The document discusses Barcelona Laboratori, a city innovation lab in Barcelona, Spain. It aims to foster creative industries and empower citizens as drivers of innovation through a quadruple helix model of collaboration between public institutions, universities/research, businesses, and citizens. The lab provides services like the Creative Technologies Office and Citizen Science Office to support projects in areas like audiovisuals, music, cultural heritage, and more. It has engaged over 2,500 stakeholders and 34,000 citizens since 2012 and supported over 120 projects and 50 apps to promote innovation in the city.

1. Fostering Creative Industries
City as a Lab
Why Labs? Empowering citizens as drivers of innovation

3. Barcelona Laboratori
The city as a Laboratory for experimentation
• City Innovation Ecosystem: Quadruple Helix Model, applied to Creative Industries and Citizens

4. http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/
User-driven Innovation
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Barcelona Laboratori / 27 de Febrer 2013
BCNLab
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5. Barcelona Laboratori – Pushing existing initiatives

6. Barcelona Laboratori
Projects
Talent /
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Helix
Services
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Windows

7. City Resources and
infrastructure
Barcelona Laboratori - Services

8. City Infrastructure / Resources - Services
City Infrastructure / Services

9. Creative
Technologies Office
Barcelona Laboratori - Services

10. BcnLabGaming
Performances and
new video Art
Audiovisuals
Music & Sound Design
Developers
Makers
Cultural Heritage
Creative Technologies Office - Services

11. Creative Technologies Office - Services
Resources / Technologies from European Projects,
partners, research centres, universities…

12. Citizen
Science Office
Barcelona Laboratori - Services

13. Citizen Science Office - Services

14. Citizen Science Office - Services

15. Windows / Visibility
City Festivals
Barcelona Laboratori - Windows

16. Visibility - Windows

17. Revenue
Barcelona Laboratori - Revenue

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19. Barcelona Laboratori in some figures
Since its creation in 2012, BcnLab activities and it
related activities from the DCI can be summarized as:
 Up to 2.500 representatives from each area of the quadruple helix
(public institutions, research centres and universities, businesses and
citizens)
 More than 10 collaborating organizations that are involved in the
governance of the lab
 Up to 34.000 citizens that participated in different projects and
activities
 More than 120 projects carried out under the framework of the
Barcelona Lab
 More than 50 Apps generated
 More 30.000 media impacts

20. Making
understandable the
quadruple helix
ecosystem with the
official stakeholders
Barcelona Laboratori – Key Results

21. Financial resources - Services

22. Mentoring / Support - Services

23. Canòdrom
Creative research park
• A talent HUB for Creative Industries to stimulate innovation and growth by cross-sectorial
collaborations

24. Financial resources - Services
barcelona@creatifi.eu www.creatifi.eu

25. DCI
Direction of Creativity and Innovation
Apps & Cultura
BcnLab PRC -
Canòdrom
CreatiFI / Accelerators
IT infrastructure grants
Talent grants in PRC - Canòdrom
FI-Performing Arts
OTC
FI-
WARE
Windows/Visibility/Internationalization
FastInnovationCycles/LivingLabs
Festival of
Science and
Technology
GREC
La Mercé
DAU Festival
Creative
Ring
Sonar +D

26. Contact.
Fco. Javier Iglesias Gracia
Barcelona Lab projects coordinator - Institute of
Culture of the Municipality of Barcelona
Francisco.iglesias@iglor.es