✨Wrapping up 2025 with a lot of gratitude. This year was filled with co-creation, learning and meaningful connections across regions and continents

200 Living Labs: one global community! We’ve reached 200 members, and it truly feels special. This milestone is about people, ideas and real change happening on the ground, across regions, cultures & sectors. Thank you to every Living Lab for the trust, openness and collaborative spirit you bring!

🎥 OLLD25 showed how Living Labs connect local ecosystems to global regenerative futures: through co-creation, citizen engagement, and real-world experimentation! Watch the OpenLivingLab Days 2025 final video and relive the journey: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocr... @andorrari.bsky.social

A perfect gift for the innovator in your life 🎁 The masterclass “Using Arts to Enhance Your Living Labs” shows how artistic methods can boost creativity, engagement, and impact in Living Lab processes.

Living Labs: Bringing Soil Back to Life 🌱 Happy World Soil Day! Across Europe, Living Labs are becoming key drivers of soil restoration creating real-world spaces where farmers, researchers, communities and policymakers test, learn and scale what works. #WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #LivingLabs

🚀Calling Living Labs and cities! We’re partnering in LDT4SSC, which has launched its first Open Call WS1 – Interconnecting Local Digital Twins under the Digital Europe Programme. WS1 supports pilots that connect existing LDTs & data platforms to build a federated European network.

New masterclass: Utilising Arts to Enhance your Living Labs 🎨 Led by Martha King, Creative Co-Director of Bristol’s Living Lab (KWMC), this course shows how art and artists can transform co-creation, engagement, and communication in Living Labs.

📚Introducing the ENoLL Knowledge Hub The ENoLL Knowledge Hub is our central repository of Living Lab knowledge and resources! Members can: 🔐Create an account & upload their own materials ⚙️Choose what’s public or members-only 🤝Learn from and share with the wider Living Lab community

🌍 The M100 Climate Neutrality Convention 2025 is taking place this week in Bucharest, bringing together cities, experts, and civil society to co-create greener, more people-centred urban futures. #M100 #ClimateNeutrality #GreenCities #LivingLabs #UrbanInnovation

📢 We are opening internship positions for students who want to dive into the world of Living Labs and innovation ecosystems! Interns can join our international team and support different areas of work.

We’re happy to be a collaborating partner of the WeMind International Forum, taking place in Barcelona, 25–26 November 2025! The forum will gather experts and practitioners to explore how care, digital transformation, housing, longevity, and new business models can improve well-being and autonomy.

Join us on 3 December in Brussels for the SOILL-Startup Final Conference, “Shaping the Future of Soil Health Living Labs and Lighthouses in Europe”, a key event for the EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”! 📍 Committee of the Regions, Room VMA 21 🕒 13:00–17:00 CET

✨What a journey! #OLLD25 in Andorra la Vella brought together our global Living Lab community for collaboration, learning and innovation. From inspiring keynotes to hands-on workshops and high-impact research sessions, this edition captured the spirit of co-creation and real-world experimentation.

Join us in Brussels on 19 November 2025 for the event “Building the Future: Launching Europe’s Open Innovation Ecosystem for Construction”, organised by Metabuilding Labs! 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/bdzbty7c #MetabuildingLabs #LivingLabs #OpenInnovation #Sustainability #ConstructionInnovation

🌍Insights from the Living-in.EU Digital Assembly 2025 Cities and regions are leading Europe’s digital transformation: connecting AI, open data, and people-centred innovation to build more resilient, inclusive, and democratic communities.

📣 The Final Conference of GILL project is coming up! 🗓️25 November 2025 | 📍 Brussels Join us for “Driving Change Through Gendered Innovation: Insights and Legacy from GILL”: a day of discussion and reflection on how inclusive innovation can shape more equitable ecosystems across Europe!

