STRAAT

StraaT means street or pathway in Dutch.
StraaT provides support and connection between the ones who invents, who produces and who sells.
StraaT is design of processes for production within groups of craft and manufacture.
StraaT is production or services for market.

CENTRO PARA LA CREATIVIDAD E INNOVACION

http://www.jmc.usm.cl/cci/index.html

El Centro para la Creatividad e Innovación, nace como necesidad de otorgar continuidad al Proyecto MECESUP FSM0310, en la forma de un organismo promotor de la innovación en la región, que permita proyectar su acción hacia toda la región, con el fin de captar y promover las capacidades propia de los estudiantes con talentos de inventores, y las oriente en dirección a las necesidades de las industrias de la V Región.
Este Centro esta ubicado en la Sede Viña del Mar de la Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.

OBJETIVOS

1. Apoyar la formación de alumnos creativos y emprendedores en las carreras de la Sede.
2. Captar estudiantes con características de inventores en la Educación Media de preferencia Técnico Profesional.
3. Fomentar la innovación tanto en el plano interno como externo de la Universidad.
4. Promover entre los estudiantes la creación de empresas tecnológicas.
5. Colaborar con las empresas de las Región coordinando proyectos de cooperación Universidad – Empresa.
6. Facilitar el Laboratorio de Prototipos para efectuar pruebas, mediciones, ensayos, etc. que sean necesarios para alcanzar buenos resultados en los proyectos de cooperación Universidad - Empresa.

DesignStart - GLOBAALI

Two SME SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN FINLAND:
The aim of the DesignStart-program is to strengthen the company’s competitiveness
through incorporation of such product characteristics perceived as important by
customers. DesignStart gives the company the possibility to use a professional designer,
either for products or to enhance the company image. The programme includes four
days of consultation over a period of three months.
see: http://217.152.18.69/page.asp?path=1866,1919,4330,7529,7530,11176,11183

DesignStart is an industrial design development programme targeted at both existing and new companies that are about to start their operation. The purpose of the programme is to assist the companies in developing the usability and outward appearance of their products or the graphical business image.Service branch companies can benefit from DesignStart in the development of their graphical business image, for example, in designing their logo and brochures, as well as, in commercialising their services.The programme is implemented as separate case-specific consultations between a DesignStart expert and the business management of a company. The programme is carried through in approximately a three-month period of time. The programmes are ordered from the DesignStart product managers at the TE Centres’ Business Departments.
The costs of DesignStart are:
420 € for companies younger than 3 years.
Additional consultation days (maximum 5 days) 165 € per day.
840 € for companies older than 3 years.
Additional consultation days (maximum 5 days) 300 € per day.

Globaali
Global – development programme for internationalisation (Business Department). The Global programme is tailored for SME’s that are about to start or already expanding their international activities to new market areas. The programme is particularly suitable for the time before applying for the internationalisation support.The target of the programme is to provide a company with a view on the opportunities and risks involved in its internationalisation, as well as, to investigate and evaluate the international operational prerequisites that the company has. The programme directs the companies to well-planned long-term internationalisation.
The cost of the Global programme is 630 € (with 2.5 consultation days).
Additional consultation (1-5 days) is available for 300 € per day.

Putting SMEs first

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/entrepreneurship/docs/sme_pack_en.pdf

_SMEs – the lifeblood of Europe’s economy
_Think small first
_Facts & Figures
_Improving access to finance
_Facing environmental challenges together
_Ensuring fair competition
_Education and skills for entrepreneurship
_Helping SMEs go international
_Boosting research and innovation
_Protecting your ideas
_Micro- and craft enterprises in the EU
_Support for SMEs at regional level

EU policies and activities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

In the framework of the European Charter for Small Enterprises implementation process the Commission issued on 8 February 2005 several documents giving an overview of the most recent policies and initiatives in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Europe. Among these documents, the SME Envoy Report outlines European Union policies and activities in favour of SMEs.
Prepared under the coordination of the SME Envoy, the Report offers an overall presentation of the measures taken by the Commission for SMEs. It provides a review of policies, initiatives and programmes having an impact on SMEs covering not only the ten areas of the Charter for Small Enterprises but also other European Union policy areas relevant to SMEs.

Des+gn mais

The Des+gn Mais programme began in 2004, when CPD coordinated the funds and a team to get it underway. It was originally called “Plan for Design in Productive Sectors”. The aim was to use design to enhance competitiveness and economic development. The programme was planned to run for 24 months under the auspices of the Centro Português de Design (CPD). The programme is now drawing towards its close in the first half of 2007 and results are already being evaluated.

The aim of Des+gn Mais is the internationalisation of Portuguese economy. This is to be achieved in four separate ways: by penetrating external markets; by promoting a design culture; by improving companies’ capabilities and by developing products, images and brands. The programme was aimed at graduate designers looking for their first job, or unemployed young designers and Portuguese companies and businesses. In total 76 professionals, 66 companies and 10 associations were involved in the programme.

