Gällivare (Sweden) - Three months following City Move Icsid Interdesign – the workshop has already started a new positive process in the Municipality of Gällivare - the community is starting a development programme, which has secured partial funding from a local stakeholder. More information will be available about this progress in September, 2009.

Icsid Promotional Member and Interdesign hosts, The Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID) have been continually involved with the community of Gällivare, since the Icsid Interdesign Workshop ended in April 2009 and have been assisting in their fundraising endeavours to the European Union and Swedish Government, in an attempt to implement possible workshop findings and potential solutions to this vast problem.

Interdesign participants continue to stay connected from their corners of the globe to contribute further knowledge, findings, research and experience to the problem, via an online discussion group. In parallel to this progress, SVID continue to undertake their post-event evaluation, which includes the review of over 4,000 files created during the workshop containing; documents, drawings, materials, models and other work formats produced by the participants - to make recommendations for the future of Gällivare and to other communities globally who are faced with similar challenges. Following the workshop and its findings, the Interdesign subject will expand to include: "how to move societies" and involve design processes, with a focus on the community and people.

During the six months following an Icsid Interdesign, host organisers complete an evaluation of the workshop. The documentary film footage of the Swedish Interdesign process is intended to be edited by fall, 2009. A short summary film of the workshop is planned to be screened at the Icsid General Assembly  of members in Singapore, November 2009.

An additional component of the post-Interdesign work undertaken by SVID includes the Knowledge Centre planning and implementation. In August 2009, the centre-planning phase is intended to be complete. The knowledge centre can be used by community of Gällivare and other global communities affected by similar problems and in search of possible solutions.

Details about the centre

Vision

• To be one of the most prominent international research and network hubs in the field of relocating societies with a humanistic economic and technical focus.
• The global centre shall be a physical as well as virtual interaction point for societies, cities, companies, organisations and specialists.
  

An international hub for

• Methods development
• knowledge building and retention
• research and development
• test lab facilities
• meetings and conferences
• sister town enhancement
• dialogues and debate
• design and innovation
• sustainable city development.
  

As SVID enter a new phase to create presentations in an attempt to engage stakeholders and sponsors – to realise the significance of the centre, SVID will also continue to work on the different possibilities to expose the workshop in different global geographical regions through exhibitions and global design events.

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For further information on City Move Icsid Interdesign, including stakeholder, sponsor, promotions or exhibition supporter opportunities, please contact:

Claes Frossen
SVID, Project Manager
SVID
Stiftelsen Svensk Industridesign
Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
Sveavägen 34, 6 tr
111 85 Stockholm
t: + 46 8 406 8445
m: + 46 705 36 73 23
e:
w: www.svid.se/citymove