PDR report on recent trends and good practice at the 2018 Insight Forum In recent years, a growing number of European governments have adopted Design Policies, Design Strategies and Design Action Plans. According to BEDA’s recent EU Design Report 2.0, between 2012 and mid-2018, design action plans

International design organisations announce next stage of Montréal Design Declaration deliberations to be conducted in Saint-Étienne (France) on 3–5 April 2019 in conjunction with Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne. An agreement was signed today between the Design Summit Meeting Steering Committee (DSMSC) and the Cité du design—École

Having completed the first year of Design4Innovation, we asked our partners to reflect on the meaning of design and the importance of European collaboration. We also share our progress so far and the ambitions for the future. Watch our video filmed as part of our partnership

BEDA, now a network of 50 design centres and professional associations of designers is the voice of European design community especially towards the European Commission. We can proudly say that thanks to BEDA, design has been elevated to a highly relevant position on European Commission’s

ERRIN's Design & Creativity Working Group organised an event on 8 March 2018, where participants explored the benefits of incorporating design and creative industries in innovation. At this event, the Cité du design presented “When design…takes up residence”, a programme that facilitates the integration of

The Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility of the Creative Europe Programme received an additional EUR 60 million through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). To further strengthen the cultural and creative sector in Europe, the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility of the Creative

Design Ecosystems are a theoretical framework used by academics and policy-makers to identify and examine the actors and initiatives in the design landscape in a country or region. Subsequently, governments can choose to intervene, to stimulate the supply of or demand for design within the

In the recently published first of its kind research ‘Designing a Future Economy: Developing design skills for productivity and innovation’, Design Council captured and measured design skills against economic performance to understand their entire contribution to the UK economy. Key findings included: Design skills are

The end of the project funded by the Creative Europe programme offers the opportunity to reflect on the impact achieved on BEDA, its members and the organisations surrounding us. In spring 2014 BEDA submitted an application, in December 2014 we received the brilliant news that our

'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: