TТA-TEXTILE CLUSTER supported by a grant from the regional USAID Economic Development, Governance and Enterprise Growth Project (EDGE) in cooperation with project partners Proeksport association from Albania and FACTS cluster from Serbia, as part of the UNITED BALKAN ACTIVITIES project, organized a study visit in Skopje and final conference of the project.
TТA-TEXTILE CLUSTER supported by a grant from the regional USAID Economic Development, Governance and Enterprise Growth Project (EDGE) in cooperation with project partners Proeksport association from Albania and FACTS cluster from Serbia, as part of the UNITED BALKAN ACTIVITIES project, organized a study visit in Skopje and final conference of the project.
As part of the event, a meeting was organized with the management of East Gate Mall with the purpose of the possibility of leasing space by the companies from the partner organizations.
The next day, a visit to Okitex took place, where the guests could see the innovations that this company transforms into its production of clothing for leading European brands.
The next day, a visit to Okitex took place, where the guests could see the innovations that this company transforms into its production of clothing for leading European brands.
On the same day, as part of the conference, topics from the field of social compliance, investment, export promotion, and digitization in clothing design were presented.
The conference was opened by Jasminka Varnalieva, director of the USAID Economic Development, Governance and Enterprise Growth Project (EDGE), who gave an introductory speech and information about the EDGE project and welcomed the participants. Gazmend Abdija, the director of Invest North Macedonia, gave an opening speech as a guest at the event. In addition, Natasa Sivevska, the executive director of the Textile cluster, spoke about the goals of the project and the implemented activities. In addition, the activities for investment and export promotion by Invest North Macedonia and social standards and their application by T-CERT Systems were presented. In the section on digitalization of the textile sector, the opportunities for improving productivity through digitalization were presented by Blagoja Milosevski USAID EDGE project, a presentation on Outsourcing services for the development of 3D products - company VM3D, as well as a FASH TECH presentation on an integrated solution for digital technology for the fashion industry - company SOLS.
The event ended with networking among the companies participating in the event from all three countries, where experiences, opportunities for cooperation and joint participation in future activities and projects were shared.