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Give Design a structural position in FP10.
- A structural position in FP10's architecture. Positioned explicitly in Pillar II, Design strengthens and fuels the exchange with Pillar I (excellent science) and Pillar III (innovation), and supports Pillar IV in building the European Research Area.
- A structural and supported position within FP10's policy windows. Design has the skills and network to bring Clean Energy, Health and Biotech, Digital Leadership, and Security and Resilience to innovative practice and reinforce the Union's sovereignty.
- Support for Design as a discipline. We urge the Commission to include and support Design research and practice as a competitive advantage.
The undersigned, Europe's Design Research faculties, Design Education institutes, and Design Industry, stand ready to take their role in FP10.
Technology is crucial for Europe's future, but technology alone cannot secure the Union's autonomy. Innovations deliver impact only when they are adopted by users, embedded in infrastructures, and developed through transdisciplinary efforts. That is the work of Design.
Design enables the translation of fundamental insights from Pillar I into innovative applications in Pillar II, carries them into market innovation in Pillar III, and helps Pillar IV embed them across the European Research Area, so they are taken up effectively and at scale. Design translates societal challenges into technological solutions like no other discipline, making it the true engine of innovation.
Two decades of evidence
As early as 2009, the European Commission identified a strong positive correlation between the use of design and national competitiveness. The evidence has only grown since.
An innovation operating system
Human-centred
Design ensures that the Union's innovations are developed with and for the people who will use, share, and further advance them, enabling sustainable impact.
System-centred
Design grounds innovations securely and purposefully in societal, economic, and industrial networks and infrastructures, reinforcing Europe's transition toward stable sovereignty and scalable competitiveness.
Transdisciplinary
Design's methodologies foster creative collaboration between engineering and other scientific disciplines, between academia and practice, between individuals and policy, and between short-term and long-term values.
Where design research fits
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