SEE, a network of eleven European partners exploring how to integrate design into regional and national innovation policies, has just released the fourth of six project bulletins, exploring matters related to design policies and programmes for design support.

"More and more, we are seeing that design approaches are not only being applied to product development, manufacturing and technology, but to a growing array of other domains such as the public sector, social innovation and sustainability projects.

This edition delves a bit deeper into how design techniques are being applied to specialist scenarios.

The research article presents a ground-breaking peace and security project that employed design in a collaborative effort between the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the Saïd Business School at Oxford University.

SEE also presents a research article on National Design Systems that illustrates how our understanding about the environment in which design operates is becoming more complex.

The Design Policy and Promotion Map reveals how design is becoming central to the innovation and economic development agendas in Chile, Croatia, India, and South Africa.

The Bulletin also includes a special report on a number of initiatives that SEE partners are undertaking to provide input for design policy-making."

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