ENoLL FAO Cooperation for Innovating for Development

FAO   (The Food and Agriculture Organisation  of  the  United  Nations)  and  ENoLL jointly organized a two-day workshop “Innovating 4 Development” on 25-26th January 2011 in Rome.

The aim of this two-day workshop was to set the scene and to explore the potential for cooperation under the umbrella of the ENoLL-FAO Memorandum of Understanding, broaden the partnership of actors and agencies interested in collaboration and take stock of current initiatives amenable to integration with the Living Lab approach.

FAO   (The Food and Agriculture Organisation  of  the  United  Nations)  and  ENoLL jointly organized a two-day workshop “Innovating 4 Development” on 25-26th January 2011 in Rome.

The aim of this two-day workshop was to set the scene and to explore the potential for cooperation under the umbrella of the ENoLL-FAO Memorandum of Understanding, broaden the partnership of actors and agencies interested in collaboration and take stock of current initiatives amenable to integration with the Living Lab approach.

The second day of the event participants were invited to share presentations of on-going initiatives related to sustainable development with a participatory, multi-stakeholder and innovative approach.

In the picture from left to right: Jesse Marsh (Atelier Studio Associato), Francisco Perez-Trejo (FAO), Álvaro Oliveira (ENoLL, Alfamicro), Anna Kivilehto (ENoLL), and Tuija Hirvikoski (Laurea Living Labs, Laurea University of Applied Sciences).

Day 1. Setting the Scene

• ENoLL (The European Network of Living Labs) Global Network of User Driven Open Innovation Ecosystems

Alvaro de Oliveira, President, ENoLL

• ENoLL FAO Collaboration

Francisco Perez-Trejo, Senior Adviser, FAO

• Social Spaces for Research and Initiatives

Mariano Navarro de la Cruz, TRAGSA

• Inter-Regional Cooperation in Europe

Jesse Marsh, Atelier Studio Associato

Day 2. BarCamp Sessions

In the picture  left to right: Francisco Perez-Trejo (FAO) and Álvaro Oliveira (ENoLL, Alfamicro).

In the picture left to right: Francesco Molinari (Lunigiana Amica), Darko Ferčej  (E-Zavod) and Thierry Devans (European Commission, DG Infso).

• Towards ENoLL led Living Lab Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)

Alvaro Oliveira, ENoLL

• Social Spaces for Research and Innovation, Territorial Cohesion, Health, Independent Life and Cohesion and Social Welfare

Lorena Bourg, SSRILab Work Group Coordinator

• Water for all in Nigeria

Ivan Pilati, Trentino as Lab (TASLAB)

• Innovative tourism in Cyprus

Jesse Marsh, LANETEL: Larnaca District Development Agency

• Living Lab Network in Southern Africa (LLiSA)

Presented by Tuija Hirvikoski, University of Applied Sciences, Laurea Living Labs (presentation authored by Professor Marlien Herselman, CSIR’s Meraka Institute)

• Innovation for development and cultivating smart living talents in higher education

Tuija Hirvikoski, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Laurea Living Labs

• Living Lab in rural Mozambique

Ivan Pilati, Tretino as a Lab (TASLAB)

• PaEsi: An experiential platform for participatory evaluation of livelihood conditions

Francesco Molinari, Lunigiana Amica

• Development initiatives in South-East Europe

Darko Ferčej, E-Zavod, Slovenia

• Living Lab Migration Initiative

Francisco Perez-Trejo, Senior Adviser, FAO 

• Catalysing agrofood sector innovation in Lunigiana, Italy

Francesco Molinari, Lunigiana Amica

• Sustainable energy and energy efficiency – Using the Living Lab Methodology

Alvaro Oliveira, ENoLL 

ENoLL in Brazil – International Cooperation

Alvaro Oliveira, ENoLL

The proceedings of the event will be published soon.

See the video recordings summary of the first day.

ENoLL FAO Joint Workshop from European Network of Living Labs on Vimeo.

The two-day workshop “Innovating 4 Development” on 25-26th January 2011 in Rome was organized by FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL).

The aim of this two-day workshop was to set the scene and to explore the potential for cooperation under the umbrella of the ENoLL-FAO Memorandum of Understanding, broaden the partnership of actors and agencies interested in collaboration and take stock of current initiatives amenable to integration with the Living Lab approach.

The second day of the event participants were invited to share presentations of on-going initiatives related to sustainable development with a participatory, multi-stakeholder and innovative approach.