📢Join us in Brussels on 3 December 2025 for the SOILL-Startup Final Conference! The SOILL-Startup Final Conference explores how Living Labs connect policy, data, and innovation to restore Europe’s soils. 📍3 December 2025, 14:00-17:00 CET | Brussels, Belgium

🎉 It’s almost time: the Virtual Learning Lab – Autumn 2025 starts on 3 November Learn, collaborate & innovate your way through self-paced sessions and obtain your certificate of competence! 🌍 Let’s kick off the journey together: tinyurl.com/px77ubba

Join us next week at #SCEWC25! 🌎 Throughout the three-day congress, ENoLL and its members will take part in high-level sessions and panels, showcasing how co-creation and citizen-driven innovation are shaping the inclusive, sustainable, and digital cities of tomorrow. 💡🏙️ 👉 bit.ly/4oC4fjS

🌱Big news for Europe’s soils: the EU Soil Monitoring Law, the first law dedicated to soil health, has just been adopted! In this article, Giulia Campodonico, our Head of Projects, reflects on what this milestone means and how Living Labs will be key to turning policy into action on the ground.

🚨Final call Apply by 31 October 2025 to certify your Living Lab & join the ENoLL Membership community🌍 Don’t miss your chance to connect with global innovators and strengthen your open innovation journey! 👉Submit your application now: tinyurl.com/4xxpu57a #LivingLabs #OpenInnovation #Membership

Join the conversation on circular innovation: our Effective Member Krakow Technology Park, invites you to this international conference where experts will share how plastics and advanced materials are being transformed into sustainable solutions! 📅 28 October 2025 📍Hotel Kolovare, Zadar / Hybrid

👉 Are you ready to fast-track your Living Lab learning journey? Enjoy the new asynchronous format of this autumn’s edition of the Virtual Learning Lab & choose your own path: 1️⃣Self-paced learning 2️⃣Fictional case group work 3️⃣Real case group work

📢 Deadline extended: apply until 31 October 2025 to certify your Living Lab & join the ENoLL Membership community 🌍 🔎 Peer-reviewed by Living Lab experts 🤝 Connect with global innovators 🚀 Strengthen your innovation journey Apply now: tinyurl.com/4xxpu57a #LivingLabs #OpenInnovation #Membership

How can cities use AI while ensuring trust and transparency? Join the Living-in.EU webinar during #EURegionsWeek: 🗓️29 October 2025, 10:00–11:30 CET 📍 Online | Free participation

📢 Exciting news: the Virtual Learning Lab (VLL) is now available in an asynchronous format! 📅3 November 2025 – 15 February 2026 🌍Learn anytime, anywhere Featuring: 💻 Weekly pre-recorded sessions 📝 Assignments to apply concepts to a case study 📂 A complete repository of resources & tools

📢 GILL Final Conference – Driving Change Through Gendered Innovation: Insights and Legacy from GILL 📅 25 November 2025 | 🕘 09:00 – 16:00 CET 📍 BIP Meeting Center, Brussels

🚀 Ready to explore the future of society and innovation? Join us in Lecce, 18–19 November 2025 for the Deep Dive session “Exploring Future Society Through Living Labs, Exponential Technologies and Innovative Entrepreneurship” hosted by Fondazione Dhitech!

🌍 ENoLL x Living-in.EU at #SCEWC25 Alongside our own session, we will also join the Living-in.EU Movement session: European Cities and GenAI. 📆 5 November 2025 | ⏰ 9:30 – 10:15 Local authorities will share how they’re applying GenAI to improve services and enhance urban planning.

Join us for the Final Conference of the Urban Transitions Mission Centre (UTMC)! 📅17 October 2025 📍AT60, Avenue de Cortenbergh 60, Brussels We’ll look back at UTMC’s achievements and share what’s next for cities driving climate-neutral and sustainable futures🏙️

🎯Deadline extended: you now have until 31 October 2025 to apply for ENoLL Membership and for the certification of your Living Lab 🚀 Join our global network of Living Labs and open innovation actors🌍 Apply now: tinyurl.com/4xxpu57a #LivingLabs #OpenInnovation #Membership

📢New dates for the Virtual Learning Lab: the Autumn Edition will start on 3 November 2025 & access to training materials will be possible until 15 February 2026 👉The course is self-paced & asynchronous, so you can follow at your own rhythm! 👩‍🏫Lesson 7 Trainers: Gabriella Quaranta & Aurora Agostinis

