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FashionKIC Marks Key Milestone with 1st Consortium Meeting in Athens 

Athens, Greece, March 2026  The FashionKIC (Knowledge Innovation Community for Sustainable Fashion) project successfully held its 1st Consortium Meeting in Athens, hosted by Envolve Entrepreneurship. The meeting brought together key partners from across Europe to align on the project’s progress, strategic priorities, and next steps.  Over two days of collaboration, consortium members reviewed all work packages, coordinated upcoming activities, and made important decisions that will guide the next phases of the project. The meeting marked a significant milestone in strengthening cross-border cooperation and ensuring a shared vision among partners.  FashionKIC is a European initiative aiming to accelerate the sustainable and digital transformation of the fashion and textile sector by fostering innovation, building skills, and connecting key stakeholders across the ecosystem. By bringing together industry, academia, public authorities, and innovation actors, the project seeks to address key challenges such as fragmentation, skills gaps, and the transition to circular business models.  The consortium includes leading organizations from across Europe: Envolve Entrepreneurship (Greece), INFOLYSIS (Greece), the Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia (Greece), ModaLisboa (Portugal), Reginnova NE (Romania), Elisava (Spain), and Global Fashion Agenda (Denmark).  Through its activities, FashionKIC will establish a transnational innovation ecosystem, support fashion SMEs and start-ups, and develop new knowledge and tools to drive sustainability and competitiveness in the sector.  The Athens meeting set the groundwork for the implementation of key project actions, including the development of an AI-powered platform, the activation of regional innovation nodes, and the rollout of training and acceleration programmes.  About FashionKIC FashionKIC is a co-funded by the European Union project that aims to build a pan-European Knowledge Innovation Community for sustainable fashion. The project […]

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3 servicii prin care companiile de fashion pot construi un business sustenabil

Industria modei traversează o perioadă de transformare accelerată, în care presiunea legislativă, așteptările consumatorilor și nevoia de eficiență a resurselor obligă brandurile să regândească modul în care creează valoare. Conform European Environment Agency, consumul de textile din Europa generează un impact semnificativ asupra mediului, de la utilizarea apei și aterenurilor până la emisii de carbon

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De la textile nefolosite la piese unicat: Ghid practic de upcycling

De ce Upcycling? Într-o lume tot mai conștientă de impactul industriei modei asupra mediului, upcyclingul a devenit o soluție creativă și sustenabilă. Spre deosebire de reciclare, care descompune materialele în fibre brute, upcyclingul transformă haine și materiale vechi în produse cu valoare mai mare sau funcționalitate nouă. De la tricouri vechi refolosite în genți, până

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Workshop Online: Modele de Business pentru Moda Sustenabilă

Detalii eveniment: Data: 12 Martie 2026Locație: OnlineOra: 16:00 – 18:00Durată: 2 oreLocuri Disponibile: NelimitatFormat: workshop interactiv, activitate practică & networking Industria fashion se află într-un moment de transformare majoră. Noile cerințe legislative europene, presiunea pentru sustenabilitate și digitalizarea accelerată obligă companiile să își regândească modelele de business. Acest workshop online îți oferă un cadru practic

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Workshop Tex-Dan: Valorificarea Inovativă a Textilelor Neutilizate

Detalii eveniment:Locație: FabLab 3 Iași, Strada Morilor 56Ora: 18:00 – 20:00Durată: 2 oreLocuri Disponibile: 25Format: workshop interactiv, activitate practică & networking Industria textilă generează cantități uriașe de deșeuri, dar și oportunități reale de business. Acest Workshop aduce împreună IMM-uri, designeri, organizații de suport și publicul larg pentru a explora cum textilele neutilizate pot deveni resurse

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Circular Textile Solutions in the Danube Region: a TEX-DAN collection

The Fashion industry has a problem hiding in plain sight: we produce more textiles than we can responsibly use, manage, or recover. The sector remains highly resource-intensive, and the dominant logic is still anchored in the “take-make-dispose” model, even as waste and scrutiny grow. That scrutiny is now transforming into demand and action. And with

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FashionKIC Officially Launches to Drive Sustainable and Digital Transformation in European Fashion 

FashionKIC (Knowledge Innovation Community for Sustainable Fashion), a new European cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, has officially launched following its consortium kick-off meeting, marking the start of a 24-month collaborative journey across Europe.  FashionKIC brings together seven highly complementary partners from five European countries, forming a transnational alliance that combines expertise in sustainable fashion, digital innovation, design education, regional development, communication, and start-up acceleration. The project aims to shape a united and innovative European fashion ecosystem that leads the transition towards sustainability, circularity, and digital excellence.  The project’s mission is to empower fashion SMEs and creatives with the knowledge, tools, and networks needed to adopt sustainable, circular, and digital practices, while connecting regional fashion ecosystems into a collaborative Knowledge & Innovation Community that turns European policies into real-world impact.  Guided by the core values of sustainability with purpose, innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity, FashionKIC promotes circular and responsible practices for long-term impact, practical digital solutions for transformation, equal access to knowledge and opportunities, and cross-border cooperation across Europe’s fashion ecosystems.  The FashionKIC consortium includes: Envolve Entrepreneurship (Lead Partner, Greece), INFOLYSIS (Greece), Regional Development Fund

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Fashion KIC

The FashionKIC Vision To shape a united, innovative European fashion ecosystem that leads the transition towards sustainability, circularity, and digital excellence, becoming a global reference for responsible creative industries. The FashionKIC Mission Disclaimer FashionKIC has received funding from the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) under the Grant Agreement 101256183.  Views and opinions expressed are however those of

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Top European Textiles & Fashion Innovation Events in 2026

Start Strong, Stay Competitive If you work in the European textiles and fashion ecosystem right now, you’re probably feeling the squeeze from three directions at once:(1) fast-moving EU sustainability rules (ESPR, EPR, DPP), (2) the reality check of “how do we fund and scale innovation?”, and (3) a market that expects proof (data, traceability, credible

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