Highlights of 2018

03 Highlights of 2018

Looking back at 2018, it is difficult to summarise such an active year in a few lines.

The year began by publishing the Manifesto for Innovation in Europe, written by ENoLL Council members and like-minded organisations. The vision of the manifesto is of a European Union in which citizens are not only beneficiaries of growth, but are also co-creators and co-owners of the resulting societal changes, actors shaping the progress towards a Europe of citizens.

ENoLL has once again expanded its collaboration beyond Europe and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Australian Living Labs Innovation Network with the aim to collaborate with Australian counterparts on strategically relevant topics. Next to that, core members of the network have welcomed an Innovation Partner from Australia. This was not the only expansion in 2018, a year during which the core members group expanded to include five new members which are closely working with the network.

At the annual gathering of the community – the OpenLivingLab Days hosted in Geneva, Switzerland 12 new adherent members received ENoLL Living Lab certification. The new members joined the community in the same year as the online presence of ENoLL was refreshed and the members area – a collaboration platform was refurbished.

And finally, to promote the Open Innovation principles and the Living Lab methodology in which users are in the centre of innovation, ENoLL representatives have been busy speaking at key European and global events.