity for European

ration and interiors. Arts were pointed out as an

Digital Innovation Hubs on AI to develop using

excellent driver for the awareness of the impact

living lab approaches. Mayte Hidalgo from Everis

of AI, and a direct tool for citizen engagement in

highlighted the path from Plato to Python, clearly

such processes.

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RURAL LIVING LABS

to develop their digital and entrepreneurial skills.

2) Applied innovation. The capacity building ac-

“Let’s change the message: we are no longer talk-

tion will enable innovations led by citizens, being

ing about bringing opportunities to the rural areas

the Living Labs the perfect environment to scale

but to visualize the rural areas as an opportunity.”

up & out within the quadruple helix.

In its quest to change the narrative and as a re-

The aim for 2021 is to develop a working group

sponse to current affairs, the AOTF hosted a webi-

on agriculture.

nar on “Rural development, nature, and tourism: impact of COVID-19 and new approaches” in June

HEALTH & WELLBEING

2020. The webinar examined questions such as “How to connect ICT & rural area” and “How to

The vision of Health & Wellbeing AOTF is to move

attract and develop new start-ups and products

Living Labs beyond merely sharing common prin-

without outsourcing in the agriculture industry”.

ciples and methodologies to sharing harmonized procedures and ICT tools.

Some of the challenges that were identified were: •

negative impact of COVID19- on agricultural

Working towards this vision, the AOTF organized

& tourism fields

a debate during the DLLD20 where participants

•

how to go back to normal life ?

discussed about the question: “Can living labs

•

how to restore tourism industry in the face of

operate as open research infrastructures?”.

economical & political instability ?

The strong message that came out is that LivValue of rural areas for the citizens was one of

ing Labs are key partners for research studies,

the focal points of the discussion as the pandemic

especially in the Health and Wellbeing domain.

accelerated digitalization which has posed new

Furthermore, the co-ordination team of the AOTF

challenges. A link between natural and cultural

performed one-to-one meetings with ENoLL Liv-

heritage was suggested as well as sharing efforts

ing Lab members in order to understand their

between countries and developing a common un-

needs and co-design the future steps of the

derstanding.

AOTF.

At the Digital Living Lab Days, the task forced organized a topic debated on “Co-creating from

The vision of the AOTF is also depicted in new EU

farm to fork: the Stems and the seeds of Agro eco-

funded project, VITALISE that is coordinated by

system living labs”.

ENoLL, with the participation of 7 ENoLL member Living Labs. The Health & Wellbeing AOTF aims

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Preliminary strategic lines where introduced:

to work towards practical solutions to support

1) Capacity building activities, based on EU stan-

the communication and collaboration among the

dards, aiming to enable end users at the rural LLs

Living Lab members.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

MOBILITY WORKING GROUP

The AOTF kicked-off the year with a workshop in

The working group on mobility aims at creating

February but their activities were derailed with

a common reference system to map and char-

the pandemic and lockdown related measures.

acterize, compare and analyse mobility relevant

The task foce leaders have worked with R&net on

labs in Europe allowing for a better understand-

a partnership and ino-energy Living Lab.

ing of the (social) impact of new mobility solutions relying on the scientific outcomes from

With regards to an initiative on a national level

different active Living Labs on mobility and to

(Switzerland), the Energy Living Lab is training 10

share experiences & lessons learnt in running a

Living Labs on energy and has made a link with

living lab on mobility (methodological & opera-

the Capacity Building Program of ENoLL. The aim

tional) as well as targeted knowledge exchange

of the task force is to make the partnership vis-

and networking opportunities.

ible and continue the discussion through digital meetings.

The working group is co-leaded by ENOLL and CERTH-HIT with the support of JRC, Austriatech

At the Digital Living Lab Days the task force

and the New Mobility Services. During 2020 the

organised a topic debate on “Living Labs in the

working group was kicked off with the participa-

Water Sector: political, social and technical as-

tion of more than 60 professionals from various

pects”. Challenges faced in the water sector were

institutions from all over Europe. Within 2021

presented by Director of Operations at Water Eu-

the working group on mobility aims at defining

rope and the attendees heard about EU policies

the roadmap for the next actions and the basis

related to the Blue Economy by DG Mare.

for the collaboration to be stimulated within its participants.

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LIVING LABS TACKLING COVID-19 “FROM CURRENT ACTIONS TO WHAT’S NEXT”

In 2020, the ENoLL community was actively working on the challenges that the COVID-19 crisis has brought to us. Our aim was to react in an agile way and prepare our cities and communities now for the new societal changes that will take place in Europe and the World. The Webinar Series on “COVID-19: Current actions preparing our digital societies for a post-COVID future” has gathered our Community of Living Labs and stakeholders around actual proposed solutions.

