The European Network of Living Labs

(ENoLL) is a community of Living Labs

with a sustainable strategy for
enhancing innovation on a systematic
basis. The association supports the
evolution and wide uptake of the Living
Lab paradigm throughout Europe and
beyond.

The overall objective is to contribute to
the creation of a dynamic European
innovation ecosystem with a global
reach. ENoLL aims to support co-
creative, human-centric and user-driven
research, development and innovation
in order to better cater for peoples
needs.

Cont act us:

ENoLL Office | Pleinlaan 9 | B 1050
Brussels | Belgium
Tel: +32 2 614 8547
Fax: +32 2 629 17 00
www.openlivinglabs.eu
info@enoll.org


Public and private organisations from all
countries in the world, actively committed to
engage and empower users and citizens to take
part in sustainable innovation processes, are
invited to apply for membership of the European
Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) as of February
3rd 2014.
The Application form can only be obtained
through pre-registration with the ENoLL Office
(info@enoll.org) by providing the following:
Living Lab name
Host organisation name
Web address
Applicant country
Contact person details
Completed applications must be sent to
8wave@enoll.org by May 21, 2014 12:00 CET.
Approved new members will be officially
welcomed during the 8th Wave Launch
Ceremony at the Living Lab Summer
School/OpenLivingLab Days in Amsterdam, 2nd
to the 6th of September 2014.

What i s a Li vi ng Lab?
A Living Lab is a real-life test and
experimentation environment where users
and producers co-create innovation, Public-
Private-People Partnerships (PPPP) fostering
user-driven open innovation. A Living Lab
engages in four main activities:
Co-Creation: co-design by users and
producers;
Exploration: discovering emerging
tendencies, behaviors and market
opportunities;
Experimentation: implementing live
scenarios within communities of users;
Evaluation: assessment of concepts,
products and services according to
socio-ergonomic, socio-cognitive and
socio-economic criteria.
For further information please visit
www.openlivinglabs.eu or contact
info@enoll.org.

European Net work of Li vi ng Labs
The 8t h Wave

The

Eval uat i on
An evaluation panel of experts divided into
different teams carries out the evaluation.
Each group is composed of three
evaluators coming from different EU
nations.
Applications passing the eligibility test are
assigned to teams having no member from
proposing nation and are scored
according to the above criteria, clustered
into five categories.
A special cross-evaluation team ensures
consistency of scoring in the following
criteria:
Evidence of co-created values from
research, development and innovation
Values/services offered/provided to LL
actors
Measures to involve users
Reality usage contexts, where the LL
runs its operations
User-centricity within the entire service
process
Full product lifecycle support
capability and maturity
LL covers several entities within value-
chain(s)
Quality of user-driven innovation
methods and tools
Availability of required technology
and/ or test-beds
Evidence of expertise gained for the LL
operations
Commitment to open processes
IPR principles supporting capability
and openness
Openness towards new partners and
investors
Business-citizens-government
partnership: strength and maturity
Organisation of LL governance,
management and operations
Business model for LL sustainability
Interest and capacity to be active
in EU innovation systems
International networking experience
Channels (e.g. web) supporting public
visibility and interaction
People/positions dedicated to LL
management and operations

All applicants will be informed of the evaluation outcome 40 days after the call
closes! The successful applicants will be officially welcomed during the 8th
Wave Launch Ceremony at the Living Lab Summer School in Amsterdam, 2nd -
6th of September 2014! www.openlivinglabdays14.com


Applications can be submitted by any legal
entity from any country in the world that is
or hosts (on a behalf of a partnership) a
Living Lab. This organization will have to
prove its capacity to operate as a Living
Lab and/or act as an innovation service
provider through the Living Lab
methodology and/or develop its
operations towards Living Labs.

Note that since the 5th Wave ENoLL has
introduced compulsory administrative fee
for all adherent members (500 EUR/year).
Eval uat i on

Membership application proposals are first
checked for eligibility and are rejected on
the following conditions:
Arrival after deadline
Template not used or severely misused
Missing LL legal body (host
organization)
Missing name or VAT/Registration
number
Missing LL contact person name, email
or phone
Grossly exceeding the length of 10
pages with 11 pt font for the
application document and 10 pages
for the annex.

All applications must be in English. Eligible
proposals are then evaluated through the
experience of ENoLL members in running
sustainable Living Labs. It is not necessary
to satisfy all the criteria: evaluators look
more at their balance with respect to the
development of LL operations.

How t o appl y

The 8th Wave Membership application
form can be obtained only through pre-
registration with the ENoLL Office
(info@enoll.org) by providing the
following:

Living Lab name
Host organization name
Applicant country
Contact person details

Completed applications must be sent to
8wave@enoll.org by May 21, 2014 at
12 CET.
Pri vacy st at ement
By completing the application form and
submitting it for evaluation, the
candidate organisation authorizes ENoLL
AISBL to maintain the information
contained therein for the purposes of
evaluation and statistical analysis, in
accordance with privacy legislation in
different EU member states.
In the event of a successful application,
the candidate organisation further
authorizes ENoLL AISBL to publish and
distribute the information contained
therein, unless otherwise informed in
writing by June 15, 2014.
Applicants should prove their LL track
record by providing links to material
such as webpages, video content and
such like.
In the 8th Wave, ENoLL has added
additional requirements for every
application, which have to be sent as
annex together with the application:
Letter of support from all the partners
claimed to be part of the Living Lab
Recommendations from another
member of the Living Lab community
(must be an existing ENoLL member)
The ENoLL Council, applying the conflict
of interest principles followed by relevant
selection procedures, will take the final
decision on evaluation and selection
processes.
We are looking forward to your
application and welcoming you to the
growing community of Living Labs!

European Net work of Li vi ng Labs
The 8t h Wave

Jarmo Eskelinen
CEO of Forum
Virium & Chairman
of ENoLL