Public Design Evidence Review published by UK Cabinet Office
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Professor Catherine Durose, Heseltine Institute co-Director is a contributor to the Public Design Evidence Review published on 17 July by the UK Cabinet Office. A global first, the Review sets out the role of public design in driving more effective and innovative government.
Public design brings together a range of practical, collective and creative activities and skills to help realise policy ambitions, whilst making visible and mitigating the challenges of delivery.
Launched by Cabinet Office Parliamentary Secretary, Georgia Gould MP and Janet Hughes, Director General of the UK Cabinet Office, the Review brings together perspectives and examples from across government departments, organisations such as the Design Council and commentary by leading academics to build credibility and momentum for the use of public design across UK government.
The Review builds on a long-standing dialogue between the Heseltine Institute, University of the Arts London, The University of Manchester, University College London, the UK Civil Service and the wider design and policy communities. You can join the Design | Policy network here.
Professor Catherine Durose said: "It is fantastic to have the opportunity to contribute to this landmark initiative from the UK Civil Service, which offers the opportunity to fundamentally rethink how policy is made in the 21st century, closing the gap between how policy is made and how it is experienced."
In her foreword to the review, Minister Georgia Gould OBE, Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office, said: “The Public Design Evidence Review arrives at a moment when we are asking fundamental questions about how government can work better for people. It brings together powerful insights from across the public sector, design community, and academia to explore how we can design policies and services that are not only more effective, but more human. This review is not a blueprint. It’s an invitation - to think differently, to work differently, and to build a government that truly belongs to everyone.”