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European Network of Living Labs ENoLL iVZW Pleinlaan 9 1050 Brussels Belgium

European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) contribution on the CoR consultation on the Commission Proposal on Establishing Horizon 2020 – the Framework of Research and Innovation (2014-­‐2020) Committee of the Regions (CoR) is drafting an opinion on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on "Establishing Horizon 2020 -­‐ The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-­‐2020)", COM (2011) 809 final. Innovation has been placed at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy as our best means of successfully tackling major societal challenges, such as climate change, energy and resource scarcity, health and ageing, which are becoming more urgent by the day. In this context, the CoR opinion on Horizon will have two main focus areas: • Addressing fundamental policy questions related to excellence, capacity-­‐building, smart specialisation, regional research and innovation ecosystems, • Proposing concrete recommendations on issues affecting local and regional actors. These issues include, but are not limited to: public procurement; researcher mobility; access to complementary finance; research infrastructure; and strategies for R&D and regional development. The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) welcomes this consultation and the specific inclusion of the role of the Living Labs in strengthening the regional dimension in Horizon 2020 as follows: “In recent years, the rapidly expanded Living Labs initiative has also led to increased application of research to resolving practical, real-­‐world challenges. In its opinions, the CoR has stressed the importance of strengthening such activity”. We especially would like to emphasise importance of the following aspects mentioned in the Committee of the Regions Working document: • Regional innovation platforms to be developed that would act as demand-­‐based service centres and promote the use of international knowledge to implement the Europe 2020 strategy, smart specialisation and European cooperation to meet the interests of a given region.

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