Social Sciences 2014; 3(3): 74-79 Published online May 30, 2014 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ss) doi: 10.11648/j.ss.20140303.12 Living Labs, spaces for open innovation and technology transfer. An alternative to the solution of social problems in Paraguay Antonieta Rojas De Arias 1 , Sergio Duarte Masi 2 , Diego Dorigo 1 , Francisco Arias Rojas 1 , María Celeste Vega 1 , Miriam Rolon 1 1 Centro para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Científica, Pa´i Perez 265 e/ Mcal. Estigarribia, Asunción, Paraguay 2 Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (UAA). Jejuí N 667, Asunción, Paraguay Email address: rojasdearias@gmail.com (A. R. d. Arias), sedumapy@gmail.com (S. D. Masi), francisco2001@hotmail.com (F. A. Rojas) To cite this article: Antonieta Rojas De Arias, Sergio Duarte Masi, Diego Dorigo, Francisco Arias Rojas, María Celeste Vega, Miriam Rolon. Living Labs, Spaces for Open Innovation and Technology Transfer. An Alternative to the Solution of Social Problems in Paraguay. Social Sciences. Vol. 3, No. 3, 2014, pp. 74-79. doi: 10.11648/j.ss.20140303.12 Abstract: Living Labs model concentrate its effort to support actors, providing a neutral space in which stakeholders could know and co-develop innovations in real-world contexts and proposes five basic principles for the operations of the aforementioned living labs: courage, openness, realism, influence and sustainability. The objective of this paper is to propose and test a Living Lab and project management model from the actual stakeholders, following the perspective of the Stakeholder Theory and the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). This perspective places the Research - Action model on the basis of the SSM model as an appropriate vehicle for the openness towards worldviews, problems and conflicts solving by the organizations, especially when it involves the formulation of possible cultural changes (structural, process, attitudinal) and "actions for improvement" are established. Therefore, we present the case of the Development Center for Scientific Research which brings together a multidisciplinary group of researchers and the project "Participatory approach with ethnic focus for Community Development of the Maskoy Diez Leguas ethnicity in the Central Chaco of Paraguay". Keywords: Open Innovation, Technology Transfer, Education, Indigenous Communities, Vector Borne Diseases, Living Labs 1. Introduction In most research forums, a central theme is always the transfer of results with special emphasis on action and the importance of integrating researchers to the real needs of the population [1]. This social demand, requesting that research with an impact in solving problems directly related to society and that works in the real world is made, has changed the original paradigm of performing only basic research, so- called by many of excellence (in the pursuit of truth ), by the one that- besides excellence - incorporates "relevance". The change involves linking a research more closely to the relevant needs of the population and society in general (health, education, housing, infrastructure, etc.). It is clear that in that process, information and knowledge derived from scientific research must be transferred to all actors in a determined system or context. In fact, the problems associated with such transfer have become the focus and interest of the academic system, and moreover, have generated interface structures in universities, with different nomenclatures, whose mission is to transfer these results, but mainly towards productive and business sectors. In this sense, these questions are appropriate: Who will provide alternative solutions to the problems of society in less favored countries? How such transfer will comes into effect leading to social change and innovation? New alternatives have arisen that have been positioned as novelties in innovation and social integration. The strongest alternative with bests results are the Living Labs [2]. A Living Lab is a model where all the stakeholders actively involved in a process of innovation, whether the State, civil society, social organization, academia and researchers, etc. interact in the form of an Innovation Lab either co-creating and/or validating the needs and solutions presented there through the use of Information and