The BlueArk Challenge: foster innovation in water management
The aim of this call for projects is co-creating solutions for water management challenges that professionals are facing. Energy Living Lab will support the selected innovation teams. The challenges to be solved, proposed by professionals in the field, are detailed on the BlueArk Challenge website. Any institution, company or person interested in the field of water […]
What could be our common global challenge?
We as humans are currently facing different challenges: climate change, social inequalities, health pandemics, digital surveillance… These issues are global and they are impacting our local communities. Our current policy framework sees them as separate challenges. One of our Action oriented task force is about digital social innovations. We work with generic technology that […]
[POLICY BRIEF] Culture and Creativity in the post Covid-19 world: Reaching the Sustainable Development Agenda Goals
Cultural and creative sectors are important for ensuring the continued development of societies and are at the heart of the creative economy. Coronavirus crisis has played a critical role in these sectors, nevertheless new interesting opportunities are also emerging. Find out how the cultural and creative sector can contribute to achieving the objectives of the […]
Co-mapping a strategy towards efficient Social Prescription for older adults in Europe
At the “Co-mapping a strategy towards efficient Social Prescription for older adults in Europe” workshop held on 1 October 2020, participants were engaged in an interactive activity: considering barriers and potential solutions for social prescriptions based on personas created by blueprint partners in EIP on AHA: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/ageing/blueprint_en The discussions led to interesting ideas on […]
Wave 2020 for ENoLL membership is open
ENoLL’s contribution to advancing co-creative, human-centric and user-driven research over the years has grown tremendously. We are looking forward to expanding our member base in order to keep strengthening our network and empowering each of our members. We kindly invite you to submit your application for membership to join our community of open innovation […]
Mobility cluster kick-off meeting
Over the last months the necessity for an extra ‘cluster’ around mobility within our network became more and more obvious, based on interest from many different stakeholders inside and outside ENoLL. Therefore, during our Digital Living Lab Days in the beginning of September, we introduced the cluster during our Friday morning sessions around our Action […]
John Bessant on “why bother with user innovation”
At the Opening Session of the Digital Living Lab Days, John Bessant, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Exeter charmed the audience with a song about user innovation. In his speech (which can be seen at this publicly available link), Bessant dived into the idea of including users in innovation processes. As he […]
Regional living labs for agroecology
Workshop, relevant for the Rural Living Labs Action Oriented Task Force, will take place during the European Week of Regions and Cities. The workshop on the topic of “Regional living labs for agroecology” will assemble a mixed audience of regional and local authorities, scientists, sectoral stakeholders, members of civil society and policymakers to discuss […]
Finalists of the European Social Innovation Competition
The European Social Innovation Competition is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries. The competition acts as a beacon for social innovators in Europe, employing a proven methodology for supporting early-stage ideas and facilitating a network of radical innovators shaping society for the better. […]
Bridging EU-US research on Next Generation Internet (NGI) – Open Calls
The main goal of the NGIatlantic.eu Open Calls is to incentivize EU – US NGI teams to carry out experiments using EU and/or US based experimental platforms. This will take the form of funding to be provided through a cascade grant process for the EU counterparts of the teams formed. Key dates: Submission of Declaration of Honor (DoH) […]
