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13th wave for ENoLL Membership is Open

ENoLL’s contribution to advancing co-creative, human-centric, and user-driven research over the years has grown tremendously, and we are looking forward to expanding our member base in order to bring higher levels of co-operation and sharing of knowledge.

We warmly invite you to submit your application for adherent membership to join our ever growing community of innovation actors!

ENoLL counts today 160 active members worldwide (400+ historically recognised Living Labs over 10 years), including in 22 of the 28 EU Member States, and with 20% of members based outside of the European Union.

How to Apply?

Step 1 – Contact the ENoLL office at info@enoll.org to receive the application material.

All necessary application material 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

Step 2 – Submit a complete application and proof of payment before 09:00 AM Monday 25th March (GMT+1) to info@enoll.org

Applications can be submitted by any legal entity from any country in the world that is or hosts a Living Lab or equivalent structure.

The Complete Application Package includes:

Single PDF file containing a complete application form of around 10 pages, not counting Annex documents.
Annex Documentation such as brochures, activity reports, letters of support, audiovisual material, and any other relevant support documents.
Proof of Payment of 250 Euro evaluation fee

Important Dates

January 8th – Application Opens

March 25th – Application Closes

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September 3rd OpenLivingLab Days 2019 – Welcome ceremony for new ENoLL members

Evaluation Process

To ensure high-value added exchanges within the network and quality outputs from ENoLL certified Living Labs, Adherent and Effective membership is limited to those organisations able to demonstrate the consistent use of a Living Lab approach.

As such, ENoLL Living Labs undergo a structural and methodological quality assessment on their maturity as an innovation ecosystem. This seal of quality makes ENoLL Living Labs the global standard on user-driven innovation.

Complete applications are evaluated by a Committee of 3 experts. These 3 evaluators are selected from a pool of long-standing Living Lab practitioners from the network. Their selection is done to ensure geographic and thematic diversity, and avoid any conflict of interest.

Stages

– Submission of completed form

– Payment of evaluation fee

– Eligibility check by Secretariat

– Review of application by Evaluation Committee and request of further support material if necessary

– Applicant receives evaluation report on maturity level assessment of Living Lab structure