Best practices Database for Living Labs - ALCOTRA - Innovation

SME Innovation Support
Figure 35: SME Innovation Support
14. Current status of CO-LLABS Living Labs
The analysis of 21 in CO-LLABS identified Living Labs shows that the status of these Living Labs can already
be classified as good. Most of the Living Labs are rather mature in the field of user involvement as well as
methods & tools. The other dimensions are balanced at almost 50%.
Figure 36: Current status of CO-LLABS Living Labs
15. Further extension of the Indicators regarding the Alcotra goals
The Indicators presented so far have been mainly streamlined according to the idea to access to some
extend the capabilities of a living lab regarding the main dimensions that a living lab have to fulfil from a
functional point of view. However for Alcotra the trans-nationality of the living lab approach is an
important aspect (also backed-up by Harald Botha from Nordforsk in the Genoa meeting). While Living Labs
can exist only in a particular spot the common history of co-operating regions, regardless of national
borders, plays an important part in today’s open innovation environments like Living Labs. In order to
measure the trans-nationality of a living lab an indicator was introduced measuring mainly how tight the
trans-national cooperation between Living Labs is. This indicator measures the degree of cooperation that
the Living Lab is involved in. Higher percentages can be achieved if e.g. a Living Lab participated in an
exchange of information in workshops, if their a common Info-workshops with other Living Labs or if there
is cooperation with other Living Labs. The following picture shows the definition of the Indicator.
The project is co-funded by the ERDF
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