In this policy brief you can explore the importance of five types of spaces for innovation for local and regional development:
Fab Labs
Collaborative spaces in small- and medium-sized towns
Living labs
Innovation centres
Innovation districts
The five spaces of innovation were selected due to their relative novelty and for the importance of public policies to support the creation and implementation of such spaces. Spaces for innovation can target many different users—start-ups, SMEs, private companies, students, researchers, and citizens...
Many Interreg Europe projects have experimented with policies to promote the development of spaces for innovation offering many insights for local and regional policy learning.
In this policy brief, you'll find policy recommendations using good practices from Interreg Europe to inspire regional policymakers to promote spaces for innovation in their specific regional contexts.
Art factory LOFTAS is a unique community-based multifunctional platform with a healthy ecosystem for creators & innovators to work, learn and collaborate.
STEAMhouse is a facility for collaborative innovation with coworking, challenge and maker space. It combines STEM with Arts to create new products and services.
It is a fully equipped digital fabrication laboratory providing everyone, from schools to professionals or companies, with the ability to turn ideas to concepts
A coworking space to meet the needs for contemporary ways of working, flexible and location independent. Sharing ideas and skills while working side-by-side.
Construction of a building hosting support structures for agriculture and agrifood, in particular innovation & training to develop an innovation ecosystem.
The Vitality Living Lab project aims to develop a global unique ecosystem within 4 years for innovation & business creation in the domain of sports & vitality
The centre is accredited Living Lab which works on research-to-innovation activities through facilitating users/citizen to engage in co-creation process.
ZAWP is a consolidated movement of people working in the social, economic and cultural revitalization to address the "meanwhile" of an urbanistic plan in Bilbao
