The kick-off meeting of the CLOTH project was held in Igualada, Spain

Silvia Kabaivanova, Chairman and Dean Manev, Vice Chairman of Bulgarian Fashion Association took part in the kick-off meeting of the CLOTH project in Igualada, Spain on 21st and 22nd February 2022.

The CLOTH project – CLuster Alliance fOr the Transition to green and digital fasHion – aims to boost the interregional cooperation through the creation of a cluster alliance within the Fashion sector that promote the necessary conditions to create a favourable ecosystem of relevant stakeholders, from a cross-sectorial perspective, that lead to a greener, smarter and more competitive and innovative European Fashion sector, creating 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.

To achieve these objectives, the CLOTH project is integrated by a cross-sectorial partnership of 5 partners from 5 European countries (Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark and France) that are working on different value chains: Fashion and Textile, circular economy, creative industry and Digital.

In the framework of the meeting the project partners visited the knitwear company Tex51.