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MEDLAB

Panos Georgopoulos

Region of Central Macedonia

panos@rcm.gr

MEDITERRANEAN LIVING LAB FOR TERRITORIAL INNOVATION

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POLICY CONTEXT• ERDF 2007-2013 Territorial Cooperation

MED Programme: competitiveness of Med space, territorial cohesion, sustainable development

Priority Axis I: Strengthening innovation capacities• Encourage entrepreneurship, innovation, research and

the knowledge economy

Objective 1.1: dissemination of innovative technologies and know-how

• organisations supporting businesses, cooperation between clusters, linking businesses and R&D…

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LIVING LABS• “User-driven open innovation ecosystems

based on business – citizens – government partnerships which enable users to take part an active part in the research, development and innovation process”

• Bringing users early into the creative process• Bridging the innovation gap between technology

development and the uptake of new products and services

• Allowing for early assessment of the socio-economic implications of new technological solutions

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LLs & POLICY• Promote RTD in the regional context• Foster Open Innovation in regional ICT

businesses• Increase inward RTD investment from big

players• Apply ICT RTD to issues of regional interest• Promote diffusion of ICT co-design in target

areas• Stimulate social innovation in user groups

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OBJECTIVES• Develop a trans-national Mediterranean

Living Lab based on integration of LL approach into regional policyUse ICT to elicit and support territorial innovation

Provide a governance framework for co-design of innovative ICT services

Generate new models of development based on technological, social, organisational and institutional innovation

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PARTNERSHIP

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APPROACH

REGIONALPOLICY

FRAMEWORK

ICTPLATFORMS AND

SERVICES

MULTI-LEVELGOVERNANCE

MODELS

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WORKPLAN

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OUTCOMES• R&D roadmap identifying the innovative ICT

services defined through the LL approach• Living Lab policy agenda based on the

concrete experiences of integrating R&D on top of local development initiatives

• Governance models applied through the pilot project Memoranda of Understanding and their integration into the Med-wide Living Lab

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RESULTS• On-line databases of regional innovation

policies and existing / potential Living Labs• Pilot projects and partnerships

Inno-SMEs networks, Rural development, Coastal zone management, Participatory strategic planning, and Tourism

• Thematic and regional Policy Briefings• Final conference and publications

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CONTACT• Lead Partner

Region of Central Macedonia• Project Manager: Panagiotis Georgopoulos,

panos@rcm.gr

• In SicilyDepartment of Planning, Sicilian Region

• Local Project Manager: Giovanni Salemi, gsalemi@artasicilia.it

• Project website• www.medlivinglab.eu

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