'Raising awareness of design as an approach to policy' is one of strategic objectives of BEDA, the Bureau of European Design Associations - a network of 48 design and innovation organisations associations from across Europe. Working towards this objective, BEDA set the topic 'Policy Labs:

WORTH Partnership Project, which is funded by COSME, the EU programme for the competitiveness of SMEs, is a four-year project led by the Textile Technology Institute AITEX in collaboration with KEPA, IED, DAG Communication and AA Franzosi. The project is based on the belief that

The BEDA GA+, an additional day during the General Assembly, was initiated in Milan in 2015 to allow members to share their experience, discuss current challenges in design and encourage closer collaboration. This year the GA+ evolved into the first BEDA European Design Forum with