CODIS project peer-learning workshop took place at Estonian Design Centre’s premises in Tallinn, on June 4th and 5th. This 2-days workshop aimed at exchanging expertise among the three partners (KEPA – Greece, DDC – Denmark & EDC – Estonia), concerning the collaboratively address of a common innovation support challenge.
More specifically, the representatives of the partners – members of the peer-learning group-, presented a series of design support services and programmes they offer, in order to identify the advantages and the disadvantages of their service delivery systems and to jointly review them.
The main purposes of the workshop were, to strengthen the capacity of the participants regarding design support services and their ability to design and implement/ manage such local/regional/national support programmes, while at the same time, the participants co-identified the components of the final project deliverable -Design Option Paper-, which will be further developed over the next few months. The DOP will be used as a “guide” – “guidebook” for other similar agencies to design and/or implement similar, more friendly programmes and services on design support for SMEs. It is worthy to mention that during the CODIS project, the consortium partners will use the DOP in order to test it, by developing a service following its recommendations.
Additionally, during the workshop, the consortium hold a meeting with Mrs. Anu Maaja Pallok, advisor at the Estonian Ministry of Culture, and discussed about Design and the Creative Industries.
More information about CODIS.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 806616.