About the project

The CLOTH project aims to boost the interregional cooperation through the creation of a cluster alliance within the Fashion sector. The project will promote the necessary conditions to create a favourable ecosystem of relevant stakeholders, for new alliances, business and investment opportunities for the European SMES.

The CLOTH project will contribute to promote the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the Fashion sector addressing its environmental and social impacts in coherence with the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan.

CLOTH presentation (PDF file)

Mission

Our mission is to bring together European fashion clusters and SMEs and facilitate the transition to green and digital fashion by building expertise through our exchange and learning programs.

 

What do we stand for?

 

Good Fashion is at the core of what we stand for.
And we think that good fashion can only be obtained through:

  1. Cooperation and collaboration
  2. Love for knowledge
  3. On-site expertise exchange
  4. Targeted Innovation
  5. Hope for a better future for fashion

Objectives

  • Promote a Common Partnership Strategy and its road map to strengthen the cluster alliance;
  • Promote the transfer of innovation, and the green and digital transition of the Fashion’s SMES, from a cross- sectorial dimension;
  • Boost the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the Fashion sector addressing its environmental and social impacts;
  • Improve the cluster management capacities and skills through the definition of a Capacity Building programme towards cluster excellence;
  • Enhance cooperation, alliances and networking among clusters and SMES from the Fashion sector;
  • Support SMES in the digital and sustainable transformation of their businesses;

Activities

  • A road map for a common strategy and long-term cooperation
  • Capacity building programme towards cluster excellence
  • ClusterXchange mobility scheme programme
  • Fashion Platform to support SME`s to share know-how and experiences
  • A guideline of lessons learned and recommendations for clusters and SMEs
  • Final conference