RLabs: Living Lab Challenges and Opportunities

Reconstructed Living Lab By Marlon & René Parker Reconstructing Communities through Innovation

“ A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation, dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment and development of people and communities in or headed for tension through the use of innovative ICT solutions.”

“ A reconstructing interaction space for collaborative design, creation, dissemination and application of knowledge for empowerment, upliftment and development of people and communities in or headed for tension through the use of innovative ICT solutions.” Community Driven Strong Community Partner 7 Full-time Staff 8 Volunteers Trained more than 130 in ICT Supports 50,000+ Established 2 Community based businesses in ICT

Strong University Partners 9 Research Papers Acquired 4 Business Contracts NGO SM Training COFISA & SAFIPA LLiSA Int. Partners

Challenges

Informed Community

Lack of Resources

Sustainability

Involvement

Informed Community Community Champions

Lack of Resources Available Resources

Sustainability Build Capacity

Government Academia Industry Community Innovation Partnerships Involvement

“ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Thank You www.rlabs.org www.marlonparker.co.za [email_address] [email_address] @marlonparker @reneparker +2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920

RLabs: Living Lab Challenges and Opportunities

by Marlon Parker on Nov 23, 2009

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