Introduction to Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation – training programme for civil servants and policy officials

A training programme for the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Building on past successful experience, CIIP delivered a bespoke capability building programme for Department of Business and Trade (DBT), bringing together policy experts and stakeholders with an interest in manufacturing and industrial innovation to share experiences and promote the use of common frameworks and language.

The training programme aimed to:

• introduce key concepts, frameworks, and ideas in the areas of manufacturing and industrial innovation
  facilitate a structured dialogue among DBT colleagues with responsibility for manufacturing and industrial innovation
• analyse the manufacturing and industrial innovation landscape in the UK and contrast it with that of other countries
• discuss strategies to exploit the opportunities driven by new manufacturing technologies, including digital manufacturing and environmental technologies.