What future for Futures By Design?
The Futures By Design (FBD) team is busy working on the continuation of FBD after the EU funded project ends in early 2023.
We have learned a great deal about SME demand for FBD services. We have a good bank of excellent case studies of success in creating capacity for SME growth, innovation and productivity – across the 5 countries of the EU North Sea Region Programme involved in the project (including UK).
Analysing each of the projects, and storing this learning in a searchable way in the central Horizon Scanning Knowledge Transfer (HSKT) hub that supports knowledge about SME demand and SME capacity, we will enable FBD services providers to understanding the exact dynamics of support that SMEs demand.
The HSKT central hub will provide a service for SMEs to learn from existing projects and will make all FBD TOOLS created by the EU Project available in outline to all, incentivising SME appetite for FBD services to help them use the tools.
At this stage, the bespoke services for SMEs are likely to revoke around:
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