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Baltic –Mediterranean Seas Smart Regions Resilient and Sustainable Cities Network, Knowledge Center and Federated Living Lab
To establish ICT, eServices and Open Data driven regional development and interregional cooperation network, partnership, Federated Knowledge Center and Living Lab for Resilient and Sustainable Smart Cities in Baltic and Mediterranean regions. The targeted priorities and challenges are those where digitalization, ICT driven development and Innovation, new Smart Cities eServices and applications (in transport and logistics, E-government, safety and security, eHealth, Critical Infrastructure, Environment, Tourism and other domains.), the Smart Specialization (RIS3) and Digital Agenda/Single Digital Market strategy could stimulate regional/cities development and improve well being of population. The eServices and applications, regional development topics that are aiming to provide interoperable, systematic situation awareness and monitoring capabilities for authorities and citizens, advanced analytic, decision support tools and Living Lab methods will be prioritized.
Benefits :
Cities and administration- exploring complementarities among regional expertise and business ecosystems to implement jointly and to stimulate the eServices and Open Data driven regional development and innovation; developing locals business eServices and Open Data driven ecosystems; developing partnerships and cooperation with Academia, Industry and SMEs.
Industry and SMEs - to open new opportunities for presenting new products and services (incl. integrated systems and Eservices and application for SSC) to regional authorities, new opportunities for developing partnerships with Academia and public organizations (PPPs)
Academia and research organizations - possibility to apply research knowledge and the knowledge and links with regional development programmes and ecosystems .
ENoLL
Enoll has published
Introducing ENoLL and its Living Lab community
The publication shares information on the history of European Living Labs, the policy context, presents a broad range of research on Living Labs and reflects on relevant definitions and models.
It also provides many tangible examples and concrete information from leading Living Labs in the ENoLL community from across the world as well as data and statistics of the ENoLL network over the past 10 years.
The publication is a living document and we are committed to producing future iterations showcasing latest news, research and community examples.It also describes the principles, resources, values and provides many tangible examples and concrete information from leading living labs across the world, data and statistics of the ENoLL network.
Aditional News
- In dramatic statement, European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to all scientific papers by 2020
In what European science chief Carlos Moedas calls a "life-changing" move, E.U. member states today agreed on an ambitious new open-access (OA) target. All scientific papers should be freely available by 2020, the Competitiveness Council—a gathering of ministers of science, innovation, trade, and industry—concluded after a 2-day meeting in Brussels. - Case Studies on Open Innovation in ICT.
: This report synthesizes the results of 13 case studies on innovative ICT and ICT-enabled companies across Europe. It aims to assess the impact of Open Innovation strategies (OISs) on their innovation processes and to highlight the role played by ICT.. - Mathematicians Bridge Finite-Infinite Divide.
Within any large, complex system there will inevitably exist a subsystem that has a lot more structure. - How innovation agencies work.
This report considers how governments can get better at designing and running innovation agencies, drawing on examples from around the world. - Twelve principles for open innovation 2.0
Evolve governance structures, practices and metrics to accelerate innovation in an era of digital connectivity, writes Martin Curley.