EURATEX Launches New Project of Support to Industry of Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear – CCIS and University of Kragujevac One of 19 Partners

The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX) has launched a new project (AEQUALIS4TCLF) for support to professional development and retraining in the industry of textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF), and the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia (CCIS) will be one of the 19 partners on this project in cooperation with the University of Kragujevac, that is, the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Cacak. The project, whose total value is EUR 3.8 million, will last four years.

– The CCIS team is the leader of the working package which aims to promote innovations, variety and well-being of employees in the TCLF industry – says Milica Ljubojevic, the secretary of the Association for the Industry of Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear of the CCIS.

The project has two main goals.

– Primarily to unite Europe when it comes to the skills and retraining of the TCLF workforce, which will enable the industry to prepare for the future and for achieving a sustainable and circular economy. Then, the focus is on the lack of skills in the industry, identifying the needs for specific skills, as well as the development of new education programs for a sustainable industry – explains Ljubojevic.

AEQUALIS4TCLF gathers 19 partners, mostly from east and north Europe, which will work together over the next four years to give incentive to the professional development and retraining of workers in the TCLF industry.

The project is realized within the EU Pact for Skills, and it will be cofinanced by the European Union within the ERASMUS+ program for support to professional development and retraining within the TCLF industry.

Privredna komora Srbije

Fakultet tehničkih nauka Čačak

Univerzitet u Kragujevcu

Udruženje za industriju tekstila, odeće, kože i obuće PKS Beograd

Chamber of Commerce of Serbia

CCIS

Faculty of Technical Sciences in Cacak

University of Kragujevac

European Apparel and Textile Confederation

EURATEX

AEQUALIS4TCLF

Association for the Industry of Textile Clothing Leather and Footwear of the CCIS

Milica Ljubojevic

sustainable and circular economy

sustainable industry

Erasmus plus