CIP Innovation proposals

Living Labs Information Event
14 January 2009, at 10:30 – 17:30 hrs

Organiser: European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General,
New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities
Venue: European Commission, Centre Borschette, room 0A, rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels; closest metro: Schuman
Draft Programme
10:30 – 13:00 Morning session
Chair: Per Blixt, Head of Unit, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities,
European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
Opening, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General (tbc)
Introduction to the CIP and ICT Programmes,
Per Blixt, Head of Unit, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities, EC, DG INFSO
Opportunities related to Living Labs in CIP ICT PSP under WP2009 and FP7 ICT under WP2009-10,
Max Lemke, Deputy Head of Unit, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental Facilities, EC, DG INFSO
The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL),
Jean-Pierre Euzen, Head of Sector, Living Labs, EC, DG INFSO
First Living Labs related achievements from the FP6 research project portfolio, representatives of
Integrated Projects: Collaboration@Rural, Laboranova, CoSpaces, ECOSPACE, WearIT@Work (tbc, 5 min each)
First Living Labs related achievements from the CIP project CO-LLABS, a representative of the CO-LLABS Thematic Network (CIP ICT PSP WP2007) (tbc)
Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 17:30 Afternoon session
Chair: Olavi Luotonen, Scientific Officer, Living Labs, New Infrastructure Paradigms and Experimental
Facilities, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General

1. CONTEXT
PRO INNO Europe® is an initiative of Directorate General Enterprise and Industry
aiming at innovation policy analysis and cooperation in Europe, with a view to
learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better
innovation policies in Europe.
Launched in 2006, PRO INNO Europe® has supported closer cooperation between
innovation policy makers at different levels, thus contributing to the creation of a
European Innovation Space. New innovation policy concepts were jointly
developed and tested which helped improve their efficiency and more rapid
implementation throughout Europe. PRO INNO Europe® assists participating
countries and their regions to better invest in innovation, by learning from others
and sharing experience.
With this new phase starting in 2009, PRO INNO Europe® is launching a new set
of initiatives that will focus on specific priority areas, such as clusters, ecoinnovation
and services. The identification and further dissemination of “good
practice” is no longer good enough. To make real progress, participating countries
and regions have to work closer together in search of “better practice” in support of
innovation and to undertake concrete steps to put this into practice. The proposed
actions closely reflect the recommendations of the Communication "Putting
knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU"1, notably in

1. CONTEXT: ROLE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN INCREASING THE DEMAND FOR
INNOVATIVE GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE LEAD MARKET INITIATIVE
In December 2007, the European Commission presented a "Lead Market Initiative
for Europe". The Lead Market approach aims to stimulate the demand for innovative
products and services in Europe, in particular through regulation, standards and
public procurement. Six potential lead markets have been identified to apply this
approach: eHealth, construction, protective textiles, bio-based products, recycling
and renewable energy. For each lead market an action plan is being implemented by
the European Commission, Member States and industry.
Public procurement has been identified as one of the main policy instruments that can
be used to implement the Lead Market Initiative. The approach is to stimulate
demand for innovative products and services in Europe by supporting public
procurers active in the lead markets concerned and to have them act as
“launch customers”. Public procurers include national, regional and local
authorities as well as bodies governed by law as defined as "Contracting Authorities"
(see Section 5.2). The EU legal framework for public procurement supports the Lead
Market Initiative by addressing market fragmentation and enabling the development
of competitive solutions. A guide has been published by the Commission describing
how innovation can be fostered through the use of public procurement1.

COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (CIP)

ICT POLICY SUPPORT PROGRAMME DRAFT ICT PSP WORK PROGRAMME 2009

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Chair: Barbas, Antonios
Maloney, Colette - Monteiro, Manuel
Organisers: European Commission, Information Society & Media Directorate-General (DG INFSO)
Themes: Theme B - Sustainable development: Regional responses to climate change
Speakers: Couturier, Martine - Gricar, Joze - Harmer, Dave - Reix, Claire-Anne - Simon, Patrice - Weets, Guy
Location: European Commission, Centre Borschette CCAB 1C
Date: 07/10/2008 [14:30-16:15]
Brief: Adapting to climate change in Europe, reinforcing the Union’s disaster response capacity, preventing natural and man-made disasters, and protecting citizens better against disaster risks by strengthening early warning systems, are now policy matters of high priority. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can dramatically improve the operations of emergency/civil protection agencies which have distinct legacy systems and depend largely on voice communication practices. There is also an increasing demand for reliable forecasting or prevention of riskprone conditions, launch of early warning systems and ICT-enabled preparedness strategies for timely interventions and cost-efficient resource management. Pilot
validations in urban and regional settings of emerging information exchange protocols and crisis communication technologies, permit interoperability in
operations between control rooms and field personnel as well as between the various agencies called for action after an incident.

Dear eBSN members, I would like to draw your attention to the European SME week, 6-14 May 2009.

The Commission is organising the first European SME week in May 2009 to inform SMEs about available support at EU and national level and to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs. The SME week will be a European umbrella campaign for activities that take place throughout Europe. It will be launched in Brussels on 6 May but the vast majority of events during the week will take place across Europe in the Member States.

The Commission is organising the first European SME week in May 2009 to inform SMEs about available support at EU and national level and to encourage more people to become entrepreneurs. The SME week will be a European umbrella campaign for activities that take place throughout Europe.

The SME week will run from 6 to 14 May 2009. It will be launched in Brussels on 6 May but the vast majority of events during the week will take place across Europe in the Member States. The closing event will be organised together with the Czech Presidency on 13 and 14 May 2009. This event will include the European Enterprise Awards ceremony.

We are calling for business organisations and all interested parties at national, regional and local level to organise events during the SME week. The SME week is an opportunity to promote the support that your organisation can provide to SMEs and potential entrepreneurs.

To organise an event as part of the SME week, please fill in the event form below and send it to the national coordinators for your country.