The See Platform
Design Wales in PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Wales
Project title
Design Wales in PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Project Duration
2012 - 2015
Total project grant
60,000
Number of partners in project
11
Lead partners
Design Wales in PDR at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Partners
Design Flanders
Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia (RERA)
Danish Design Centre
Estonian Design Centre
Aalto University School of Art and Design
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
Business and Cultural Development Centre (KEPA)
Northern & Western Regional Assembly
Castle Cieszyn
Design Council
EU Funding Opportunity
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interreg V-C: Inter-regional co-operationBetween 2008 and 2011 SEE was co-financed by INTERREG IVC through the European Regional Development Fund.
The SEE Platform was a network of 11 European partners engaging with government to integrate design into innovation policies and programmes. Between 2012 and 2015, SEE was operating as part of the European Commission’s European Design Innovation Initiative.
Through new research, workshops for policy-makers, case studies, policy booklets and the annual Design Policy Monitor, SEE aimed to build a bank of evidence to support public authorities to integrate design into their mainstream practice.
- SEE partners have successfully influenced 18 policies and 48 support programmes, amounting to over €8.5 million of new investment in design programmes
- 1,071 public officials were engaged in 112 hands-on workshops on the themes of design policy, design support, service design, social design and design management. During the workshops design methods such as co-creation, visualisation and brainstorming were used
- 2 special reports: Design for Public Good, Design-driven Innovation: Why it Matters for SME Competitiveness
- 3 Design Policy Monitors examining trends in design policies and programmes
- 5 Policy Booklets
- 6 Bulletins
- 18 Design Policy Map entries
- 45 case studies
- 76 library resources