The document discusses the Athlone Living Lab project which aims to reconstruct community spaces in the Athlone area of Cape Town, South Africa using innovative ICT solutions. The project focuses on using technology to care for, inform, and educate citizens as well as support enterprise development. It seeks to create an interaction space where the university, community, and industry can collaborate on developing knowledge and solutions that empower and develop the local community. Key stakeholders involved include universities, community organizations, and technology companies. The document outlines how projects and services could be embedded within the Athlone Living Lab.

1. By Marlon Parker Reconstructing Community Spaces “Athlone Living Lab”

2. Reconstructing Communities in Tension

3. “ To develop and sustain an empowering environment, where, through teaching, learning, research and scholarship our students and staff, in partnership with the community and industry are able to create and apply knowledge that contributes to development.” Cape Peninsula University of Technology Mission Statement

4. Project Focus Innovative ICT Solutions to facilitate: a care of citizens dissemination of information, e.g., to inform citizens about the problems, their consequences and preventative mechanisms; education of citizens, e.g., train citizens specific skills etc. Enterprise Development Care Inform Educate Innovation Empowerment Enterprise Research

5. Interaction Space University Community Incubation Innovation Space Community Development Space Socio-Techno “ Bridge”

7. Athlone Living Lab (ALL) “ A reconstruction 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.”

8. Stakeholders Network Academia CPUT UWC – FSIU UCT Stellenbosch University University of Southampton (UK) Malmö University (Sweden) University of Pretoria NMMU Community Impact Direct Bridgetown Civic Athlone Youth and Family Centre Athlone SAPS Athlone Schools Network Dept. Social Development Industry LLiSA MXit Lifestyle NetSquared COFISA PodCART Cell-Life Afrivate Tabeisa JJeRR NETucation CCSLA DELL SA-DF

9. Embedding in ALL Critical mass of users Low High High Service fully funded Self sustaining service Fully funded pilot/demo Endorsed service ALL product/service portfolio

10. Embedding in ALL Critical mass of users Low High High Angel Service Advice Support ALL 0.1 Mom 2.0 CAS The Reconstructed ALL product/service portfolio PAS DAS MedBx HBCC Self sustaining service Endorsed service Fully funded pilot/demo Service fully funded

11. Embedding in ALL Critical mass of users Low High High Angel Service Advice Support ALL 0.1 Mom 2.0 CAS The Reconstructed ALL product/service portfolio PAS Collaboration Expansion DAS Increase user base Include Commercial Targets Self sustaining service Endorsed service Fully funded pilot/demo Service fully funded MedBx HBCC

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