The following webinars took place, aligned with ENoLL’s Action-Oriented Task Forces: González. Hackovid: The people’s hackathon:

“Living Labs and the Maker community’s response to the COVID-19 crisis around Europe and the World“ •

Jordi Reynés, Clara Borràs, Martí Burriel: The

na, Catalonia. (Spain).

Elisenda Casanelles: Building up respirators

•

service of the maker community in Barcelo-

•

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Bruce Hsu, Kay Chen. Citizens and mobility

for COVID-19, from Leitat, Barcelona, Catalo-

in the control of the pandemic. Taiwan Living

nia. (Spain)

Lab. Taiwan.

Wim de Kinderen: Engaging the 3D printing

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Artur Serra. CatSud: A proposal for a Colabo-

infrastructures and stakeholders in Eind-

ratori for a regional network of social innova-

hoven (Netherlands).

tion. i2Cat, Catalonia, Spain.

Juan Bertolín: Maker community and Univer-

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Kaisa Spilling. Mission Zero Foodprint: Solu-

sity’s Living Lab University engagement in

tions in the context of COVID-19. Forum Viri-

Castelló, Comunitat Valenciana. (Spain).

um Helsinki, Finland.

“Hackathons of technology for good: Co-creating and deploying during COVID-19 crisis” •

nia, Spain.

“Government and citizen engagement in COVID-19 confinement and beyond”

infrastructure of city’s maker spaces to the

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Confronting the Confinement. i2Cat, Catalo-

Raúl Oliván, Laia Sánchez. The initaitive frena-

“Communities innovating around the health systems: the reaction to the COVID-19 emergency and what will remain”

lacurva.net. (International Project)

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Rosa Paradell, Miquel Angel Pérez and Pat

Jose María Romero. The response of the Galician Health Living Lab ecosystem to CO-

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VID-19. Galician Health Living Lab, Galicia, Spain.

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Giuseppe Fico. The EiT Health Living Labs: reaction and beyond the COVID-19 crisis. EiT Health Living Labs. (International Institution)

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Amy Wilson. Insights gained from Australia on the COVID-19 pandemic. Global Centre for

“SMEs in Europe and Open Innovation for the post COVID-19 digital society” •

Agency. Firenze. Italy.

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José Francisco Pelaez Peña. LABe Digital Gastronomy Lab. San Sebastián – Donostia.

Modern Aging. Tonsley. Australia

“How the COVID-19 has changed our Universities for good”

Dario Marmo and Laura Martelloni. LAMA

Basque Country. Spain.

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Ariana Nastaseanu and Emanuela Flora. European Agency for SMEs -EASME-. European Commission. Europe.

Narend Baijnath. Council on Higher Education, South Africa

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Maria-Theresa Norn. Think Tank DEA, Denmark

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Esteban Romero Frías. Medialab, University of Granada, Spain

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Marko Teräs. Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Finland

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“Rural development, nature, and tourism: impact of COVID-19 and new approaches” •

Korinna Varga. BOIEAST and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (ÖMKi), Hungary.

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Marc Pons. Andorra Innovation Hub, Andorra.

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Peter Khoury. Planning and engineering unit at Bsharri Municipality, Lebanon

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Milica Trajković. Biosense Living Lab. Serbia.

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Strategic highlights 2020 BUILDING THE EUROPEAN WAY OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH LIVING-IN.EU DECLARATION ENoLL together with EuroCities, OASC, Finland’s

the best of digitalisation and to avoid tech-

Presidency of the Council of The European

nology or vendor lock-in;

Union, the European Committee of the Regions

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and the European Commission is supporting and advocating for the “Join, Boost, Sustain” declara-

develop citizen-centric design approaches as a new competence for policy-making;

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identify new skills needed by public au-

tion also known as Living.in.EU (https://www.

thorities and businesses, and take action to

living-in.eu/). This is a political declaration aiming

ensure that people acquire these skills;

to promote digital solutions throughout Euro-

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pean cities.

provide the public with the digital education and skills they need to benefit from smart city solutions and to participate in decision

The signing of the Declaration officially started in December 2019 and has continued throughout

making; •

develop a culture of having a co-creative,

the year 2020. The Declaration is signed by rep-

participative and cross-sector approach to

resentatives of local, regional and national public

designing and implementing smart and sus-

administrations across Europe. ENoLL is working

tainable local solutions;

towards supporting the commitment points on

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facilitate and coordinate activities including

