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Piedmont Region (PDMT) - Italy
www.regione.piemonte.it
Regione Piemonte is a local authority; the Directorate Innovation, Research and University is one of its 17 Units. The region, located in North-Western
Italy, has more than 4 million inhabitants and its GDP reached 124 million in 2009. It hosts research, education facilities and competency centres of
international standing: 4 universities, more than 220 public and private research centres, 380 laboratories, 6 technology and science parks, 12 centres
for innovation and incubators. The territory has a strong financial and manufacturing structure and produces 8.1% of Italy’s national wealth. Home to
468.000 companies (7,7% of the national quota) and internationally famous for being the cradle of the Italian car industry - Torino being the home town
of Fiat – the region also hosts top-class enterprises active in: robotics, ICT, life sciences, energy and environment, aerospace, industrial design, logistics,
pharmaceutics, healthcare and agrofood.
Technical University of Kosice (TUKE) - Slovakia
www.tuke.sk
University has nine faculties, around 16 000 full-time undergraduate students. Almost 900 teachers work here, and the same number of research and
administrative staff. Technical University of Kosice is the driver of ICT innovation and development in the Slovakia region. The main faculties related to
the business, innovation and networked economy are the Faculty of Economics, Engineering and Informatics and BERG. Their research projects
(5,6,7RP) focus on business networking, socio-economic analysis of ICT impact, e-business, trust building in the business networks, knowledge
management, web technologies, logistics, eGovernment, regional development, etc. University staff has extensive experience in participation and
management of international projects in this fields. Among the EU R&D projects we recall WEBOCRACY (Web supports to eDemocracy), PRISMA
(Innovative models and assessments for eBusiness), BEEP (Best eEurope Practices), KNOWWEB (Web support of company knowledge
management).
University of Maribor (UNMB) - Slovenia
www.fov.uni-mb.si
The University of Maribor represents one of the main institutions that provide outstanding conditions for regional development in Slovenia and is also
very active in various kinds of international cooperation e.g. the Association of European Universities and ALADIN – the “ALpe ADria INitiative”. The
Faculty of Organizational Sciences has a more than 50 year old tradition in education and today provides Bologna programs of Information Systems,
Human Resource and Educational Systems, Business and Work Systems. Research at the Faculty is organised in many laboratories and in the
eCenter. The eCenter is involved in research projects, prototyping, consulting, education and training at national and international level. Its activities have
been organized and are run following the LivingLab methodology, with a strong involvement of business and government organizations, users, IT
providers and universities. The resulting eLivingLab is the Slovenian founding member of ENOLL.
University of Vorarlberg (FHV) - Austria
www.fhv.at
The University of Applied Science Vorarlberg has a proven track record in creating solutions with over 100 companies and organisations worldwide
and in acquiring extensive funding and grants. The FHV cooperates with Industry in pre-competitive and competitive research in order to come up with
innovative solutions in the area of applied research. As a university of applied sciences the University of Applied Science Vorarlberg is focused on
working together with business and industry, namely learning from each other to what is possible in the research laboratory and in the real-work
context. In its joint ventures with business and industry, the University has channelled its resources into three strategic areas: Micro technology;
User-centred technologies; Product and process engineering. The University has gladly provided solutions for SMEs as well as for world-class
companies.
This project is implemented through the Central Europe Programme co-financed by the ERDF.
Further information and project development results are published on the official project web site www.centralivinglab.eu
PROJECT FACTS
Title: CentraLab - Central European Living Lab for Territorial Innovation
Programme: Central Europe Programme - European Territorial Cooperation Objective
Duration: 1.5.2011 – 30.4.2014 (36 months)
Lead Partner: E-Institute (SI)
E-mail: info@centralivinglab.eu
Website: www.centralivinglab.eu
10 Project partners from 8 EU countries
CONTACT
Matjaž FRAS
E-zavod, Zavod za celovite razvojne rešitve
E-Institute, Institute for Comprehensive Development Solutions
Čučkova ulica 5, 2250 Ptuj, Slovenia
Tel: +386 (0)2 749 32 27
E-mail: info@centralivinglab.eu
matjaz.fras@ezavod.si
Website: www.centralivinglab.eu
www.ezavod.si
CentraLab
Central European Living
Lab for Territorial
Innovation
CentraLab
Broad-reaching laboratory for innovation and competitiveness
“Co-design” process with end users
New policy framework for Knowledge Economy
This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-nanced by the ERDF
www.centralivinglab.eu

www.centralivinglab.eu
The CentraLab project is based on a promising approach that has emerged in the arena of ICT under the name “Living Lab”. In this
model, technology R&D brings infrastructures into real-life contexts to enable a “co-design” process with end users.
CentraLab´s main objective is to transform Central Europe into a broad-reaching laboratory for innovation, including the social and
organisational as well as technological dimensions. CentraLab thus aims to clarify the competitive advantage of a new model of
innovation that draws on Central Europe’s deep, common cultural heritage to strengthen territorial cohesion, promote internal integration
and enhance competitiveness through reciprocal learning and partnership building.
Public Administration
Funding and Financing
CentraLab adopts a bottom-up approach towards construction of the transnational, multi-level governance structure. Its networking
philosophy is action-oriented while organic and open, using the pilot method to achieve a stable, sustainable configuration.
