NEW PROJECT: Modern Textile Industry as Attractive Career Path for Young Generations and Contributor for Economic Development and Social Prosperity of Cross Border Region
FINANCED BY: EU IPA cross border program BG / MK
START DAY: 18.06.2019
DURATION: 16 MONTHS
PARTNERS: Textile and Clothes Branch Organization (TCBO) Bulgaria and Textile Trade Association – Textile cluster (TTA-TC) North Macedonia
ACTIVITIES:
A1. A1. Further Operationalization of the Trusted Balkan Apparel Quality Mark
A2. Days of Textile Industry in the Cross-Border Region – Promotion among young generations
A3. Production of Atlas of the Textile Industry and Supporting Infrastructure in Cross-Border Region
A4. Training of potential startups based on innovative business concepts for textile industry and supporting services
A5. Program for Modernization of Textile Industry in Cross-Border Region
A6. Textile – High level Forum of Textile industry in cross-border region Bulgaria-Macedonia
A7. Visit to a prominent technical fair
This project will influence the cross border region in many ways. First, it will support the development of the apparel and textiles industry that otherwise plays significant role into the overall generation of the domestic product, industry output and export, on both sides of the border. Moreover, it will support the desired image of the textile industry that follows the strict regulations and requirements of the EU in terms of the quality, good working conditions and reliable provider of high quality products. The project will promote the potential for growth of the textile industry in the region since the major textile trends are matching its competitive advantages of the region, in terms of the closeness to the major retail centers in Europe, in terms of the modern equipment and the readiness to accept small and customized orders. Vibrant modern and market oriented textile sector in the region will have broader impact on the overall social environment. It will alleviate the problem of economic migration from the region and will strongly contribute to the overall well being of the population in the cross-border region on the both sides.
October 2016 – January 2018
Interreg-IPA CBC Programmed Bulgaria – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Project name: Building international competitiveness of the textile companies in the cross border region MK-BG. Activities: Creating Vision of the region, development of positioning strategy, development of Quality control check points and label TRUSTED BALKAN APPAREL, fair participation, creation and presentation of TV video spot, organization of training and seminars and result dissemination.
-Organization of participation of 10 companies (5 Mk and 5BG) at Premier Vision Manufacturing Fair in Paris.
-Developing positioning strategy and promotional activities for the region.
-Preparing (idea and scenario), organization and shooting of TV Video promotional spot.
-Develop label TRUSTED BALKAN APPAREL
-Organization of project seminar and trainings.
IPA CBC Program Bulgaria – Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia
Project: “Building Capacity for Business Support Activities – BCSA”
Information about project :
TZZ can work to supply artificial resources for running textile companies in Macedonia, to allow for better compliance with international recognition for social standards. TZZ can find a Multiple Opportunity Auditor (BSCI specifically) and offer you a service for implementing standards of ownership and corporate independence in companies. TZZ can also work and deal with a series of TVs – it can get affirmative support capability and have the opportunity to realize the situation in the production text of the industry in order to gain popularity of secrecy and be able to show.
Main Project Goal: Implementation Services that can engage and enable the company or assist the service industry to provide service users as well as get them to make your applications and share them with its authorized social audits. can be foreign buyers who can appear in the form of visibility and durability on their websites to offer the company. TV Opportunity Series – Look at the PR mechanism for participating in your venue of issuing authorization from a secretary who can reach wider popularity to get the opportunity to publish the product manufacturing industry within your website and to offer an offer for a specialized position.
Participants: Textile Trade Association – Textile Cluster funded by USAID Business Ecosystem Project
Project Learning Benefits: Increased Competitiveness; export estimation; can be found in new news; established revenue – established for service use; new jobs.
PROJECT : “Innovative design practices for achieving a new textile cluster sector”
Information about project: The project Design4Circle – Innovative design practices for achieving a new textile circular sector – is developed to create an innovative learning curriculum in line with the needs of designers of the textile and fashion industry. The idea is to motivate the designers from the textile sector to create products that will reduce their environmental impact during the product’s life-cycle, and to develop new and innovative businesses within the principles of circular economy. In order to achieve such purpose, a Strategic Partnership has put 6 entities together from 6 different countries and expertise in the different fields of the proposed project: two Universities experts in textile design and technologies: RTU, Latvia and TUIASI, Romania; one company expert in circular economy and new business models: ECORES, Belgium; and three business associations and VET providers that cover different sectors of the textile industry and experts in ecodesign: TTA-TC, Macedonia, AMUEBLA, Spain and CTCP, Portugal
PROJECT : “GIZ IEP – Investment and Export Promotion Project “
Informations about project: The Investment and Export Promotion Project is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) within the bilateral German-Macedonian development cooperation on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The overall project term is from March 2008 to December 2012
Main Goals of the Project: The Project aims at improving the international competitiveness of Macedonian companies operating in the industries of textile and apparel, automotive supply and IT/software. These industries belong to the core economic branches with the highest potential for generating employment, and increasing exports and new investments
Participants: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationalale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Textile Trade Asciation – Textile Cluster
Benefit for the project Participants: The project closely follows the priorities of the national economic development policies in order to provide the most adequate measures for enhancing the competitive abilities of Macedonian companies on the global market
PROJECT : “Tex-Web: Networking and Capacity Building for Textile and Clothing Industry Associations in the Western Balkan Countries”
Informations about project: The project “Networking and Capacity Building for Textile and Clothing Industry Associations in the Western Balkan Countries” includes partners in target countries and their staff, local experts/entities in the fields covered by the selected areas of the Acquis and related socio-economic subjects, as well as local textile and clothing companies
http://www.tex-web.eu/
Main Goals of the Project: To develop strong partnerships among partners themselves and with their EU counterpart, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex), and local authorities so to improve the quality of their services and their representativeness of the local textile/clothing industry
Participants: European Apparel and Textile Conferderation EURATEX and Textile Trade Association – Textile cluster
Benefit for the project Participants: Employers and employees of companies in the textile and clothing sectors in target countries, both members and non-members of participating CSOs, will have the opportunity to strengthen capacities, improve services and achieve cooperation
PROJECT : “The cross-border region Bulgaria-Macedonia a good manufacturing – today and tomorrow”
Informations about project: Cross-border cooperation to enhance competitiveness and exchange of good practices, economic development and social cohesion
Main Goals of the Project: To achieve sustainable economic development in the border region through economic capacity building, exchange of good practices and experience and economic synergy for active participation on the EU Market
Participants: Association Textile and Clothes Branch Organization (BOTO) Kyustendil, Bulgaria and Textile Trade Association – Textile Cluster
Benefit for the project Participants: Increased capacity of companies about the requirements and standards for management systems, developed sustainable partnerships for exchange of good practices and expertise, increased knowledge and information about management systems
PROJECT : Promotion of the cross-border business cooperation in the field of clothing and development of a structure for the provision of services, Macedonia-Greece
The project concerns the development of cross-border business cooperation in the field of clothing, aiming at the strengthening of the cooperation of clothing companies in the region, the settlement of technical problems in business cooperation in the clothing sector, the increase of the level of regional economic integration of the sector, the attraction of cooperation from third regions, as well as the facilitation of importing new technologies in the sector’s companies of the two regions.
PROJECT : “GTZREDEM – marketing project”
