VITALISE D2.7 Standard Version 6
Creators: name: Petronikolou, Vasileia
name: Petsani, Despoina
name: Santonen, Teemu
name: Konstantinidis, Evdokimos
name: Vervoort, Koen
name: Kehayia, Eva
name: Azevedo, Nancy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Living Labs have emerged as resilient research and innovation infrastructures and have been shown to be a “key” to the integration of research and innovation processes in real-life settings. VITALISE creates the first Living Lab Harmonization framework, addressing various aspects of the Living Labs operations and procedures. It aims to facilitate Living Labs to function according to unified and harmonized processes that are easily accessible and exploitable by academic and industry researchers. The current Standard version, being the first complete Living Lab Harmonization guidelines, will facilitate the access of researchers to the provided infrastructures. This document presents the work performed for the Harmonization of the way Living Labs work for the sixth and final semester of VITALISE. Within the VITALISE project, various Harmonization activities were carried out with consortium partners and external stakeholders, to develop the Standard v1.0, building on the work done for the earlier versions of the Standard (v0.1, v0.2, v0.3, v0.4, v0.5). The first version of the Standard (v0.1) provided an overview of the state-of-the-art information about Living Labs in the VITALISE consortium and served as the foundational deliverable for the VITALISE Standards. The second version of the Standard (v0.2) introduced the process of developing and disseminating a Wiki page that incorporated v0.1 and updated the parts of the Standard that described the data and technologies used in living labs, using a Delphi study method, and collected the initial set of terms for the living lab lexicon. Additionally, during the second semester, the Harmonization Board was established, and a meeting with the Harmonization Body was held. In the third version of the Standard (v0.3) the device and technology taxonomy were updated through a Delphi study, several meetings were held for updating the services and procedures categorization, as well as several activities and sessions for collecting and achieving a preliminary agreement on living lab lexicon terms. Moreover, two templates were developed for the co-creation sessions conducted within the Joint Research Activities (JRAs) and also, during this third semester, the project held its second plenary meeting in Helsinki and the second Harmonization Body meeting. For the fourth version of the Standard (v0.4) a wide range of actions took place, including meetings and activities to update the Living Lab Lexicon terms and LL services, as well as define the Living Lab Innovation and Research phases. In addition, an analysis of the Open Call data was conducted related to stakeholders, services, and devices and some interviews with partners from the consortium and beyond. Furthermore, the finalization and approval of data and devices taxonomy from the Delphi study occurred, alongside the occurrence of the 3rd Harmonization Body meeting and one Harmonization Board meeting in January and February, respectively. Standard Version 0.5 presented a visual tool for the representation of the Living Lab Research and Innovation process. Progress was achieved in the validation of the general KPI table and the proposal of a preliminary set of questions for the self-assessment tool for living labs. Substantial advancements were made in the realm of methods and tools, including a preliminary categorization of the questionnaires and instruments utilized in the JRA pilots. Additionally, some ethics tools, along with templates for Data Controllers Agreements have been specified and presented in this deliverable.  The current Standard Version 1.0 is the first complete and stable version of the Living Lab Harmonization Guidelines. It includes an updated version of the Living Lab Lexicon with an extended list of terms and their definitions as well as the latest version of Living Lab Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Information was added about the LL key activities, resources, cost structure, partner networks and channels as part of the Living Lab Business Model presentation. The categorization of validated questionnaires used in Living Lab research, was also updated.