Dear all,
Happy New Year.
RE: Mapping Design for Innovation Report
PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK) has produced research, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to map design for innovation in Wales and Scotland.
The research 'Mapping Design for Innovation in Wales and Scotland<http://www.seeplatform.eu/docs/PDR%20-%20Mapping%20Design%20for%20Innovation%2028.11.14%20LR.pdf>', takes a design-led approach to jointly developing policy proposals to better support design. To download the report here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p9m89r7ioqavejs/PDR%20-%20Mapping%20Design%20for%20Innovation%2028.11.14%20LR.pdf?dl=0
The report includes a map of the design stakeholders in both countries, an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the 'Design Innovation Ecosystems' as well as the list of policy proposals. Examples of some of the proposals include additional design training for Welsh Government and Scottish Enterprise Innovation Specialists, a new design and development grant for start-ups and integrating design as an eligible cost within existing innovation support programmes. PDR will continue to work with the Welsh Government and Scottish Enterprise to support the implementation of these proposals.
PDR also leads the SEE platform, a network of 11 European design centres, exchanging best practices to integrate design into innovation policies and programmes. We are hosting our Design, Innovation and Policy Conference on 10 February 2015 in the Flemish Parliament in Brussels. This is a free event but delegates must register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-innovation-and-policy-see-platform-conference-tickets-13433023535
Best wishes for 2015,
anna
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