LIVING LAB APPROACH
REGIONAL
POLICY
FRAMEWORK
PILOTS
Universities and Research Organisations
Enterprises SMEs
RDI Stakeholders (PPPP)
Co-creation
New Business Models
Social Innovation
Shared Leadership
TERRITORIAL CAPITAL
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
CITIZENS
SMEs
NGOs
MULTI-LEVEL
GOVERNANCE
MODELS
ICT
PLATFORMS
AND SERVICES
Living Lab Ecosystem
Facilitation
Charisma
Trust
Emotion
Living Lab
trust facilitation
environment interactionask
order zen answersmindset
issues
askchangesorchestrationfeelgo
decisionsrespectactions
groupissues
nurturing sale
process mediacommunity
nurturing truth questionslisten
feel falicitator intuition
safe
belief respectful
A Living Lab is an ecosystem for experimentation and
co-creation with real users in real life environments, where the
end users together with researchers, firms and public institutions
jointly explore, design and validate new and innovative products,
services, solutions and business models.
CentraLab project is in the scope and variety of the ten pilot initiatives, which explore the potential for partnership building
and policy-related investments relating ICT R&D to:
Energy H
Partner is Hosting the pilot Partner participates in the pilot
Users, Citizens
User Communities
Real
Virtual
EZVD UNMB WSKM CF CCSS INTN CTTC TUKE PDMT FHV
Environment & Education H
eHealth H
Climate change H
Media & Creativity H
Micro - SME networks H
Waste management H
Rural development H
Mobility H
Eco-tourism H
Each partner from EU-15 participates
in at least one NMS pilot and vice versa
PROJECT PARTNERS (8 EU countries):
Lead Partner
E-Institute (EZVD) - Slovenia
www.ezavod.si
The scope of E-Institute activities is focused on supporting the sustainable development with implementation of R&D and innovation projects from the
fields of ecology, energetic, economy, e-business and with help of European funds utilization. E-Institute also acts as a Living Lab (within ENoLL
network), mainly focused on the Energy efficiency and user driven innovation development. E-Institute LL has a long-term strategic direction to
promote a sustainable energy efficiency and renewable energy development through innovative ICT services enabling new forms off collaboration.
E-Institute is working as a mechanism for socio-technical changes in the area of energy efficiency and waste management and also for redefining and
reconstructing energy efficiency activities.
Corvinno Technology Transfer Centre (CTTC) - Hungary
www.corvinno.hu
Corvinno Technology Transfer Center Non-profit Ltd is a spin off company of the Corvinus University of Budapest. It was born when a group of erudite
people decided to create an organization that completely focuses on the exploitation of the gathered knowledge and experience. These people have
demonstrated their aptitude and efficiency in leading organizations from the public and the private sector. The common feature of Corvinno team
possesses a unique combination of innovation, management and technical expertise and above all sharing the same professional and ethical values.
In accordance with the innovation life cycle, Corvinno is proud of leading prestigious research projects in the field of ICT, disseminating its results
through conferences, publications and trainings, and offering consultancy and solutions to its clients.
CyberForum (CF) - Germany
www.cyberforum.de
CyberForum is one of the biggest and fastest growing IT-networks in Germany and part of the biggest Software-Cluster in Europe. As a non-profit
association founded in 1997 it is a support organization for start-ups and young entrepreneurs in the Region of Karlsruhe. Its rich set of key
stakeholders largely exceeds 900 members, including State/Regional public authorities, SMEs and large enterprises. The region of Karlsruhe is one of
the most prominent European ICT clusters according to the European Cluster Observatory. Leading edge projects have contributed to the local
development of technologies that will shape the future of Internet and mobile services. Addressing successfully these emerging trends is enabling the
cluster to gain and maintain global visibility.
Czech Centre for Science and Society (CCSS) - Czech republic
www.ccss.cz
Czech Center for Science and Society (CCSS) is an association of high-tech SMEs, the public administration and research organizations. It is an
independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation. CCSS is a type of virtual centre of excellence with the focus on the implementation of
new communication and navigation technologies which have potential for sustainable development. It is focused on international activities in the field of
international research projects and utilization of modern technologies. CCSS supports co-operation networks (include Living Labs) of the small and
medium business within the framework of regional economies. CCSS is active in the field of agriculture, industry, education and services. The priority
of activities of CCSS is environment protection and crisis management. CCSS participates in the organization of many international conferences such
as GI2011-X-border-SDI/GDI-Symposium or European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment / World
Congress on Computers in Agriculture.
Higher School of Management in Konin (WSKM) - Poland
www.wskmkonin.edu.pl
Higher School of Management in Konin (Wyższa Szkoła Kadr Menedżerskich w Koninie, WSKM) was founded in 2007 with a purpose of being a
Konin-based provider of education services for employed managers who are interested in improving their qualifications. It is a non-public school with
state accreditations for its educational activities. It is a non-profit entity. WSKM has cooperated with institutions supporting local entrepreneurship,
realising joint projects that aim at aligning education with practical applications and market needs and facilitating employment for graduates. It focuses
on innovation – both with regards to its educational methods, and to the application areas. In 2010, WSKM took part in an initiative of founding a cluster
of construction firms. The role was to support the action with its research, and one of the possible development areas is preparation of an electronic
platform for collaboration of participating entities.
Informatica Trentina SpA (INTN) - Italy
www.infotn.it
The Taslab initiative is coordinated by Informatica Trentina, which is full owned by the Autonomous Province of Trento. Informatica Trentina represents
and coordinates the Trentino research centers in ICT, various user organizations, and many local enterprises. All the above organizations have signed
endorsement letters in favour of Informatica Trentina. Many more are expected to join this initiative along with its progressive growth and consolidation.
The full regional coverage of TasLab is complemented by the active role that the local administration and Informatica Trentina have in the national
innovation projects, and by the large number of European projects (many of which focusing on the involvement of the end user) of the research
centers. Finally, the TasLab initiative has established contacts with many existing living labs (Slovenia, Ireland, ESA in Frascati, and also Prof. Inchingolo’s
LL in Trieste) and Trentino has also become a member of the Central Europe LL initiative.
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