Moving Forward - Centre of Expertise

Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, has approved further funding for 2008-2011 to enable the Ecodesign Centre (EDC) to continue to operate as a centre of expertise.

Key activities will include:

• Informing policy makers and related policy development
• Undertaking international best practice studies
• Undertaking applied research and pilot projects
• Actively encouraging a ‘joined-up’ multi-stakeholder partnership approach to tacking the resource efficiency agenda, including working towards a shared vision
• Providing advice and support to priority public sector organisations, in particular business support organisations, to enable effective ecodesign intervention
• Supporting the process of embedding ecodesign in mainstream education
• Disseminating findings and communicating and promoting the benefits of ecodesign
• Ongoing monitoring and evaluating the activities of EDC