Competence Centre for Design Management

KCDM was a pilot project carried out in Slovenia between 2013 and 2015 within the framework of the European Social Fund.The potential of design in Slovenia has not yet been widely recognized. There has been a lack of synergy between the design and business communities without a structured national strategy and support infrastructure.The project was initiated by Slovenian design agency Gigodesign and backed by 18 companies - producers from different industrial and creative sectors. The primary KCDM objectives were to introduce design and design management to the participating companies, systematically connect design and business communities, provide and organize trainings, create a professional network and increase public awareness in general. The secondary objective was the Integration of design into a national development strategy and the formation of initiatives for design sector organization. The KCDM project office developed a modular competence model which defined 5 job profiles and basic design management competences for each job profile based on 5 factors. The practically structured trainings have been provided to the companies and each participating company had the possibility of choosing the particular modules that were necessary to accomplish their own individual business objectives. The target-oriented trainings included: internal and external trainings and strong national and international networking. Beneficiaries: 19 Slovenian companies and their employees.