This document discusses tips and lessons learned from Barcelona Urban Lab's process of connecting challenges faced by the city of Barcelona to innovative solutions proposed by multidisciplinary teams. It recommends involving stakeholders from the beginning, balancing open and targeted calls, focusing on challenges rather than prescribed solutions, and ensuring legal compliance. It also stresses the importance of metrics, political support, external partnerships, and using public procurement to stimulate innovation. The overall goal is to help Barcelona remain open and proactive in addressing urban problems through bottom-up engagement and new ideas.

1. Barcelona
Urban Lab
Barcelona
Open
to
Business,
Open
to
Innova3on
5 – Delivering to real world
Chile , October 2014

2. 2
Barcelona Urban Lab
Some
3ps
1. Mul3disciplinary
work
teams:
Involve
the
“owner”
or
“owners”
from
the
very
beginning
(defini8on
of
challenge,
member
of
the
jury,
management
of
the
implementa8on)
2. Open
to
any
ideas
vs.
calls
related
to
specific
Challenge:
Be
sure
is
balanced.
Take
into
account:
the
effort
you
can
put
in
this
process
(€,
HR,
…),
the
type
of
solu8on
you
are
looking
for
and
the
8ming.
3. Solu3ons
vs
Challenges:
Don’t
ask
for
a
solu8on,
expose
a
challenge
to
be
solve.
4. Legal
aspects:
Be
sure
that
you
take
into
account
the
legal
framework
for
“buying
innova8on”
in
your
country.
From
the
first
moment
decide
if
you
are
looking
for
ideas,
if
you
want
to
pilot
or
you
are
willing
to
buy
a
product/service.
5. Poli3cal
role:
It
can
begin
with
boOom
up
proac8vity
and
few
resources
....
But
later
you’ll
need
a
Poli8cal
commitment
to
scale
it.

3. 3
Barcelona Urban Lab
KEY INDICATORS
Need to be WORKED
!!!
From the beggining
WHAT YOU CAN NOT MEASURE DOES NOT EXIST

4. URBAN
LAB
EVOLUTION
Future
vision
Taula
URBAN
LAB
• Recepció
• Filtre
• Coordinació
• Impuls
(PROACTIVITAT)
Gerència:
lidera
(requeriments,
implementació,
audits,…)
Empresa:
project
manag.
UL:
Suport
legal,
connexió
amb
PE,
comunicació.
¿Project
management?
Empreses
Internacional
Ciudadanía
URBAN LAB (PE)
ALTRES ÀREES
COMUNICACIÓ
OPEN
(web)
CALLS
IMPULS
DE
PILOTS
AVALUACIÓ
i
COMUNICACIÓ
PLATAFORMA
VALORITZACIÓ
•
Valorització
(Ges8ó
de
la
Propietat
intelectual,
Creació
d’empreses,
finançament,
…)
• Connexió
público-­‐
privada
2
1
3
3
4
5

5. 5
From 22@ Urban lab to Barcelona Urban Lab
and now, The Mobile World Lab
22@Urban
Lab
http://www.mobileworldlab.eu/
info@mobileworldlab.eu - info@barkeno.biz –
+34. 930.130.087 - +34. 675.786.852

6. 6
Barcelona Urban Lab
LOOK
FOR
EXTERNAL
SUPPORT
AND
NOTORIETY
-­‐
Stagiere
-­‐
European
projects
-­‐
Notoriety
(press,
media,
…)
è
SCALE
IT

7. 7
Barcelona Urban Lab
Cultural and Political role?
Political commitment is nedeed
BUT
bottom up proactivity TOO
Innovation is a cultural behaviour
but also need external support

8. 8
(in 2013) Still …..the question is
Innovative Public procurement…¿?
It can be purchased on the basis of a
challenge?
You can link the BUY and the innovation
process?
CONSEGUIMOS
LO
!!!
TRYING
KEEP

9. BCN
|
Open
Challenge
Barcelona
Open
to
Business,
Open
to
Innova3on
An
example
of
Innova8ve
Public
Procurement
(An
ambi8ons
evolu8on
of
Barcelona
Urban
Lab)
Juliol 2014

10. 10
Barcelona Urban Lab
Barcelona: (the plot and slogan)
open for innovation, open for business