Education and Capacity Building in a co-creative

knowledge sharing, communication, dissemi-

and citizen driven manner.

nation and consultancy provision, to scale up successful digital solutions;

The signatories agree on the following

take advantage of opportunities that can ac-

principles with regards to capacity building

celerate deployment, such as Digital Innova-

and education:

tion Hubs

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develop administrative capacities to make

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED WITH KOREA LOCAL INFORMATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (KLID) During the year-end General Assembly meeting

KLID is a governmental institution, which special-

held on 11 December 2020, ENoLL has intro-

izes in local government information systems

duced the newly signed Memorandum of Under-

and e-government services. Its main mission is

standing with Korea Local Information Research &

to bridge the digital divide in the region, realise

Development Institute (KLID). The document was

balanced local development and boost the pro-

signed by ENoLL Chairperson of the Executive

ductivity of local governing bodies across the

Board Dr. Fernando Vilariño and KLID President

country, by developing, distributing, and manag-

Dr. Dae-Beom Ji.

ing common information systems under national standards.

ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF ENOLL’S ACTION ORIENTED TASK FORCES AND MOBILITY WORKING GROUP KICK-OFF MEETING ENoLL has built tremendous expertise in the area

different stakeholders inside and outside the

of co-creation and action-research methods for

network. Therefore, during our Digital Living

multi-stake holder user centric innovation, and

Lab Days the Mobility working group was intro-

thus is placed in an excellent position to explore

duced. The purpose of our group is twofold:

emerging approaches in Special Interest Groups.

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Understanding the (social) impact of new mobility solutions

In 2020 the necessity for an extra ‘cluster’ around mobility within our network became more and

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Sharing experiences & lessons learnt in running a Living Lab on mobility

more apparent, based on interest from various

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INTERREGIONAL INNOVATION INVESTMENTS: TOWARDS ECONOMIC RECOVERY Together with European networks, regions and

RTOs, universities, industry, small and big com-

innovation stakeholders we jointly call on the Eu-

panies, start-ups, hospitals, publics authorities,

ropean institutions to use the EU Interregional

fablabs, developers and cluster organisations play

Innovation Investment instrument to unleash the

their part in creating new innovative solutions to

innovation potential available in Europe’s regions

face the crisis. Industries have reoriented parts

for Europe’s recovery post COVID19.

of their production lines to produce the needed goods, and new production lines are under devel-

As the COVID-19 crisis reaches new levels, the Eu-

opment.

ropean Union is preparing to address an unprecedented post-Corona reality with the development

The many examples available illustrate the tre-

of an EU economic recovery policy and a realigned

mendous richness and diversity laying in our

Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF). Euro-

European regional ecosystems, but also the will-

pean regions and innovation stakeholders jointly

ingness to share and collaborate between stake-

call on the European institutions to use the EU In-

holders. The creation and strengthening of re-

terregional Innovation Investment instrument to

silient European industrial value chainsis being

unleash the innovation potential available in Eu-

labeled as a main priority by the Eurogroup when

rope’s regions for Europe’s recovery.

discussing the way towards EU economic recovery: “Policies to restart the single market and pre-

This crisis has illustrated the dependence of the

serving the integrity of supply chains, which dem-

EU on external providers for strategic goods, for

onstrate the interdependence of our economies,

whole or parts of the value chains of antibiotics

are also a priority”.

and painkillers as well as protective masks and medical equipment, with a weak EU capacity to

The signing parties are:

react in a collaborative manner in first instance.

ENoLL, Vanguard Initative, EARTO, European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN),

Nevertheless, many regional innovation ecosys-

Assembly of European Regions (AER), Conference

tems across Europe have responded to the out-

of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), Eurotech

break rapidly. Key technologies like biotechnology

Universities Alliance, Universities of Applied Sci-

and 3D-printing have been mobilised to create

ences for Europe (UAS4EUROPE) and European

innovative solutions, by bottom-up collaboration

Clusters Alliance.

between stakeholders within regional innovation ecosystems.

TO ACCESS THE DECLARATION VISIT https://enoll.org/newsroom/?news-id=8103

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POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: CULTURE AND CREATIVITY IN THE POST COVID-19 WORLD: REACHING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA GOALSECONOMIC RECOVERY Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has played a criti-

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:

cal role for cultural and creative sectors which

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Establish an international cultural policy fo-

have seen a sudden loss of revenue. Profession-

rum on the European Green Deal, in which

als working in the sector as freelancers as well as

public, private and civil society entities could

small and micro firms have been among those

participate together with citizens, to discuss

most affected.

local cultural policy, set its priorities and ensure its compliance.

