Best practices Database for Living Labs - ALCOTRA - Innovation
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19. Conclusion and Outlook<br />
As described above the database set-up was influenced by the experienced gathered over different studies<br />
during the last years and based on the results of the <strong>for</strong>mer best practice studies in different EU-Projects.<br />
The existing database has proved to be usable to identify similar thematic <strong>Living</strong> labs <strong>for</strong> the Alcotra<br />
Project. The structure of the <strong>Living</strong> Lab database was refined in order to allow a better identification of<br />
<strong>Living</strong> Lab best <strong>practices</strong> in different <strong>Living</strong> Lab dimensions identified as part of <strong>for</strong>mer EU projects<br />
(Corelabs, Co-L<strong>Labs</strong>) but also as part of requirements from Alcotra. The new database concept thus<br />
represents a step <strong>for</strong>ward in order to deal with the assessment of <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Labs</strong> in a real best practice fashion.<br />
The ownership of the data in the database remains a problem <strong>for</strong> all the legacy data, the legacy data won’t<br />
be available <strong>for</strong> public access. In order to deal with this situation a flag will be introduced which prevents<br />
the usage of the legacy data <strong>for</strong> the public, while allowing the access to all the data that has been cleared<br />
by the Owners. However without a deeper knowledge on how to interpret the data and furthermore who<br />
has done the benchmarking etc. a public access to this data looks in any case not specifically useful.<br />
The framework presented and discussed in the Alcotra Workshop in Genoa was implemented into the<br />
database to enable a better assessment of the best <strong>practices</strong>. The new database allows a real<br />
benchmarking approach and to search <strong>for</strong> <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Labs</strong> not only on the topic but additionally on specific<br />
features of the <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Labs</strong> (e.g. governance model, user integration etc.). Currently Benchmarking data<br />
exists <strong>for</strong> ca. 20 <strong>Living</strong> <strong>Labs</strong> which have been investigated using the extended best practice Framework. The<br />
next steps are the population of the databases with the Alcotra <strong>Living</strong> Lab data core data and afterwards a<br />
first evaluation of this data according to the Framework.<br />
The project is co-funded by the ERDF<br />
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