DETECTED BY: SEEDESIGN - www.seedesign.org

ART, NATURE, DESIGN

AND (Art Nature Design) is a young design-organisation that has a special interest in connecting “poverty reduction" to “environmental issues" in third world countries. With the “African skin" project European designers develop new products out of bark cloth for the international market. Essential to these designs is that the production has to take place in Uganda to generate income for Ugandan women and to improve local environmental aspects at the same time.

René Malcorps, winner of the BiD Challenge 2006, proved that not only do SMEs generate employment and income, they are also an engine for innovation and expertise. Malcorps won one of the main prizes with his plan “African Skin”, a unique concept to develop products from bark in Uganda. With his business he supports local society, as well as the environment. The first products of “African Skin” have recently been launched.

PRESS RELEASE
Amsterdam, April 2007
Fighting poverty with profit
The BiD Challenge 2007 is opened!
http://www.gvepinternational.org/_file/111/BiD%20Press%20Release.pdf
http://www.artnaturedesign.nl/

ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE

Man & Humanity proposes an intensive program of design studies that respond to the increasing concerns of
Globalisation. It seeks a profound engagement from creative individuals who wish to readdress the role of the designer in this context and apply ideas to designing products and systems that help sustain the future of our planet and its inhabitants at the same time taking into account ethical standards of production and distribution that
respect Man and the Environment.
We interrogate the direct effect of design on people’s livelihoods and consider our responsibility towards communities we encounter during the projects. The master education develops a full awareness of the humanitarian and environmental context, and the long-term strategies and methods that can be applied to move development forward, for the betterment of our planet.

DESIGN GATEz

DESIGN GATEz: You are leaving the European sector. Intercultural communication through design
15th November 2007, 10:00 - 17:00 h
The changing economic conditions in the wake of globalisation are opening up new opportunities for all participants, but, on the other hand, are also calling into question privileges, traditions and habits. In export, cultural differences of the individual markets form an enormous challenge for products and services. Shapes, colours, symbols and names have different meanings in other cultures. Interpretation, orienting yourself towards the values and experiences of your own cultural area can lead to fundamental communication problems. Within the framework of the seminar, these differences will be discussed in relation to products and marketing strategies.

Co-Creando

Co-Creando’s multicultural team is an international network of consultants from Italy, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the Middle East. What makes this team unique is that it groups local talents and indigenous knowledge and operates in a global market.

Specific competences are required for the development of every single research, design or consultancy project. Co-Creando’s distinguished approach to work is based on the creation of On Demand Project Teams that rapidly unite the best necessary competences, made possible by the Co-Creando network, which brings together highly competent professionals and academics who have developed strong relationships with creative and business practices.

EUROSTARS

A Eurostars project is a European research and development project. It can address any technological area, but must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service. A Eurostars project is collaborative, meaning it must involve at least two SME participants (legal entities) from two different Eurostars participating countries. In addition, the main participant must be a research-performing SME from one of these countries.
The role of the SME participants in the project should be significant. At least 50% of the project’s core activity should be carried out by SMEs. This percentage can, however, include minor contracting. The consortium should be well balanced, which means that no participant or country will be required to invest more than 75% of the total project costs.A Eurostars project should be market-driven: it must have a maximum duration of three years, and within two years of project completion, the product of the research should be ready for launch onto the market. The exception to this rule applies to biomedical or medical projects, where clinical trials must be started within two years of project completion.

DANISH EDGE

The birth of DANISH EDGEDANISH EDGE is sponsored by the Danish Ministry of Culture and is part of a strategy aiming to strengthen Danish design over a four-year period. A key priority is to create synergy between Danish design, crafts and architecture through an array of initiatives that will leave their mark in an international context. This means that for the first time, the Danish Design Centre, Danish Crafts and the Danish Architecture Centre have joined forces to develop the strategy and to launch a number of collective activities. Download summery of the strategy

The activities include:
_International branding activities focusing on China and New York
_Launch of the international website and newsletter Danish Edge
_Travel grants for young Danish designers, craftspeople and architects who wish to go abroad to improve their professional skills
_Consultancy aimed at establishing new learning opportunities for young Danish designers, craftspeople and architect

BCD - Barcelona

BCD works in three fields: business advisory services, promotion and information.
Some activities we carry out:
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_Seminars & conferences about design in business
_National Design Prizes in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and TourismOrganisation of design competitions
_Contact with foreign companies, which want to set up a design office in Catalonia
_Partnership in European design and design management projectsProviding information about designers, companies and events to the international design media

BCD collaborates with the main professional, training and cultural institutions of our country, as well as with the international promotional design bodies of other countries around the world.
BCD is the first step for companies willing to improve their design management skills. Design management allows a company to use the input design in an efficient way for a better fulfilment of its corporate goals.
BCD does not answer to private interests, but it promotes actions for the benefit of professional and business world and of the general society.

DESIGN FLANDERS

Workshops for SME
Design Flanders wants to stimulate SME to integrate innovation and design in the strategic planning of their company. Our position is that design is a critical success factor for a company and clearly offers added value.Design Flanders wants to present a number of successful role models via workshops to help these dynamic organisations cross a threshold that can make them even more successful.

