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GALACTICA, which aims to demonstrate the viability of new industrial value chains regarding the textile and aerospace sectors based on advanced manufacturing across the EU, launched the second Call for proposals, with a total budget of 1.64 M€ to support European SMEs. The Call for proposals is addressed to the EU and UK SMEs and start-ups that plan to develop innovative solutions that could be part of cross-sectoral and cross-border value chains with two different

Inspiring innovation through creative connections around Europe WORTH Partnership Project is funded by the European Commission under COSME, the EU Programme for the competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. WORTH is the sole European project where designers, SMEs, manufacturers, and tech providers work together to develop innovative, design-oriented business ideas. The project focuses on lifestyle industries, including fashion and textile, footwear, leather and fur, furniture/home decoration/interior design, jewellery and accessories. The project provides companies with

On November 30, 2021, the Bulgarian Fashion Association conducted a training for the internationalization of sustainable fashion brands. The training was conducted online on the Zoom platform, hosted by Prof. Lyubomir Stoykov. The training was attended by representatives of 22 Bulgarian fashion brands and manufacturers. It was conducted within the project FASCINATE – Sustainable Fashion Alliance for International markets and was focused on the markets in the United States, Canada and Japan. Lecturers were Prof.

The training Internationalization of sustainable fashion brands is organized by Bulgarian Fashion Association and is performed in the scope of FASCINATE – Sustainable Fashion Alliance for International markets  and is oriented to SMEs within the fashion & textile sector that wish to gain knowledge on internationalization, specifically within the Japanese, American and Canadian markets. It will take place on 30th November 2021 online in the platform Zoom. What’s the role of sustainability and circular economy

The Green Fashion Tour in Porto is a specific activity of the FASCINATE project happening in the fringes of the Modtissimo exhibition in Porto, Portugal, from October 6th to 8th 2021. It brought together a delegation of 5 clusters and 15 SMEs from Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal and Spain to visit the Modtissimo fair, network with the rest of clusters and SMEs, look for business and technological cooperation, explore international business opportunities and brainstorm joint strategies

Poland Shoes Expo fair opens on 14-16 October 2021. Ptak Warsaw Expo Centre hosts the most special event in the country’s footwear and leather industry. The deadline for companies that want to participate in the fair is 30 September 2021. Free registration is available for visitors until October 7, 2021 at www.polandshoesexpo.com Poland Shoes Expo is a platform that covers both shoes, slippers, boots, bags, accessories and leather and sub-industry sectors. In this way, both manufacturers and importers

The White Label World Expo is the EU’s largest event for professional online sellers to meet cutting edge white label goods suppliers. Taking place on the 13th & 14th October 2021 at Messe, Frankfurt, the event is unmissable for all white label manufacturers and business owners who would like to discover the newest products and stay far ahead of the curve! Bulgarian Fashion Association is a partner of the event! Tickets are available now, so

More courage for change! The conference “The New European Bauhaus –Werkstatt der Zukunft” by Fashion Council Germany will bring together international experts in the context of Frankfurt Fashion Week on 6 July to redefine the future of the European fashion and textile industry. The conference is inspired by Ursula von der Leyen‘s initiative “The New European Bauhaus”, which she first presented in her “State of the Union” speech in September 2020. By bringing the Green

The British Bulgarian Business Association would like to invite you to a unique opportunity to hear about the British fashion market, how to enter it and what to expect from it.  What: Opportunities on the UK Retail and Fashion Market   Where: Missia 23, ul. Mizia 23, Sofia When: June 17, 4:00 pm Learn how to launch your brand in the United Kingdom, and how to grow your business via international promotion and marketing.  A networking part with a

The SUSTAINABLE FASHION ALLIANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (Fascinate) is an 18-month project financed by the COSME programme of the European Commission. It aims to support the internationalization of EU textile and fashion SME clusters that are working towards the development of circularity and sustainability in these industries. Besides the textile and fashion industry, this partnership also seekс a cross-sectoral collaboration with the technology (digitalization) and footwear sectors. The project contributes directly to the overall objective

DeFINE is a London College of Fashion-supported project fostering a fashion-tech innovation network across Europe. Leading partners on the project also include Politecnico di Milano, Institute Français de la Mode, Boras INK, and EBN, to name a few. Over the past three years, LCF and our partners have been creating key assets to support the growth of the fashion-tech community, including an online forum, open-access resources, events, our mentoring program, and crucially, their online map

The Fascinate project in line with the definition of its strategy as a ESCP-4i Partnership for Internationalization, launches the current public procurement tender in order to develop a comprehensive diagnosis through possible target Markets (Canada, Japan, USA) regarding sustainable fashion/clothing, revealing strategic challenges linked to trends, ethics, most valued points, ideals uncovering international market opportunities for sector SMEs. We are inviting interested applicants to access and read the attached document which includes the objectives, budget allocated

FASCINATE project is organizing its Opening Conference and workshop “A new era for EU fashion brands – Embracing digitalization & Sustainability”, organised in the framework of the ESCP-4i – European Cluster Collaboration Platform. The project’́s aim is to support the internationalization of EU textile and fashion SME clusters that are working towards the development of circularity and sustainability in these industries, and to generate cross-sectoral collaborations, and find sinergies towards addressing the needs of fashion companies when deciding to expand and sell to the

Circular City Week New York will take place online from 22nd to 28th March 2021. Circular City Week is all about taking part in the circular movement and spur action. The festival will be primarily virtual in 2021 and offers a range of opportunities to engage and actively get involved.  We offer you to join an engaging panel discussion and network with experts from the European project FASCINATE. It will take place on March 24, 2021