MetaSkills 4TCLF

Project information

Alliance for cooperation on digital and circular economy Skills in the textile, clothing, leather, and footwear (TCLF) sectors across Europe.

Project description

This project is the continuity of the Skills4Smart TCLF Blueprint, the ambitious project financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission, which was led here by A3 Leather Innovation Center – UdL with the participation of Leather Cluster Barcelona, ​​and which pursued the retraining of the european sectors of textile, clothing, leather and footwear industries to increase their attractiveness as a professional option, while creating an international work network throughout Europe.

The new Metaskills4TCLF project is funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ program with 4 million euros, 30 partners from 11 different countries participate and will last four years.

The project aims to continue making steps towards the digital transformation of the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors, with the development of new study plans and teaching materials with innovative content, learning tools and training in virtual reality.

Project partners

  • CTCP – Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre
  • APICCAPS – Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association
  • ATP – Textile and Clothing Association of Portugal
  • AVECAL – Valencian Association of Footwear Entrepreneurs
  • BORAS STAD – City of Borås Govern
  • CEC – European Footwear Confederation
  • CITEVE – Technological Centre Textile and Clothing of Portugal
  • CNDIPT – Romania National Centre for the Development of Professional and Technical Education
  • CONFINDUSTRIA MODA – Italian National Association of shoe manufacturers, leather manufacturers, fur and tanneries
  • COTANCE – Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community
  • FP – General Directorate of Vocational Training of the Valencian Community
  • EURATEX – European Apparel and Textile Confederation
  • FILK – Freiberg Institute
  • HCIA – Hellenic Clothing Industry Association
  • ITECH – Lyon Engineering School 
  • LEATHER CLUSTER BARCELONA – Association of Leather Industry in Catalonia
  • LUKASIEWICZ – Łukasiewicz – Łódź Institute of Technology
  • PFI GERMANY – Test and Research Institute Pirmasens
  • PIN – Educational and Scientific Services for the University of Florence
  • POLITECNICO CALZATURIERO – Riviera del Brenta Footwear District
  • SPIN 360 – Sustainable Consulting Firm
  • GHEORGHE ASACHI – Romania Technical University
  • A3 LEATHER INNOVATION CENTER UDL – Leather Research and Technology group from the University of Lleida (UdL)
  • UKRLEGPROM – Ukrainian Association of Light Industry Enterprises
  • UNIFI – University of Florence

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