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:

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