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In the spring of 2011 the European Commission asked 14 design experts for recommendations on design a driver for innovation and growth in Europe. MindLab is part of this group, the European Design Leadership Board.

But is it possible to develop a design policy without involving a wider circle of users and stakeholders? And should new methods of “co-design” not be applied in such a process? For these reasons, the European Design Leadership Board invited a select group of 65 people to develop policy propositions along with them. Aalto University serves as secretariat for the expert panel and designed the workshop in collaboration with MindLab.

The expert panel will issue a final report of recommendations, in part based upon the workshop sessions, to EU Commissioner Tajani, who is responsible for European policy regarding enterprise and industry matters. The Commissioner will receive the report at a ceremony in Brussels late June.

Below are photos from the workshop session by MindLab and a short film by Aalto University.

As a part of the Danish presidency of the Council of the Eurpoean Union the Ministry of Business and Growth hosted the informal ministerial meeting in the Competiveness Council on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2012. MindLab has been in close collaboration with the international department of the Ministry of Business and Growth in both planning and executing the meeting. The special contribution of MindLab has revolved around the concept for the meeting, user involvement, application of design techniques and visualisation. See how a different format for a ministerial meeting can look here.

Read about the thoughts behind the meeting and read about Mindlabs case