Esélykör (Circle of Opportunity) is a voluntary cooperation founded in 2016 by eight NGOs operating on the field of disability-care in the county city, Székesfehérvár. The goal of Esélykör is to coordinate and synchronise the operation of the different NGOs to enable effective collaboration with the local government and enterprises. In addition to NGOs specialising […]
Student Learning Experience (LX) at Kodolányi János University
The Service-Design-methodology-based (SD) development project, aimed at improving students’ learning experience (LX), was requested by the university in December 2017. The contracted partner was an external consultancy company specialized in public, higher, and further education. As a private university, Kodolányi must face high pressure from students’ side to be responsive towards “customer expectations”. The main […]
Development of a school-based health education program
This project was aimed at creating a curriculum for an 8-session-long health club for primary education, that could be used by schoolteachers and school nurses to provide health development activities in a classroom setting. The sessions covered the following topics: (1) Introduction, health, (2) Dietary habits, (3) Physical activities, (4) Sleeping, (5) Relationships, (6) Television, […]
Jarokelo.hu, a “street-fixing” website
Jarokelo.hu (www.jarokelo.hu) is a “street-fixing” website, which enables passers-by to report street infrastructure problems and subsequently inform the relevant department within local authorities or the public service providers assigned. It was launched in 2012, and inspired by Slovakian „Letter to mayor” website run by an NGO. The predecessor of the platform is the FixMyStreet.com. The […]
BAGázs Public Benefit Association – change in the lives of segregated Roma settlements
Since its foundation in 2011 BAGázs Association has been working to contribute to an inclusive and accepting society in which Roma people have a chance to achieve their goals. Currently BAGázs works in two segregated Roma settlements in Central Hungary, in Bag since 2011 and in Dány since 2017. The BAGázs responds to local needs […]
The PwC Experience Center
Development and technological innovation are changing the way people live and especially work. In 2015, to accommodate this shift, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) launched its first Experience Center in Hallandale, FL to serve as a space where collaborative, dynamic, and user-oriented business models could be developed and tested – ultimately helping bring together diverse stakeholders for innovative, […]
The Rome Collaboratory: the role of Living Labs in fostering local development
LabGov, short for the LABoratory for the GOVernance of the City as a Commons, is a global network that aims to explore methodologies and policies for collaboration and shared management of urban spaces/resources through empirical and applied research platforms. Currently, LabGov consists of seven Urban Living Labs (ULL) spanning across Europe, the United States, and […]
The MEF DSII Living Lab
In early 2018, the Directorate for Information Systems and Innovation (DSII) of the General Administration, Human Resources and Services department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) established through the Cloudify NoiPA financing a Living Lab (LL), also known as an Experience Centre at the MEF premises. Distinct from other Living Labs, the […]
Erasme Living Lab – Lyon Metropole: 20 years of Public Innovations
Created in 1999 as a multimedia centre in the countryside one hour west of the metropolitan area of Lyon (Rhône-Alpes Region), Erasme Living Lab became the Living Lab of Greater Lyon Metropole (the political institution that drives the urban area) in 2015, when Rhône department and Lyon Metropole merged. The management team were relocated in […]
SIILAB – Hauts-De-France Region: A «Public Innovation Lab» for Digital and Social Inclusion
The SIILAB (Social Innovation and Investment Laboratory) is a «Public Innovation Lab» created in 2016 in the framework of a national call for project to foster the «Digital Transition of the State and Modernization of Public Action». The SIILAB was one of the twelve projects labelled as Public Innovation Labs in different regions. The raison […]