DESIGN DIRECTORY WALES

Design Support for business
Design Support is the provision of advice, focused promotion, facilitation and mentoring to raise awareness of design issues and to help businesses define and implement their design-related activities. Our team of advisors are all experienced designers who will help you to introduce or develop the use of design with a business but will not actually undertake the design work itself.
Wales has a creative and diverse design industry and the Design Directory for Wales provides free and efficient access to details about the design expertise available here.
For each design business the directory includes full contact information, details of their design expertise and an optional portfolio of recent work. Managed by Design Wales the Design Directory for Wales is reviewed regularly to ensure that the information is up to date.
FURTHER SUPPORT FROM DESIGN WALESDesign Wales is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government to provide a free and independent design advisory service for Welsh industry. With over ten years experience in providing design support for industry Design Wales has a wealth of knowledge in how best to manage and address design issues in your company. If you are a Welsh business and would like support in making use of the design expertise available in Wales or would like to discuss how to manage design in your company then please visit the main Design Wales website or contact us directly.

DESIGN WALES

Design Wales provides design support for individual Welsh businesses and undertakes a wide range of activities to encourage and develop the use of design in Welsh industry and education.

Design Wales provides a free and independent design support service for Welsh industry. The main objectives are to support Welsh companies in realising and achieving their design-related objectives and to promote design as a route to a sustainable competitive advantage.
Design Support is the provision of advice, focused promotion, facilitation and mentoring to raise awareness of design issues and to help businesses define and implement their design-related activities.
Our team of advisors are all experienced designers who will help to introduce or develop the use of design with a business but will not actually undertake the design work itself.

IWDS - international design support

Schemes for design support and design promotion initiatives are no longer a novelty. Almost every country in the world runs either design-dedicated programmes or studies for the establishment of strategies that will enable local companies and the country to exploit design for their economic development. It is clear that we have passed the stage of advocating the importance of design strategies. Nevertheless, it is recognised that there is a need for further mature discussion and sceptical evaluation of current activity while providing inspiration for new challenges and directions. This is the objective of the third International Workshop on Design Support – IWDS 2006 which will take place in Cardiff on 10 - 11 May 2006

SEE DESIGN

SEEdesign is a network for the dissemination of good practice relating to design support for small companies (SMEs). It is made up of seven European partners who are cooperating in order to capture and build upon the knowledge accumulated within the various design support programmes. It aims to improve the effectiveness of the support provided for local SMEs relating to design issues in Europe. SEEdesign will operate from March 2005 until December 2007 and be part-financed by the European Union (ERDF) within the INTERREG IIIC Programme. Activities will include a series of International Workshops and Seminars involving the partners, design programmes and representatives of the small business sector; a network database; a library of good practices in design support; and the publication of bulletins to disseminate the information gathered over the three years of its lifespan. In parallel, the partner organisations are cooperating in the development of measurement tools to objectively assess the impact of the design advisory activity within SMEs and the wider local economy.

BETTER BY DESIGN

Better by Design aims to help New Zealand companies increase their exports and profits through the better use of design in their products and services.
It’s about using design to differentiate and add value. To create desirable products and services with a meaningful point of difference which competitors find difficult to replicate. Well designed services and products are more likely to earn a higher premium, gain a bigger market share, be better quality and cost less to produce or deliver.
The key capability building initiative from Better by Design is the Design Integration Programme. It is a six-stage design journey that aims to help companies integrate design through all aspects of their business – right from leadership, culture, strategy and research, through to functional and aesthetic design, production, packaging and branding.
Other initiatives from Better by Design include design education internships for graduates, a comprehensive design directory to help companies select the appropriate design partner, information resources via the website, events and education courses.
Join up to get regular news on Better by Design here.
Better by Design is part of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

DESIGN COME RICERCA - 2003

L’iniziativa Il design come ricerca si svolge a Treviso presso la sede del corso di laurea in disegno industriale (claDIS) dell’Università IUAV di Venezia.

Si tratta di dieci workshop (dal 25 settembre al 3 ottobre) svolti nell’ambito del corso FSE Tecniche produttive industriali in stretta collaborazione con dieci aziende.
Circa 180 studenti guidati da designer di chiara fama e affiancati da tutor sviluppano una esercitazione progettuale attorno a tematiche cruciali per il design contemporaneo.
Oltre a costituire un’occasione didattica rilevante, i workshop hanno anche lo scopo di avviare e consolidare rapporti con le realtà del Nord Est presenti in modo innovativo nell’ambito della produzione di beni industriali. L’università si propone così di coinvolgere un numero crescente di aziende per estendere e approfondire i legami tra ricerca e ambito lavorativo. Attraverso il confronto diretto con le imprese infatti gli studenti potranno acquisire esperienze in grado di aumentare le loro competenze professionali e le capacità di intervento nel mondo economico e produttivo. A loro volta, le aziende entrano in contatto con la ricchezza di idee, di metodi e di proposte provenienti dalla ricerca universitaria e possono conoscere direttamente i giovani progettisti che si affacciano sul mondo del lavoro.
I risultati dei workshop saranno presentati in una mostra collettiva promossa insieme dal corso di laurea in disegno industriale e dalle dieci imprese coinvolte.