In this policy brief produced within the Interreg-

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Recognize the important role that cultural or-

MED Social & Creative project, we examined how

ganizations and civil society networks play as

the cultural and creative sector can contribute

part of the Agenda 2030.

to achieving the objectives of the United Nations

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Create a chapter of “cultural policy for the

2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and

European Green Deal and COVID-19” that

what territories can do.

includes a process of “evaluation of cultural impact” in national programs with the aim of implementing the SDGs.

TO ACCESS THE POLICY BRIEF VISIT https://enoll.org/newsroom/?news-id=8746

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ENoLL’s Capacity Building Programme The Capacity Building Programme is a learning programme aimed at professionals interested in advancing their knowledge on Living Labs and Living Lab operations. The programme offers a tailored training and mentoring plan specific to an organisation’s needs and aspirations as well as a virtual classroom for learning all you need to know about Living Labs.

The ENoLL Capacity Building transforms your or-

laboration with organisations, individuals and

ganisation through a Living Lab approach:

companies aspiring to develop a successful Living Lab. The programme is built on elements of Living

(1) The Virtual Learning Lab, a virtual training

Lab training, mentoring and additional targeted

course on Living Labs, was created in 2020 in

learning materials. In the Capacity Building Pro-

response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously

gramme the learning is customised to your case,

the Learning Lab was a full-day training (Day 0),

thematics and domains specifically.

teaching participants on the key elements of Living Labs one day before the annual conference

ENoLL members are able to join the Capacity

OLLD. This year, the Learning Lab moved Vir-

Building Program either as trainers or to upscale

tual, transforming from a one-day training to an

their knowledge and operations.

8-week online course. The Virtual Learning Lab brings together a virtual classroom of curious Living Lab learners with Living Lab expert speakers in hands-on knowledge exchange over the course of 8 live sessions, hands-on assignments and additional learning materials. The Virtual Learning Lab is suited for novice-beginner-intermediate level learners.

(2) The ENoLL Capacity Building Programme consists of tailor-made offers constructed in col-

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Learning Lab

Why join the Learning Lab course?

The Virtual Learning Lab brings together a com-

•

munity of participants and experts in exchanging knowledge on the key elements of Living Labs. A

to learn about key components and the essence of Living Labs

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course that will fast-track your learning through

to hear from the excepts, who are connecting theory to practice

lectures and interactive sessions, a case study ap-

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for the hands-on application to your own case

proach connecting theory to practice, as well as

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for fast-track learning and a holistic overview

hands-on assignments to apply the learnings in

through a learning journey approach includ-

your own context.

ing peer-to-peer learning and support

https://openlivinglabdays.com/virtual-learning-lab/

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ENoLL in European funded projects The 2019-2020 is a period in which a number of projects have ended and new ones kicked-off. The project which have successfully concluded are iSCAPE, SynchroniCity, U4IoT and TALIA while Social & Creative, Rewaise, ALL-READY and WATER-MINING started their activities. ENoLL continues its engagement in the capacity building role, striving for development of sustainable Living Labs as well as putting the methodology to the forefront of EU-funded projects.

SOCIAL & CREATIVE

UNaLab

Continuing the work of TALIA (Territorial Ap-

UNaLab is developing inclusive, more resilient to

propriation of Leading-edge Innovation Actions)

climate change and increasingly sustainable cit-

project, the Social & Creative project which kick

ies through innovative nature-based solutions

started in November 2020 aims to promote

(NBS).

trans-local innovation clusters for creative and social innovation by providing instruments that

ENoLL is working, in collaboration with other

allow trans-national MED modular projects to

partners, on a common Living Lab Framework

connect with local innovation communities.

and tools for co-creation. With the help of the Living Lab experts, ENoLL was in charge of training

ENoLL’s role in the project is knowledge transfer-

European cities in Urban Living Lab development.

ring through dedicated working groups as well as policy influencing through Policy Briefs.

ENoLL has developed an interative game (Urban Living Lab Playground) which helps people learn

Website: https://social-and-creative.interreg-

about how Living Lab function.

med.eu/ In 2020, ENoLL together with Botnia Living Lab and with contributions of various partners has has published a Handbook for Urban Living Labs Developing Nature Based Solutions: https://is-

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suu.com/enoll/docs/ull_handbook_online_ver-

workshops digitally while building up a network

sion

of co-creation labs (CORRI network) to diffuse the RRI vision - actions that will culminate in the creation of a card deck, “Tips & Tricks for Responsible Research & Innovation” in early 2021.

