The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) is both an open community and a legal non-profit association. If your organisation has activities and interests in user-driven open innovation, it may consider joining the community of benchmarked Living Labs as well as its association of fee-paying members.

The European Network of Living Labs community has regular calls for free membership. These are followed by a thorough review process, and a final selection of benchmarked Living Labs being granted the ENoLL label. In this way, the network has grown in waves since November 2006. At the closing of the 4th Wave in April of this year, 212 benchmarked Living Labs had been admitted into the ENoLL community (including 24 affilliated Living Labs from non-European countries).

On 14 December 2010, During the Future Internet week in Ghent, Belgium, the 5th Call for Living Labs applications to obtain the ENoLL label will be launched.

The ENoLL international non-profit association is the legal entity created by the European Network of Living Labs in January 2010. It consists of Adherent Members, Effective Members, and Associated Members. All ENoLL-labelled Living Labs are automatically included as Adherent Members of the association, with observer rights in the General Assembly, and access to the general ENoLL information and events.

Three different kinds of Membership

Adherent members

Adherent members are organizations that represent a Living Lab, which was duly selected according to the ENoLL selection process (also called a ‘Wave’). During this selection process, adherent member applicants provide ENoLL with a motivated application as a Living Lab. If the organisation meets the criteria set by the ENoLL association, adherent membership is granted to the applying organisation.

These members are included in the ENoLL communication channels, and have the right to be present and participate in the ENoLL activities. These activities – only open to ENoLL members are:

• General Assembly twice a year
• Working Groups
• Thematic Groups

Adherent members do not pay any membership fees, and therefore have no voting rights in the General Assembly.

Waves are initiated ad hoc on a more or less yearly basis, with the fifth Wave being launched at the end of 2010.

Associated members

Associated members are organizations which are involved in the object and activities of the association, but who are not selected according to the ENoLL selections process. These members pay the annual membership fee. They are mainly companies, universities, cities, departments, etc..

Through payment of the annual membership fee they get access to the ENoLL member activities, but no voting rights in the General Assembly or the ENoLL Council. They also get full rights to act and represent ENoLL aisbl.

They can submit candidatures for the ENoLL elected bodies:

• Council: Chair, Vice-Chairs, Treasurer, Secretariat
• Chairs for Working Groups
• Chairs Thematic Groups

They do not acquire voting rights in these bodies however.

Effective members

Adherent members can choose to become Effective members, and have a vote in the organisation and strategic directions of the ENoLL association. Only approved Living Labs can become effective members. They do so by paying the annual fee, and gain the following rights:

• Full rights to act, represent and vote at ENoLL aisbl
• They can submit candidatures for the ENoLL elected bodies:
• Council: Chair, Vice-Chairs, Treasurer, Secretariat
• Chairs for Working Groups
• Chairs Thematic Groups

The General Assembly has all powers allowing the realization of the objects as well as of the activities of the association. All members, effective, associated and adherent are invited to attend the Assembly.

Membership Application

By default, all ENoLL Living Labs are Adherent members, but if an ENoLL Living Lab wishes to upgrade to become an Effective Member, or an organisation wishes to support and participate in ENoLL activities, they provide the ENoLL Office in Brussels with a written application containing:

• A copy of the registration as a legal entity
• The bylaws of the organisation
• A signed proxy for joining ENoLL aisbl
• The details for the contact person
• A list of official representatives who will be mandated to speak on behalf of ENoLL

The ENoLL Council will present these applications to the ENoLL General Assembly, who can then approve them. Once the Application approved, the applying organisation pays the annual fee and thus becomes an associated or effective member.

ENoLL Yearly Membership Fee

The yearly fee has been set to € 5.000,- for 2010. The yearly fee should be paid at the beginning of each year.

However, for new applicants registering at the second general assembly for the year, this yearly fee is reduced by 50%.

Memberships Summarized