👉 There’s still time to share your insights in the ongoing SMARCO Project “Survey to gather Skills Needs for the Smart Communities professionals at European level”! 🕒 New deadline: 10 October 2025 Take the survey: bit.ly/44I8GBH

At #OLLD25 in Andorra, keynote speaker Delicia Govender encouraged us to learn from indigenous knowledge systems and nature’s quiet intelligence, in order to rethink innovation through restoration, not consumption. Watch here Delicia’s full speech: youtu.be/0XLVTJ1eiA0

📢Deadline Extended – Help Shape the Smart Communities Skills Landscape ✍️You now have until 10 October to contribute to SMARCO Project's survey "Mapping the Skills Supply for Smart Communities: A Survey for Educators and Training Providers" led by NCSR "DEMOKRITOS"​.

☀️ Kicking off Day 2 of #OLLD25 with big energy! From testbeds to innovation ecosystems, speakers showed how Living Labs help solve complex problems for industry. 🤝Collaboration is competitiveness: when businesses & Living Labs team up, the impact multiplies. #LivingLabs #Collaboration

🎉 #OLLD25 is live in Andorra! 🌍300+ innovators from 5 continents are here to co-create change 🎥Keynote: To build regenerative futures, we must embrace indigenous knowledge 🗣️Europe–Africa session showed Living Labs drive real impact #LivingLabs #RegenerativeFutures #InnovationEcosystems

📢 Virtual Learning Lab – Week 6 Experimentation & Co-creation in the Living Lab Environment Trainer: Dr. Dimitri Schuurman 💡This is a self-paced, asynchronous course so you can learn at your own rhythm.

🎨Regenerative Futures: The Role of Living Labs and Artists for Community Restoration 📅2 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 – Session This roundtable explores the role of artists in Living Labs, from ecological restoration to social inclusion. @andorrari.bsky.social

From Local Action to Global Transformation: How Living Labs are supporting the Digital Transformation in Africa 📅2 October – #OLLD25 With case studies from Senegal & South Africa,this session explores locally-owned innovation and its role in shaping scalable solutions for sustainable development.

🌾Resilient Local Food Systems: How Living Labs Bridge Local Innovation and Global Transformation 📅2 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 – Session This session explores co-creation, citizen engagement & policy support in building sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems.

⚖️ Living Labs to Support Regulatory Learning 📅 1 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 – Session This session brings together researchers, Living Lab leaders & policymakers to discuss how collaborative experimentation can inform adaptive regulation and governance innovation.

Research Session: Living Labs for Inclusive Soci(et)al Engagement 📅2 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 What role do Living Labs play in building inclusive societies? @andorrari.bsky.social

📢 Virtual Learning Lab – Week 5 Business Models, Funding & Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) of Living Labs With trainers Mariem Chakroun & Marta I. De Los Ríos White

📢 We are happy to announce a second session on Living Labs at SSUNGA80: organised by ENoLL Council Member Artur Serra! Living Labs for Human Rights: Innovating for Sustainable & Inclusive Development 📍 New York & Online - 22 September 2025 | 3:30 PM (NY) | 9:30 PM (CET)

🤝Deep Dive Session: Exploring Future Society Through Living Labs, Exponential Technologies and Innovative Entrepreneurship 📍Fondazione Dhitech, Lecce, Italy | 18–19 November 2025 Walk away with insights, tools, and connections to turn bold ideas into scalable solutions!

🌍 ENoLL Session at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 Inclusive by Design – Co-Creating Smart City Solutions through Living Labs 📍Barcelona, Spain| 5 November |⏰10:30 – 11:15 CET

Living Lab at a country scale – Andorra Living Lab 📅1 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 – Session How can a whole country act as a Living Lab? In Andorra, startups, government, researchers & citizens co-create and test new technologies in real environments. @andorrari.bsky.social

📢Virtual Learning Lab – Week 4 Governance Models for Living Labs With trainers Spela Zalokar & Elina Makousiari

Research Session Track 4: Living Labs for Business & Emerging Technologies 📅1 October | OpenLivingLab Days 2025 – Research Session @andorrari.bsky.social