Our Mission:

To stimulate innovation processes in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR).


Goals:
• to strengthen the competitive edge of the BSR through better coordination between designers and business.
• to increase opportunities in the use of design as a developmental tool in business.
• to strengthen and enhance the design potential and skills of the region.
• to create synergies between young designers and key players in industry and science.

Advantages:
• Access to creative and innovative concepts
• BDT Network supply of experts for business development
• Supply of junior and other staff for recruitment
• Exchange of knowledge and culture

Partners:
• Business: companies and business networks
• Public: local regional governments and cities, public institutions, media
• Science: research institutes, universities
• Design: professional designers, design colleges, local and regional networks and design centres

Background:
The BDT was founded to conduct the STRINGDesign project 2002-2004 on behalf of the STRING partners:
Storstrøm Region, Region Skåne, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Land Schleswig-Holstein, Greater Copenhagen Authority (HUR), West Zealand Region. part-financed by EU Regional Development Fund, Interreg IIIB
 http://www.balticstring.net
Since 2004, BDT has extended its activities to cover the entire BSR.

Financial support:
BDT is an independent non-profit organisation, financed by public/private-partnership.
We would not have been possible to initiate and operate without the following parties:

• Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• Greater Copenhagen Authority (HUR)
• Land Schleswig-Holstein
• Region Skåne
• Storstrøm Region
• West Zealand Region