Feasibility Plan Template

ALCOTRA INNOVATION PROJECT

Jens Schumacher & Francesco Molinari

This document should be used by the participants in the Thematic Working Groups of the project, for the purpose of drafting ideas of cross-border Living Lab trials to be submitted for evaluation to the 5 Regions involved. The CANVAS Business Model (by Alexander Osterwalder, 2004-2010) is adopted as a template. Feasibility Plan Template

References

 Those quoted in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Model_Canvas

Structure of the Feasibility Plan

 9 Blocks of the CANVAS Business Model that need to be worked out:

 5 specific aspects for evaluating the bidding “consortium”:

 Project specific aspects for evaluating the proposed trial: Living Lab Approach Cross Regionality

How it is designed and implemented Motivation and characteristics Where does it make a difference on: Where does it make a difference in: - cross-border cooperation? - implementing the Living Lab - technological/sectorial innovation? approach - marketability of product/service? - advancing the state of the art - making the trial more successful and impacting?

Advance over state of the art Sustainability and Impact

Describe the elements of originality in Where is impact situated? E.g. at relation to the: societal / business / policy level … - nature of the sectorial innovation Explain how you intend to: implied by the trial - make the trial successful in terms of - characteristics of the thematic domain post-project implications selected - evolve from the individual trial to a - nature of the technologies specifically permanent Living Lab proposed for implementation - preserve the cross-border aspect of your proposed approach in the future

 Hint: to prepare a 1-page summary of your project idea, please proceed in the following order:

o Advance over state of the art

o Living Lab Approach

o Cross Regionality

o Sustainability and Impact

Table of Contents of the generic Feasibility Plan

Administrative Information

Please fill in the following table:

Contact person for this template Name, Surname, Organisation of affiliation E-mail, mobile phone, land line, fax No, Skype Id List of partners in the consortium (starting from Organisation names, addresses the coordinator) Contact persons names, surnames, E-mail, mobile phone, land line, fax No, Skype Id Project acronym and title Acronym Title Project summary (max 2000 characters) Main aims, key activities, trial location(s), expected results Project duration # Months from kick-off to conclusion

Indicative budget (broken down per partner) Euros (estimated costs)

1-page summary

Please fill in the following table:

Advance over state of the art Max 1000 characters

Living Lab Approach Max 1000 characters

Cross-Regionality Max 1000 characters

Sustainability and Impact Max 1000 characters

Description of the bidding consortium

Max 2 pages

a. Strategy [Text]

b. Structure [Text]

c. Processes [Text]

d. Rewards [Text]

e. People [Text]

Description of the Cross-Border Living Lab trial

Max 15 pages – one per paragraph

1. End User Segments [Text]

2. Value Proposition [Text]

3. Channels [Text]

4. End User Relationships [Text]

5. Revenue Streams [Text]

6. Key Resources [Text]

7. Key Activities [Text]

8. Key Partners [Text]

9. Cost Structure [Text]

10. Living Lab Approach1 [Text]

1 You can make reference to documents at http://www.alcotra-innovazione.eu/progetto/attivita3.shtml

11. Cross Regionality [Text]

12. Advance over state of the art [Text]

13. Sustainability and Impact [Text]

14. Feasibility Assessment [Text]

15. Other. Beware: The information provided in this paragraph will not be taken into consideration for the evaluation process.

The same, your inputs are much welcome for the sake of the Alcotra Innovation project. Indeed one of the project deliverable is the so called “Strategic Plan for boosting innovation”, a sort of guidelines for policy makers. This document should somehow support policy makers in adopting policy measures and financial instruments that facilitate innovation on a cross border scale that possibly apply the Living Lab methodology.

Please write down some considerations to policy-makers for future programming/funding schemes:

a. New/promising technological fields which need to be better addressed

b. Ways of financing

c. Any other business ANNEX: Visual summary