SISCODE In SISCODE ENoLL is working together with 3

The Living Lab Project Awards 2019 publication

ENoLL member Living Labs: KTP, Thess-Ahall and

was published in 2020 in collaboration with SIS-

PA4ALL, as well as 7 other labs from the network

CODE, with the theme “scaling for impact: policy.

of fablabs and The European network of science

growth. change”. In this publication ENoLL Living

centres and museums. Together with the labs

Labs presented their projects following the “scal-

SISCODE is embracing bottom-up design-driven

ing up, scaling out, scaling deep” framework on

methodologies to pollinate Responsible Research

the outcomes of their projects in co-creating pol-

& Innovation (RRI), and Science Technology and

icy, co-creating growth and co-creating change:

Innovation policies. In 2020 this very hands-on co-

https://issuu.com/enoll/docs/living_lab_proj-

creative project pivoted to online activities due to

ects_2019

the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, building expertise on virtual co-creation methods and related digital tools. Together with project partners ENoLL has run several policy maker

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EUSIC The European Social Innovation Competition is

Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition tender

run by the European Commission with the sup-

The Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition aims to

port of a consortium of organisations. The 2020

develop a large digital talent pool and ensure

Competition is titled Reimagine Fashion – chang-

that individuals and the labour force in Europe

ing behaviours for sustainable fashion.

are equipped with adequate digital skills. This, by bringing together Member States, compa-

EUSIC seeks to improve the environmental and

nies from all sectors, social partners, non-profit

social impact of the European fashion market

organisations and education providers, who take

through the development of new products, ser-

action to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe.

vices and processes, and innovative business models.

The Digital Opportunity Traineeships (DOT) initiative provides cross-border traineeships for

The consortium is led by Nesta Challenges and

students and recent graduates. It gives them the

includes Kennisland, Ashoka Spain, the European

opportunity to get hands-on working experience

Network of Living Labs, and Scholz & Friends.

in jobs that deal with digital technologies. Train-

ENoLL supports the team by promoting the com-

ees improve and gain new skills to prepare them

petition within its network and social media. Find-

for the job market in fields such as cybersecurity,

ing the right assessors for the applications, sug-

big data, digital marketing and software develop-

gesting potential coaches and judges.

ment.

ENoLL also organizes one of the workshops to support early-stage ideas and facilitating the

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learning and implementation of actions that will shape society for the better.

ENoLL collaborated on launching of a pledge viewer: https://pledgeviewer.eu/

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Our role is also to monitor Digital Opportunity traineeships published under the

Website: https://eusic.challenges.org/

ERASMUS+ platform: https://ec.europa.eu/ digital-single-market/en/digital-opportunitytraineeships-boosting-digital-skills-job

Rewaise The REWAISE project - that will create a new “water smart ecosystem” - kicked off in September 2020, aiming to set up 9 Living Labs in 3 regional hubs across Europe: the “continental”, “atlantic” and “mediterranian” hubs. The network of 9 Living Labs involves 5 major water utilities to

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demonstrate real-life, large-scale operational en-

which will be communicated widely in Europe. The

vironments for technological innovations, new

implementation plan will be tested and integrated

governance methods and resource-efficient wa-

into the validated framework of AgroEcoLLNet.

ter supply for the EU. The project will mobilise

The project is running from 1 November 2020 un-

all stakeholders to embrace the true value of wa-

till 31 October 2023.

ter: value in, from and through water. The initial steps in creating a Living Lab methodology for the REWAISE project has started with a stakeholder mapping exercise, scoping the 4-helix actors involved across the different Living Labs. Simultaneously, ENoLL has taken first steps in creating

WATER-MINING

ethics & gender dimension guidelines to ensure

Water security is among the most crucial chal-

the safety, rights, dignity and wellbeing of each

lenges for water management today. As a conse-

person and related data and processing.

quence, innovative water management solutions

The project is running from 1 September 2020 un-

and alternative water resources are required. The

til 31 August 2025

EU-funded WATER-MINING project will exhibit

Website: http://rewaise.eu/

and validate innovative next-generation water resource solutions at the pre-commercial demonstration-scale in accordance with relevant legislation, such as the Water Framework Directive,

ALL-READY

Circular Economy and EU Green Deal packages.

