Dédale develops its projects at a European and International level, connecting arts, culture, urban planning and society topics. It favours cooperation processes both at a local and a cross-border level, with a transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach.

Dedale has developed an expertise in the set up of cultural cooperation projects: MOB / Mobility, Arts, Technologies and European Cities, ECLECTIS / European Citizens' Laboratory for Empowerment: CIties Shared (Programme Culture 2007-2013).

Dedale is also implicated in the development of innovative digital services, experimented in Europe in the frame of the SmartCity Living Lab (labeled by ENoLL, 6th wave). It takes parts in Cultural Heritage Projects in the field of Information Society (Programmes eTen, eContent+, ICT-PSP) and Research (6th and 7th Framework Programme).

Since 2004, Dédale is mandated by the French Culture and Communication Ministry to coordinate the involvement of French institutions in European projects dedicated to the Heritage valorisation: Michael, Michael +, Minerva, Minerva+, MinervaEC, Athena, Linked Heritage, DC-NET, Indicate.

At a local and national level, Dédale is member of Cap Digital, Vivacités Île-de-France, Les Promenades urbaines and Acteurs du Paris Durable.
At the European and International level, Dédale is also member of important networks like Michael Culture Association (European heritage digitization and valorisation), ENOLL (European Network of Living Lab - in situ and in vivo experiment lab for innovative services involving manufacturers, artists and users), Culture Action Europe and other cooperation networks.

Dédale is funded by the European Commission, the French Culture and Communication Ministry, the Région île-de-France and Paris City Council.

In 2013, Dédale has launched URBANitIS, a network developed in collaboration with Sinapolis, a studio for studies and resources on cities and built environments based in Beijing, China.

Combining artistic, cultural, society, digital and urban-planning topics, URBANitIS aims at fostering the crossing of creative and sustainable approaches for urban planning in both France and China. The project also intends to associate local population to the reflective process on the becoming of contemporary cities.