The second policy booklet (PDF) from the SEE Project was recently published. There will be a total of four policy booklets over the course of the programme.

Design thinking can be a tool for realising social innovation and sustainable development by contributing to long-term behaviour change and integrating the user experience into significantly improved products, processes, services and systems. This Policy Booklet outlines the rationale behind policy intervention in this domain, explores how design can be employed to address social innovation and sustainable development, provides illustrative case studies and proposes policy recommendations. We have applied this framework under four headings: communities, industry, the public sector and policy-making.

In addition, the third SEE Bulletin (PDF) was published and features a case study on our own Innovation by Design programme. You can also download the entire case study review of the Innovation by Design programme (PDF).

FURTHER INFORMATION:

SEE : Sharing Experience Europe – Policy, Innovation & Design

SEE is a network of eleven European partners sharing knowledge and experience on how design can be integrated into regional and national policies to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and social and economic development. The aim is to pool knowledge, share experiences, stimulate debate, develop new thinking and build rapport and credibility in order to influence policy. The project’s activities include: opening and closing conferences; thematic workshops involving partners and policy-makers; a study visit; a library of case studies; policy proposal booklets; an internal contacts database and the biannual SEE bulletin.

SEE is operating from September 2008 to June 2011, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IVC programme. Design Wales is the project’s lead partner. The Centre for Design Innovation at IT Sligo is one of five Policy Recommendation Research Partners on the project.

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