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About the project

TECOFASH is 7 Partners from 5 EU countries.

The main objective of TECOFASH is to contribute to a competitive and sustainable European fashion industry.

The project focuses on increasing the capacity of professionals from SMEs and start-ups to turn their business toward circular business models, as well as environmental and sustainable innovation as a result of transnational and intergenerational cooperation and training. Our training considers the triple bottom line of Elkington theory: the economic, the social and the environmental, key for sustainability.

In detail, TECOFASH is presented as a proposal addressing 3 Specific Objectives.

Specific Objective 1: Awareness rising of experienced fashion entrepreneurs about their need for adaptation and innovation to make a transition toward new sustainable business models.

Specific Objective 2: Development of new competences for youth and unemployed to apply innovative circular and digital schemes to the fashion sector.

Specific Objective 3: Intergenerational collaboration and peer learning among those two target groups so they can benefit from higher levels of knowledge, also contributing to attract a new generation of workforce in the sector.

TECOFASH is be based on knowledge sharing and peer-learning for fashion stakeholders for them to up-skill in terms of business model innovation, circular economy, integrating channels and process innovation, cooperation and networking, digital improvement, sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), personal development, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit, among others.

To answer this challenge, TECOFASH training proposal focuses on two pillars:

  • Sustainable and digital production processes, addressing the technical and operational aspects linked to the design, production, and distribution of fashion products, for instance how to reduce water consumption or taking care of the raw materials used.
  • Sustainable and digital management of a fashion company, to explore how to turn the entire management system in a circular and responsible loop, including for instance cooperative management systems based on human and social responsibility.