Torino City Lab

Opportunity and fundings

Torino City Lab

Type:

Testing, funds

Edited by:

Città di Torino

Duration:

In progress

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Torino City Lab in the new “Innovation Laboratory” open and spread over the entire area of the city of Torino.
It’s an initiative promoted by the City of Torino to support companies (Start-ups, SMEs, Social Enterprises, Industry) in co-development and testing of frontier innovations on the territory of Torino.

Companies can submit their proposal – with an always open call – through the website www.torinocitylab.it. A dedicated team will analyze the feasibility of the proposals and proceed with the issue of authorizations for testing as quickly as possible thanks to the simplification of the procedures.

The City Administration and/or other TCL Partner can periodically launch specific “Call for challenges” linked to sectoral policies, territories and technologies.

“Torino City Lab” model – a permanent “Innovation Laboratory” to allow the testing of “frontier innovations” – is the evolution of “Torino Living Lab” initiative, starting in 2016, promoting the creation of “Innovation Labs” on its territory and enabling the co-development and testing of innovative ideas and solutions for the ”urban quality of life” in a real context. All this in the view with to assist businesses to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of their solutions and consequently supporting them in reducing its time-to-the-market.

At the moment, the following “Living Labs” have been activated

  • Living Lab Campidoglio – solutions for the smart city on a neighborhood scale (2016/2017 – closed)
  • Living Lab Mobile Payment – electronic payments applied to registry services (2017 – closed)
  • Living Lab IoT and IoD – solutions enabled by IOT technologies for a better quality of life (2017- closed)
  • Living Lab AxTO – Circular&Sharing Economy– innovative solutions in the field of collaborative economy and circular in peripheral areas (2018 – in progress)

Among the key features of the model:

  • Identification of a single entry point within the Public Administration, definition of targeted simplified procedures and tools for testing auhotizations;
  • Creation of a support ecosystem, including representatives of the business, public utilities and research;
  • Strategic use of public data and active participation of citizens.