Health and Well-Being 

The Working Group has been established to develop and support the adoption of Living Lab methodologies and practices in research, design and development of products and services in the Health & Well-being domain. The key, long-term objectives of network are: 

• The creation of an effective communication channel for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and new practices regarding the use of Living Lab methodologies in the Health & Wellbeing domain. 
• The wide adoption of Living Lab practices in the design and development of products and services for the Health and Wellbeing domain.  
• To investigate the use of Living Lab infrastructures and methodologies for core research in Health and Wellbeing.  
• Become a network to promote and help the scalability and exploitation of products and services around health and well-being at local or trans-regional and trans-national level. 
• Map on a frequent basis the key domains and activities of Health & Wellbeing Living Lab members. 
• Empower its members to achieve their goals by becoming a central reference point for the activities of Living Labs in Health and Wellbeing.

The Health & Wellbeing WG sets out to achieve in the forthcoming years: 

•   Develop common proposals and projects to support the work of the WG and better disseminate its outcomes.  
• The creation of a framework for facilitating research in clinical, real-life environments through Living Labs and their methodologies. 
• Support the widespread use of Living Labs in translational research. 
• Establish Living Labs as a central approach that supports pragmatic clinical research and the design, development and implementation of technological solutions for clinical use. 

Main responsibilities 

The principal responsibilities of WG will be to: 

•  Disseminate the outcomes of the WG beyond its members. 
• Perform regular internal meetings for improving the communication among the WG members. 
• Draft a yearly report about the activities and outcomes of the WG. 
• Evaluate opportunities for funding. 
• Establish a yearly meeting for exchanging knowledge and current practices for Health & Wellbeing LLs.