SEE/ Sharing Experience Europe - policy innovation design
DESCRIPTION:
The SEE project is a partnership of 11 organisations wishing to establish how this shortfall can be reduced to best effect by sharing experience, developing new thinking and influencing regional policy. The group will share information on policies that have been successful in using design to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability or economic development.
All the partners are already active in establishing design programmes or strategies at regional or national levels which target SMEs and their lack of resources for implementing design practice and innovation into their business. This group is now willing to develop an interregional cooperation to exchange information and experiences in order to identify, analyse and disseminate good practices on innovation and design policy and other related areas (e.g. sustainability, R and D).
OBJECTIVES:
SEE is a network of 11 European partners exploring how to integrate design into regional, national and European policies to stimulate innovation, sustainability and socio-economic development by pooling knowledge, sharing experience, stimulating debate and developing new thinking.
ACTIVITIES:
This objective is being achieved through activities including two conferences, four thematic workshops involving partners and policy-makers, a study visit, a case study library, four policy booklets, an internal contact database and six project bulletins.
TIME: 01-10-2008 - 30-06-2011
AREA:
The partner organisations, from UK, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Spain, all work as an integral part of regional innovation policy and have commitment from regional government to improve their provision and delivery of policies for innovation, entrepreneurship and design.
LEAD PARTNER :
Design Wales - UWIC
Western Avenue - UWIC
CF5 2YB, Cardiff
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact Leadpartner:
Anna Whicher
Phone : 44 2920 417028
Fax : 44 2920 6970
PARTNERS:
Design Wales - UWIC, Cardiff
Design Flanders, Brussels
Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen K
Estonian Design Centre, Tallinn
University of Art and Design Helsinki TAIK, Helsinki
Regional Agency of Development and Innovation - Design Centre, Lyon
Centre for Design Innovation, Sligo
Casa Toscana Consortium, Quarrata (Pistoia)
Silesian Castle of Art and Enterprise, Cieszyn
Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
BCD - Barcelona Design Centre, Barcelona
Aalto University - School of Art and Design, Helsinki
Total budget : EUR 1 498 491
ERDF contribution : EUR 1 141 426
