SEE PLATFORM launch

1. SEE PLATFORM launch Gavin cawood| Design Wales cardiff, 18 june 2012

2. SEE platform AIM To accelerate the integration of design into innovation policies and programmes

3. AIM: Accelerate the integration of design into innovation policies and programmes. OBJECTIVE 1: Build a pan-European platform that engages national, regional and local actors currently active in innovation support and policy to enhance the use of design for innovation and growth. OBJECTIVE 2: Engage partners, policy-makers and innovation networks in co-developing policy proposals and practical tools to foster greater integration of design into support programmes and policies. OBJECTIVE 3: Communicate with regions and actors not yet familiar with design as a tool for user-centred innovation to influence mainstream innovation practices and policies. OBJECTIVE 4: Build a bank of evidence including new research, tools, policy guidelines and publications related to design as a driver of innovation to support policy-makers, innovation programme managers and SMEs in Europe. ESTABLISHING THE PLATFORM DEVELOPING THE TOOLS ENGAGING NEW AUDIENCES BUILDING A BODY OF EVIDENCE • OUTPUTS: • SEE Platform website. • 100 European regions engaging with the platform. • 6 SEE bulletins containing research, policy updates & resources. • 6600 stakeholders receiving bulletins. • 12 Design Policy Map entries. OUTPUTS: - 5 partner workshops: Design Policy, Business Support for SMEs,  Service Innovation for SMEs, Social Innovation, Academia-Industry Links. - 5 toolboxes containing: policy recommendations, practical tools and presentations on the above themes.   • OUTPUTS: • 80 interactive workshops targeting non-design audiences based on the themed toolboxes. • 22 presentations at innovation network meetings to enhance understanding of design among innovation audiences. OUTPUTS: - 3 Design Policy Monitors examining trends in design innovation policy (annual). - 1 special report about design intervention in the public sector. - 44 case studies on best practice in design policy, programmes and projects.  - 60 library resources.  • RESULTS - By the end of the project lifespan we expect to have: • facilitated the integration of design into innovation policies and programmes; • raised awareness of the impact of design on innovation across Europe in particular among policy-makers, innovation managers and SMEs;

4. SEE PARTNERSHIP Design Wales / Cardiff Metropolitan University UK Design Flanders Belgium Regional Development Agency of South Bohemia (RERA) Czech Republic Danish Design Centre Denmark Estonian Design Centre Estonia Aalto University School of Art and Design Finland JAMK University of Applied Sciences Finland Business and Cultural Development Centre (KEPA) Greece Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly Ireland Castle Cieszyn Poland Design Council UK

5. SEE Timeline Library + Policy Map + Case Studies Website Launch Special Report Design Policy Monitor 2013 Design Policy Monitor 2012 Design Policy Monitor 2014 Bulletin 1 Bulletin 2 Bulletin 6 Bulletin 3 Bulletin 4 Bulletin 5 MAR 2013 SEPT 2013 MAR 2014 SEPT 2014 SEPT 2012 MAR 2012 MAR 2015 Publication of tools + dissemination workshops Publication of tools + dissemination workshops Publication of tools + dissemination workshops Publication of tools + dissemination workshops Publication of tools + dissemination workshops 2nd Partner Workshop -Business Support SMEs - Sligo 5th Partner Workshop -Academia-Industry Links - Jyväskylä 1st Partner Workshop -Design Policy - Cardiff 3rd Partner Workshop - Service Innovation SMEs - Thessiloniki 4th Partner Workshop - Social Innovation - Brussels TARGET CHECK MARCH 2013: 16 workshops on SEE tools delivered 8 presentations at innovation events 20 EU regions engaged in the platform 1 Design Policy Monitor 11 case studies 2200 SEE bulletins distributed 22 Library resources TARGET CHECK MARCH 2014: 48 workshops on SEE tools delivered 16 presentations at innovation events 60 EU regions engaged in the Platform 2 Design Policy Monitors 30 case studies 4400 SEE bulletins distributed 44 Library resources TARGET CHECK MARCH 2015: 80 workshops on SEE tools delivered 20 presentations at innovation events 100 EU regions engaged in the Platform 3 Design Policy Monitors 44 case studies 6600 SEE bulletins distributed 66 Library resources

6. SEE activities • 100 Public authorities engaged; • 80 half-day workshops; • 5 partner workshops & SEE tools; • 3 Design Policy Monitors (annual); • 1 Special report: Design for Public Good • 22 Presentations at innovation events; • 44 Case studies on programmes &policies; • 6 Bulletins containing research, policy proposals, case studies &resources.

7. Partner workshops Design Policy JUNE 2012 Cardiff, UK Business Support for SMEs DEC 2012 Brussels, BE Service Innovation for SMEs JUNE 2013 Thessiloniki, GR Social Innovation NOV 2013 Brussels, BE Academia-Industry Links JUNE 2014 Jyväskylä, FI

8. DESIGN POLICY TOOLBOX

9. SEE bulletins - Produced twice a year (6 in total) - Sections: Research Interviews Case studies Policy in practice Library - Printed and online pdf

10. European Commission European Design Innovation Initiative

11. THANK YOU www.seeplatform.eu info@seeplatform.eu