Open Innovation has become a major phenomenon in facilitating innovations and accelerating and enhancing the innovation process. The use of external knowledge, user-driven innovations, networks and even entire ecosystems composed of different actors jointly contributing to new solutions is now a mainstreamed way of facilitating innovation. In the Nordics, we have built up a strong track record of these cases, which you can read about in the following white papers:
White Paper towards an open innovation framework for future low carbon cities:
OPENING-UP THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
For further information on open innovation and the opportunities offered by EIT Climate-KIC, please visit the Open Innovation website.