A sustainable, ecological approach in farming is

It will combine water management services with

today a solution in front of the growing challeng-

the improvement of renewable resources such as

es of climate change, depleted natural resources,

mining water. It is envisaged that the value-added

shrinking biodiversity and reduced soil quality.

end products will offer supplies of regional re-

Agroecology can address these challenges, rein-

sources to increase economic growth. The project

forcing the resilience of farming systems. Existing

will examine different designs proposed for urban

instruments offered by open innovation arrange-

wastewater treatment and seawater desalination

ments can serve this goal, particularly living labs

and innovative service-based business models

(LL) and research infrastructures (RIs). For this

aiming to improve the engagement of private and

reason, the EU-funded ALL-Ready project will de-

public stakeholders. The project is running from 1

velop AgroEcoLLNet, a new framework for the fu-

September 2020 untill 31 August 2024.

ture European network of LLs and RIs. Website: https://watermining.eu/ The project will lay the groundwork and prepare the necessary prerequisites and activities. Testing will verify and improve the project’s outcomes,

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Representation at international events One of the roles of the Chairperson of ENoLL is to represent the organisation, advocate for the Living Lab role in the society and present the work of ENoLL members at international events and meetings.

Here is a list of events where ENoLL Chairperon Fernando Vilariño was representing the network.

ENOLL CHAIRPERSON, REPRESENTATION AT EVENTS Digital Future Society Forum (February) Living Lab response to COVID-19 webinar series (April-July) UnInPública (May) Open Water Living Lab Centa (July) Bristol Reality Emulator (July) Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (September) European Institute of Innovation and Technology (September) Seoul Smart Cities Leaders Forum (September) Creative Bureaucracy Festival (September) Digital Living Lab Days (September) Digital Academy Forum (October) Foro de Innovatión y Emprendimiento Social en Tijuana (October)

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ENOLL CHAIRPERSON, REPRESENTATION AT EVENTS Semana de la Innovación Publica (October) Korea Land and Housing Corporation Smart City Forum (November) Regional Living Lab Summit (November) KLID webinar, Living Lab for Social Innovation and Citizens’ Engagement (December)

L-R ENoLL Chairperson Fernando Vilariño

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Highlighted events

Cities Forum in Porto (January) Organised by the European Commission,

World Urban Forum, Abu Dhabi (February)

Directorate-General for Regional and Urban

The networking session “Social and cultural in-

Policy, and the City of Porto, the CITIES Forum

novation for sustainable cities: a myth or reality?”

2020 – “together we shape a sustainable urban

was organized by ENoLL in cooperation with

future” is a two-day major event of the European

both the Directorate General for Research & In-

Commission bringing together key stakeholders

novation (DG RTD) and the Executive Agency for

from European, national and local levels.

Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME) of the European Commission.

At the fourth cities forum in Porto more than 60 EU, national, regional and city leaders have

The event held at the World Urban Forum in Abu

signed the declaration to boost sustainable Digi-

Dhabi, the UAE is based on a human-centered

tal Transformation in the European Union.

approach: cities are considered innovative if they improve the hard and green infrastructures (pub-

Declaration on joining forces to boost sustain-

lic spaces, natural areas, cultural heritage etc.)

able digital transformation in cities and commu-

while supporting and nurturing local soft skills

nities in the EU invites European mayors to sign

(diverse cultures, expertise, talents). Innovation

the declaration to agree on common principles

is assumed at the intersection of social, cultural,

and values to form a foundation of a sustainable

governance, technological and environmental

digital transformation.

domains.

Short pitches from EU funded R&I projects, such

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as UNaLab introduced the main challenges for three discussion clusters: 1. Living Labs: fostering co-creation and citizen engagement for sustainable urban regeneration 2. Heritage Labs: promoting circular and inclusive adaptive re-use of cultural heritage 3. Capacity-building Labs: enhancing heritage as a resource for international cooperation

digital transformation.

Since our organisations are closely aligned, several ENoLL members working in the same sphere were invited to attend the forum held in Barcelona. These included Chairperson Fernando Vilariño (Library Living Lab), Artur Serra (i2Cat), Penny Evans (KWMC), Eric Seuilliet (La Fabrique du Futur) and Ester Toledo (Neapolis).

The session is the second step of an existing collaboration between ENoLL, DG R&I and EASME.

The following events also saw active partici-

The main conclusions will contribute to future EU

pation from the ENoLL representatives:

R&I priorities for sustainable cities.

