Prijedor Circle Hub

Prijedor Circle Hub is the first Living Lab operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina created and managed by PREDA, the Development Agency of the City of Prijedor in the Republika Srpska. PREDA has been the Lead partner in the Interreg Cross- border Cooperation 2014-2020 project entitled Creative@CBC, which has involved similar pathways leading to an application to the ENoLL three organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro. Within the process of preparation of the project proposal, as well as during its implementation, PREDA recognized that a number of previous projects managed throughout the past 5 years, which are reported herein, were clearly inspired by the Living Lab approach. The Prijedor Circle Hub belongs to PREDA and is supported by 16 institutions and organizations originating from the 4 communities of the quadruple-helix. Its functioning is mainly project-based, though this does not necessarily mean that all activities are financially covered by specific funding sources. In fact, the decision to create a Living Lab and apply to become an ENoLL member is part of a strategic decision and a long-term commitment to user-driven, open innovation as an instrument to create a fertile environment for business investments and the creation of new entrepreneurship in the area, which are the two main missions of PREDA as Development agency of the city of Prijedor.