WORLD DESIGN ORGANIZATION (WDO)

Printed publications, namely, newsletters, reports, manuals and books, all in the field of design

Association services, namely, promoting the interests of industrial design professionals; compiling and analyzing statistics, data and other sources of information in the field of industrial design for business purposes; providing business information and research to the industrial design profession; advocacy in the nature of lobbying services, namely, promoting the interests of industrial design professionals in the fields of legislation and regulation; providing operational support in the nature of operational business assistance to enterprises in the industrial design profession; business services, namely, formulation of best practices for the industrial design profession; promotion of the industrial design profession with the public, governments, institutions, commercial and industrial sectors worldwide; arranging and conducting business competitions for industrial design professionals in the field of multidisciplinary design applications and projects to promote innovation and leadership in the industrial design profession; operational marketing support in the nature of business marketing consulting services

Providing on-line non-downloadable publications in the nature of newsletters and reports, all in the field of design; Educational services, namely, conducting workshops, seminars, conferences, summits and conventions in the field of industrial design for industrial design professionals; providing on-line non-downloadable publications in the nature of policy papers on industrial design

Providing information and scientific research in the field of industrial design; Providing an on-line computer database of facts and data in the field of industrial design methodologies and collaborations with other sectors to facilitate policy and program development and professional cooperation, knowledge sharing and management, collection, organization and retrieval of knowledge relating to all aspects of industrial design development, policy and implementation; developing guidelines for the profession of industrial design, namely, developing quality control standards for industrial design; providing information about industrial design via a website for the industrial design profession in order to advance the quality of industrial design in the interest of the public