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 association supports the evolution and wide uptake of the Living Lab paradigm throughout Europe and beyond. The overall objective is to contribute to the creation of a dynamic European innovation ecosystem 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. Contact us: ENoLL Office | Pleinlaan 9 | B 1050 Brussels | Belgium Tel: +32 2 614 8547 Fax: +32 2 629 17 00 www.openlivinglabs.eu info@enoll.org @openlivinglabs

For further information please visit www.openlivinglabs.eu or contact info@enoll.org.

 

Public and private organisations from across the world actively committed to engaging and empowering users and citizens to take part in sustainable innovation processes are invited to apply for membership of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as of February 3rd 2015.  

8th  Wave  Welcoming  Ceremony,  Amsterdam  2014  

How to apply?

The Application form can only be obtained through pre-registration with the ENoLL Office (info@enoll.org) by providing the following:

• Living Lab name • Host organisation name • Web address • Applicant country • Contact person details

Completed applications must be sent to 9wave@enoll.org by May 21st, 2015 12:00 CET. Approved new members will be officially welcomed during the 9th Wave Launch Ceremony at the OpenLivingLab Days in Istanbul, Turkey, from August 25th to 28th 2015.

What is a Living Lab?

A Living Lab is a real-life test and experimentation environment where users and producers co-create innovation, Public-Private-People Partnerships (PPPP) fostering user-driven open innovation. A Living Lab engages in four main activities:

• Co-Creation: co-design by users and producers;

• Exploration: discovering emerging tendencies, behaviors and market opportunities;

• Experimentation: implementing live scenarios within communities of users;

• Evaluation: assessment of concepts, products and services according to socio-ergonomic, socio-cognitive and socio-economic criteria.

 

European Network of Living Labs The 9th Wave

 

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All applicants will be informed of the evaluation outcome 40 days after the call closes! The successful applicants will be officially welcomed during the 9th Wave Launch Ceremony at the OpenLivingLab Days in Istanbul, Turkey, August 25th – 28th 2015!

 

Applications can be submitted by any legal entity from any country in the world that is or hosts (on a behalf of a partnership) a Living Lab. This organization will have to prove its capacity to operate as a Living Lab and/or act as an innovation service provider through the Living Lab methodology and/or develop its operations towards Living Labs.

Note that since the 5th Wave ENoLL has introduced compulsory administrative fee for all adherent members (500 EUR/year).

Evaluation Membership application proposals are first checked for eligibility and are rejected on the following conditions:

• Arrival after application deadline • Template not used or severely misused • Missing LL legal body (host

organization) • Missing name or VAT/Registration

number • Missing LL contact person name, email

or �phone • Grossly exceeding the length of 10

pages �with 11 pt font for the application document and 10 pages for the annex.

�All applications must be in English. �Eligible proposals are then evaluated through the experience of ENoLL members in running sustainable Living Labs. It is not necessary to satisfy all the criteria: evaluators look more at their balance with respect to the development of LL operations. �

Privacy statement

By completing the application form and submitting it for evaluation, the candidate organisation authorizes ENoLL AISBL to maintain the information contained therein for the purposes of evaluation and statistical analysis, in accordance with privacy legislation in different EU member states.

In the event of a successful application, the candidate organisation further authorizes ENoLL AISBL to publish and distribute the information contained therein, unless otherwise informed in writing by May 21st, 2015.

Applicants should prove their LL track record by providing links to material such as webpages, video content and such like.

In the 9th Wave, ENoLL has added additional requirements for every application, which have to be sent as annex together with the application:

• Letter of support from all the partners claimed to be part of the Living Lab

• Recommendations from another member of the Living Lab community (must be an existing ENoLL member)

The ENoLL Council, applying the conflict of interest principles followed by relevant selection procedures, will take the final decision on evaluation and selection processes.

We are looking forward to your application and welcoming you to the growing community of Living Labs!

European Network of Living Labs The 9th Wave

 

Evaluation

An evaluation panel of experts divided into different teams carries out the evaluation. Each group is composed of three evaluators coming from different EU nations.

Applications passing the eligibility test are assigned to teams having no member from proposing nation and are scored according to the above criteria, clustered into five categories.

A special cross-evaluation team ensures consistency of scoring in the following criteria:

• Evidence of co-created values from research, development and innovation

• Values/services offered/provided to LL �actors

• Measures to involve users • Reality usage contexts, where the LL

runs �its operations • User-centricity within the entire service

�process • Full product lifecycle support –

�capability and maturity • LL covers several entities within value-

�chain(s) • Quality of user-driven innovation

�methods and tools • Availability of required technology

and/ �or test-beds • Evidence of expertise gained for the LL

�operations • Commitment to open processes • IPR principles supporting capability

and �openness • Openness towards new partners and

�investors • Business-citizens-government

�partnership: strength and maturity • Organisation of LL governance,

�management and operations • Business model for LL sustainability • Interest and capacity to be active

in EU �innovation systems • International networking experience • Channels (e.g. web) supporting public

�visibility and interaction • People/positions dedicated to LL

�management and operations