MEDLAB Panos Georgopoulos Region of Central Macedonia [email_address] MEDITERRANEAN LIVING LAB FOR TERRITORIAL INNOVATION

POLICY CONTEXT ERDF 2007-2013 Territorial Cooperation MED Programme: competitiveness of Med space, territorial cohesion, sustainable development Priority Axis I: Strengthening innovation capacities Encourage entrepreneurship, innovation, research and the knowledge economy Objective 1.1: dissemination of innovative technologies and know-how organisations supporting businesses, cooperation between clusters, linking businesses and R&D…

ERDF 2007-2013 Territorial Cooperation

MED Programme: competitiveness of Med space, territorial cohesion, sustainable development

Priority Axis I: Strengthening innovation capacities

Encourage entrepreneurship, innovation, research and the knowledge economy

Objective 1.1: dissemination of innovative technologies and know-how

organisations supporting businesses, cooperation between clusters, linking businesses and R&D…

LIVING LABS “ User-driven open innovation ecosystems based on business – citizens – government partnerships which enable users to take part an active part in the research, development and innovation process” Bringing users early into the creative process Bridging the innovation gap between technology development and the uptake of new products and services Allowing for early assessment of the socio-economic implications of new technological solutions

“ User-driven open innovation ecosystems based on business – citizens – government partnerships which enable users to take part an active part in the research, development and innovation process”

Bringing users early into the creative process

Bridging the innovation gap between technology development and the uptake of new products and services

Allowing for early assessment of the socio-economic implications of new technological solutions

LLs & POLICY Promote RTD in the regional context Foster Open Innovation in regional ICT businesses Increase inward RTD investment from big players Apply ICT RTD to issues of regional interest Promote diffusion of ICT co-design in target areas Stimulate social innovation in user groups

Promote RTD in the regional context

Foster Open Innovation in regional ICT businesses

Increase inward RTD investment from big players

Apply ICT RTD to issues of regional interest

Promote diffusion of ICT co-design in target areas

Stimulate social innovation in user groups

OBJECTIVES Develop a trans-national Mediterranean Living Lab based on integration of LL approach into regional policy Use ICT to elicit and support territorial innovation Provide a governance framework for co-design of innovative ICT services Generate new models of development based on technological, social, organisational and institutional innovation

Develop a trans-national Mediterranean Living Lab based on integration of LL approach into regional policy

Use ICT to elicit and support territorial innovation

Provide a governance framework for co-design of innovative ICT services

Generate new models of development based on technological, social, organisational and institutional innovation

PARTNERSHIP

APPROACH REGIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK ICT PLATFORMS AND SERVICES MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE MODELS

WORKPLAN

OUTCOMES R&D roadmap identifying the innovative ICT services defined through the LL approach Living Lab policy agenda based on the concrete experiences of integrating R&D on top of local development initiatives Governance models applied through the pilot project Memoranda of Understanding and their integration into the Med-wide Living Lab

R&D roadmap identifying the innovative ICT services defined through the LL approach

Living Lab policy agenda based on the concrete experiences of integrating R&D on top of local development initiatives

Governance models applied through the pilot project Memoranda of Understanding and their integration into the Med-wide Living Lab

RESULTS On-line databases of regional innovation policies and existing / potential Living Labs Pilot projects and partnerships Inno-SMEs networks, Rural development, Coastal zone management, Participatory strategic planning, and Tourism Thematic and regional Policy Briefings Final conference and publications

On-line databases of regional innovation policies and existing / potential Living Labs

Pilot projects and partnerships

Inno-SMEs networks, Rural development, Coastal zone management, Participatory strategic planning, and Tourism

Thematic and regional Policy Briefings

Final conference and publications

CONTACT Lead Partner Region of Central Macedonia Project Manager: Panagiotis Georgopoulos, [email_address] In Sicily Department of Planning, Sicilian Region Local Project Manager: Giovanni Salemi, [email_address] Project website www.medlivinglab.eu

Lead Partner

Region of Central Macedonia

Project Manager: Panagiotis Georgopoulos, [email_address]

In Sicily

Department of Planning, Sicilian Region

Local Project Manager: Giovanni Salemi, [email_address]

Project website

www.medlivinglab.eu

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