ACTIVITIES :: ICT PSP :: rural areas
e-Services in Rural or Developing Areas
Due to the high growth rates of emerging economies, socioeconomic processes are extremely dynamic and requirements change rapidly. Societal structures are getting more and more heterogeneous reflecting social and cultural diversity. This creates a need for designing, developing, and validating technology advancements in environments that do not simply allow being extrapolated from state of the art technologies. This particularly applies to regions with different economic and societal characteristics. First pilots show the benefits of interlinking and networking Living Labs in terms of reusability of components and platforms, co-innovation and interoperability.
Networks of Living Labs across regions offer a unique opportunity to tackle
global challenges by linking local experimentation environments that engage a
global representation of end users and economic players (incl. SMEs).
