Design for user-led innovation (Q4298445)
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Project Q4298445 in France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Design for user-led innovation |
Project Q4298445 in France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain |
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1,564,681.06 Euro
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2,086,241.42 Euro
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75.0 percent
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1 February 2018
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31 January 2021
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PDR / Cardiff Metropolitan University
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41°9'28.58"N, 8°37'44.80"W
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55°51'51.26"N, 4°15'6.52"W
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53°20'59.32"N, 6°15'37.12"W
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48°7'2.17"N, 1°40'40.04"W
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42°52'41.56"N, 8°32'41.42"W
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51°28'53.69"N, 3°10'44.72"W
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43°15'46.84"N, 2°56'5.96"W
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54°35'50.24"N, 5°55'48.43"W
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Design is an accessible method for analysing user needs and involving users in developing and testing products and services. Innovation support organisations also recognise the importance of design for user-driven innovation but many lack the expertise to fully integrate design into their support programmes. The USER-FACTOR project aims to strengthen innovation in the Atlantic Area by transferring models for design support programmes between innovation support organisations. The beneficiaries are both innovation support organisations exploiting complementarities across the area and 200 SMEs participating in 8 design support programmes. "80% of European SMEs believe that the user is important in the innovation process but only 10% of SMEs actually involve users in concept development and prototype testing" (German Ministry for Economic Affairs, 2015). The project partners offer innovation support for SMEs. By transferring models for design support programmes each partner will support a minimum of 25 SMEs to use design and involve users in concept development and prototype testing. As such, over 200 SMEs will benefit from support (financial or mentoring) to use design for user-driven innovation during the funding period. Based on past experience, it’s expected that all SMEs will bring at least one product or service to market. Furthermore, the partner organisations will integrate design into their main SME support programmes ensuring long-term impact. (English)
0.2250947797393848
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