2012
European Network of Living Labs
ACTIVITY REPORT
The European Network of Living Labs is not only a network, it is also a community and movement that has a global reach.
A word from the Chair of the European Network of Living Labs Year 2012 was a very special year for ENoLL, for many reasons, firstly the network has grown both in terms of new members and in terms of its global reach. In May after the closing of the 6th Wave of Membership Applications, ENoLL had more than 300 ENoLL labeled Living Labs from 46 different countries. During the year ENoLL has concluded cooperation agreements with organisations such as the World Bank and European Business Incubators Network (EBN) and moreover ENoLL has taken part in several EU-funded initiatives, all of strategic importance to its members in fields such as smart cities, social innovation, active and healthy aging and future internet among others. ENoLL and its active members have hosted events and workshops outside of Europe in places such as Latin America and South Africa, and finally once again come together to hold the yearly main event
ENoLL Activity Report
2012
on Living Labs, the 4th Living Lab Summer School in Helsinki, and event, which gathered together several experts and ehnthusiastics from more than 30 countries. The year 2012 marked also a watershed for ENoLL as the General Assembly agreed on the future strategic directions for ENoLL, including identified the future challenges for Living Labs, finally calling for new ways to better evaluate and recognize expertise in the network as well as regonized the need for more joint and harmonized activities among Living Labs. All this work would not have been possible without the support of our members. ENoLL is now more mature and in a unique position as a network, due to the enthusiastic engagement if its members in the development of the user-driven open innovation practices, tools and methodologies and sharing of best practice to promote the Living Lab-concept on local, regional, national and global level. Therefore it is now time to look back at the ENoLL activities throughout the year as
presented in this Activity Report, highlighting the main achievements during the year 2012.
Content What is a Living Lab? Introducing ENoLL Highlights of the Year 2012 Putting Living Labs on H2020 New Leadership for ENoLL ENoLL events Strategic Alliances ENoLL Projects Highlights from ENoLL members
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The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is a community of Living Labs with a sustainable strategy for enhancing innovation on a systematic basis. The overall objective is to contribute to the creation of a dynamic European innovation system, with a global reach. ENoLL aims to support co-creative, human-centric and user-driven research, development and innovation in order to better cater for people’s needs.