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Digital Innovation Hub webinar (April)

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Living Lab sessions at the EU Week of Re-

Digital Future Society Forum (February)

gions and Cities (October)

Digital Future Society is a programme supported

potential through RRI and multi-actor inno-

by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Busi-

vation networks (presentation by Vice-Chair

ness in collaboration with Mobile World Capital

Wim de Kinderen)

Barcelona. It connects experts, policymakers,

-Regional Living Labs for agroecology

civic organizations and entrepreneurs with the mission of understanding and engaging with the

- Unlocking Europe’s regional innovation

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Leeds Digital Festival (October), presentations by ENoLL Director and Vice-Chair).

legal and ethical challenges and opportunities of

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Digital Living Lab Days 2020

“Connecting people & techonology towards a citizen centred digital future” The Digital Living Lab Days held between 2-4 Sep-

theme of the conference “Connecting people

tember 2020 was the first digitally-held event held

& techonology towards a citizen centred digital

in place of the annual gathering of the European

future”.

Network of Living Labs.

ENoLL Chairperson Fernando Vilariño and ENoLL Due to the tragic events of the COVID-19 pan-

Director Zsuzsanna Bodi welcomed the partici-

demic, and also due to the impossibility of gath-

pants and those tuning in to the publicly broad-

ering physically as it was first planned, ENoLL in-

casted opening panel. The audience then

stead organised the digital edition of the summer

tuned in to key messages by session moderator

school.

Daria Tataj, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Exeter - John Bessant,

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More than 330+ participants attended three days

Chair of the UNESCO Information For

and contibuted to insightful discussions, work-

All Programme and Board member of the UNES-

shops and presentations centered around the

CO Institute for Information Technologies in Edu-

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cation - Dorothy Gordon and Chief Evangelist and

In addition to the main event, the Virtual Learning

Founder of Funzi - Aape Pohjavirta.

Lab kick-started one day before the Digital Living Lab Days with the planned courses on different as-

The move from a physical environment to a vir-

pects of Living Labbing, taking place over a course

tual setting was especially challenging - and at

of 8 weeks.

the same time exciting - when it came to hosting interactive workshops online. Still, a steady number of workshop applications received allowed us to select 19 high-quality, hands-on workshops to engage participants in co-creating solutions together. In this section, you will find main outtakes of the workshops.

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Research Papers

50

Sessions on the agenda

19

Interactive workshops

330+

Participants

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Research papers The research track of the first ever Digital Living

Best practitioners presentation:

Lab Days had 50+ submissions and a total of 40

Collaborative methods: developing a digital in-

accepted submissions in 5 tracks:

novation for older people self-managing multi-

• Health & Environment

morbidity by Suzanne Smith, John Dinsmore, Emma

• Public Sector Innovation

Murphy, Patricia Sheridan, Mary Galvin, An Jacobs,

• Urban & Societal Challenges

Myriam Sillevis Smitt, Cora Van Leeuwen and Julie

• Theoretical & Methodological Challenges

Doyle.

• Tools & technologies Public Voting for Best paper For each track authors could submit full research

The award for best paper according to the public

papers, research in progress papers and practitio-

vote, went to “Bristol Living Lab: diversity & inclu-

ners presentations. Beside these tracks there was

sion” by Lorraine Hudson.

a dedicated track for PhD students.

Scaling-up challenges Veli-Pekka Niitamo awards

Scaling-up challenge is a fast prototyping session aimed to reflect on starting, on-going strategic

Best full research paper:

documents, projects and initiatives. In the 2020

Mind the gap: Understanding & communicating

edition, 3 main initiatives were given the oppor-

the business value of co-creation by Suvi Seikkula,

tunity to connect their ongoing work, challenges,

julia Nevmerzhitskaya & Aletta Purola.

and future vision with the expert base that forms the ENoLL network and audience of DLLD.

PROCEEDINGS: http://bit.ly/DLLDproceedings

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Citizen Card

yond, the role of Water Europe WoLLs Network in

Hosted by: EuroCities, ENoLL

enabling the twin effort for a European Green Deal and the Europe Fit for the Digital Age and impor-

Eurocities’ KSF LAB is working on a Citizen Card

tantly to identify a model which can be applied to

White Label MVP. Eight cities have joined forces

similar initiatives for scale up ambition and replica-

to share knowledge, experience and resources

tion.

to create a validated White Label for a secure, certified citizen card. The Scaling up challenge

Living-in.EU

provided an expert audience to discuss citizen

Hosted by: ENoLL, DG Connect, and

co-creation, which will help articulate basic prin-

Living-in.EU ambassadors

ciples, approaches, processesand/or actions for the work package in the White Label deliverable.

