On 06.02.2020 under the Interreg IPA-CBC Bulgaria - Macedonia Project "Modern textile Industry as Attractive Career Path for Young Generations and Contributor for Economic Development and Social Prosperity of Cross Border Region" members of the Textile Cluster  with designer Irina Tosheva and students from the Primary School "Goce Delchev" and textile high school  "Dimitar Miraschiev"  visited the factories Linea and  FamMode.

The first presentation was held in elementary school where designer Irina Tosheva introduced 9th grade students to the term smart technology, and through the presentation explained something more about their assignment that they would have to accomplish over the next few months.

After the presentation together with the students from the elementary and secondary school a  visit of  the factories Fam Mode and Linea was organized, where the students could see the whole process of garment production and where they had a short inspiring workshop that encouraged them to think about smart optimization of  factories and production process.

At the end, the Textile cluster in the Textile  high school "Dimitar Miraschiev gave a brief presentation on the goals and objectives of the project and the designer presented pictures of models and short videos about future of the industry. Further the designer gave a instructions to the students for making a collection. Then there was the section where the students could ask questions and in which to give their thoughts on the topic that was discussed.

The collections will be developed with materials donated from the tekstile companies and will be presented at the Fashion event in May 2020 in Stip.