Objective Design is a key driver in creating new products and services that are attractive to customers, and can make a business stand out among the competition. However, the lack of design management skills is a significant barrier to the wider adoption and integration of design into Europe’s businesses. As stated in the Innovation Union Flagship Initiative, although some European countries are world leaders in design, others lack a robust design infrastructure and design capability. This systemic gap has largely gone unnoticed but must now be tackled. Innovation agencies should tackle this gap by supporting and promoting design driven innovation programmes and services. The overall aim of Design Shots project is to use the experience, the tools, the capacity and the partners’ knowledge in order to address a common innovation support challenge namely to promote the integration of design driven innovation to smes through the creation of tailor made “design driven innovation support programmes” for private sector. The Peer learning activity will serve to learn from the best and to share good and bad practices in design driven innovation support services for smes. The realized Design Options Paper will serve as a “guide” or a “handbook” to other agencies and business support centres to provide similar and/or more focused services/support/ programmes on design driven innovation. Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.2.2. - Enhancing the innovation capacity of SMEs Topic(s) INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 - Peer learning of innovation agencies Call for proposal H2020-INNOSUP-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-INNOSUP-05-2016-2017 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator BUSINESS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address 6th km harilaou thermis leda maria block hermes building 57001 Thermi thessaloniki Greece See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all LUXINNOVATION GIE Luxembourg Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5 avenue des hauts fourneaux 4362 Esch sur alzette See on map Region Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 MALTA BUSINESS FOUNDATION Malta Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Malta business bureau, the exchange buildings, republic street VLT 1117 Valletta See on map Region Malta Malta Malta Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