ENoLL being one of the core promoters of the Living-in.EU declaration, is working towards

Green Deal and Living Labs

supporting the commitment points on Educa-

Hosted by: Water Europe, JRC Mobility,

tion and Capacity Building in a co-creative and

Energy LL, ENoLL Living Labs and Office

citizen-driven manner. At this scaling up session we worked together on addressing needs, chal-

The aim of the session was to learn about the strat-

lenges and co-deciding on first action points.

egy of the Water Europe Water-Oriented Living Labs (WOLL) Network that aims at supporting and enhancing the development of WOLLs in EU and be-

EVENT REPORT: http://bit.ly/DLLD20report

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Online Visibility in 2020 ENoLL has two websites which generate a

Next to that, ENoLL is active on various social

substantial number of views. The main website

media channels as well as content sharing sites.

of the association is https://enoll.org/. Website of the annual event OpenLivingLab Days which

By 31 December of 2020, ENoLL’s Social Media

receives a peak number of visitors in the months

had the following number of followers/subscrib-

leading to the event https://openlivinglabdays.

ers or likes:

com/

3.000 Newsletter

Impressions

subscribers

on vimeo

8.084 Twitter followers

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4.676

971

ENoLL

OpenLivingLab Days

Facebook group

Facebook group

followers

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Governing body ENoLL Council The association is managed by an Executive Board (the Council) consisting of at least three and maximum twenty-one members who are appointed with a simple majority by the General Assembly. The General Assembly meets every year, under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Executive Board.

Fernando Vilariño became a Chairman of the Executive Board in August 2018 and has been re-elected for the year 2019-2020. The role of ENoLL Secretariat is to implement decisions passed by the General Assembly and run day-to-day operations of the network.

Leadership of the ENoLL Executive Board: ENoLL Secretariat consists of ENoLL Chair Fernando Vilariño, (Library Living Lab), Treasurer Omer Onur (Basaksehir Living Lab) and Secretary Juan Bertolin (espaitec), who has assumed the position in September 2020. ENoLL Chair invited Wim De Kinderen, (Brainport Eindhoven Living Lab) to continue in the function of ENoLL Vice Chairperson.

Changes: Pieter Ballon (imec) stepped down as Council member and Secretary in February 2020.

Bram Lievens (imec) became a Council member from September 2020.

ENoLL Council Members Fernando Vilariño, Library Living Lab, Chairperson Wim de Kinderen, Brainport Eindhoven, Vice-Chairperson Juan A. Bertolin, espaitec Living Lab, Secretary Omer Onur, Basaksehir Living Lab, Treasurer Bram Lievens, imec living labs Brigitte Trousse, France ICT Usage Lab/France Living Labs representing Francophonie LLs Carolyn Hassan – KWMC Bristol Living Lab

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Adam Olszewski, Poznan Living Lab Joelle Mastelic, Energy Living Lab Tuija Hirvikoski, Laurea Living Lab Artur Serra, i2Cat Hanna -Greeta Puurtinen, TAMK Living Lab Luis Navarro, Guadalinfo Living Lab Jokin Garatea, GAIA, Bird Living Lab Wojciech Przybylski, Krakow Living Lab Belinda Chen, Taiwan Living Lab Evdokimos Konstantinidis, Thess-AHALL Andree Woodcock, Coventry University Living Lab

ENoLl Council Members at the meeting in February 2020

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ENoLL Office ENoLL Office is based in Brussels, Belgium. The Office works on daily operations of the network, advocacy at the European level, promotion of the Living Lab concept and ENoLL members at international events and conference and organisation of events for the Living Lab community among other tasks. In 2020, the office was led by Director Zsuzsanna Bodi who announced to change her position in 2021.

ENoLL Office team in 2020 Zsuzsanna Bodi, Director Leidy Enriquez Florez, Junior Project Manager and Executive Assistant Spela Zalokar, Communications Officer and International Project Manager Ines Vaittinen, International Project Manager and Capacity Builder Koen Vervoort, Network Builder (from March onwards) Ioannis Mantadis, Financial and Office Manager (until February) Francesca Spagnoli, Head of International Projects (until January) Marc Bouchet, Finance Officer & Office Manager (from March onwards) Miguel Galdiz, Network Manager (until January)

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ENoLL staff (L-R, Zsuzsanna Bodi, Spela Zalokar, Ines Vaittinen, Marc Bouchet, Leidy Enriquez and Koen Vervoort) after the Digital Living Lab Days 2021 in the premises of the ENoLL office

In different periods of the year, the ENoLL Office was supported by external expert Danielle de Boer for project proposal related activities and interns Noeline Ricau, Maria Kiseleva and Ot Puy. The team was also supported by the student Louka Vervoort.

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