TEXTILE AND CLOTHING KNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE
FUTURE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING MANAGERS FOR EXPORT,
MARKETING, INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP ORIENTED COMPANIES
WINDHOEK, 20-23 SEPTEMBER 2016
WHO IS CIAPE?
The Italian Centre for Permanent Learning is a no-profit private organization, which was
born in 2009 and acts as a educational center.
EU projects: currently involved in 8 Erasmus
Plus projects dealing with VET and higher
education and having as a focus soft skills
such as entrepreneurship, leadership, etc…
Training activities and consultancy services:
our specialities are soft skills, equal
opportunities, teaching methodologies, EU
project management, work-based learning
CIAPE is co-coordinator of TECLO project
PROJECT OVERALL OBJECTIVE
Textile and Clothing Knowledge Alliance (TECLO)
a two-year Knowledge Alliance, co-founded by the European Commission
under the Erasmus+ programme
The project aim at modernising EU’s higher education system
in the field of textiles and clothing (T&C) through:
A better anticipation of skill needs, based on
the development of sustainable partnerships
between education and employment
A Massive Online Open Course (MOOC),
educating the future T&C Managers for
export, marketing, innovation, sustainability
and entrepreneurship oriented companies
PROJECT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES
With the implementation of the project activities, the partnership foresees to achieve
enhanced quality and innovation in higher education, business and in the broader textile and
clothing environment via:
Jointly (education and employment)
developed new learning and teaching
methods centred on learners and really
problem-based
Jointly (education and employment)
developed solutions for challenges and
problems affecting the sector
TECLO CONSORTIUM
(1/2)
The TECLO consortium is composed of fourteen partners
from eight European countries. Partners’ sectors are:
HEIs
1st TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
Rome, 18th-19th December 2014
SMALL AND
MEDIUM-SIZED
ENTERPRISES
EDUCATIONAL/
TRAINING
CENTERS
2nd TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
Barcelona, 10th September 2015
ASSOCIATIONS
COUNSELLING
BODY
3rd TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
Iasi, 5th-6th April 2016
TECLO CONSORTIUM
(2/2)
PARTNERSHIP COMPOSITION
HEI
SME
Educational centre
Association
Counselling body
Link Campus
University, Italy
Material
Connexion Italia
Srl, Italy
Centro Italiano per
l'Apprendimento
Permanente, Italy
Associació Agrupació
d’Empreses Innovadores
Tèxtils, Spain
Creative Thinking
Development,
Greece
Universiteit Gent,
Belgium
A Fotopoulou
GLP, Greece
Guimel, France
Asociatia Absolventilor
Facultatii de TextilePielarie din Iasi,
Romania
Universitat
Politècnica de
Catalunya, Spain
Gheorghe Asachi
Technical University
of Iasi, Romania
University of
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Technological
Education Institute
of Piraeus, Greece
Fundacja Rozwoju
Przedsiebiorczosci,
Poland
PROJECT TARGET
The
project
has
different
target
groups belonging to
the
textile
and
clothing sector:
• Higher Education
Institutions
• University students
• Micro and Smallsized Enterprises
• Managers and
entrepreneurs
MAIN OUTCOMES
E-Report: Anticipating skills in textiles and clothing industries
E-Report: A strategy for future knowledge intensive and innovative textiles and
clothing SMEs
European Qualification Framework (EQF) of the “Textiles and clothing Manager for
Efficient and Innovative SMEs” (+ EQF validation workshop)
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for future textiles and clothing managers
for Efficient and Innovative SMEs (+ Learning labs for testing the MOOC)
E-Report: 10 Competitive advantages of partnerships with higher education
institutions, research and business centres
European Developmental Network for cooperation between HEIs and companies
within the Textiles and Clothing sector (Web based network)
MAIN OUTCOMES
May 2015
e-REPORT
July 2015
e-REPORT
Anticipating skills in textile
and clothing industries
A strategy for future knowledge
intensive and innovative
textile and clothing SMEs
September 2015
e-DOCUMENT
10 Competitive advantages
of partnerships with HEIs,
research and business centres
A report containing a description of the new skills needed by future T&C managers
and references to main sectoral observatories, research center and HEIs
MAIN EVIDENCE BASED ADVANTAGES FOR SMES TO CO-INVEST AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF HEIS
The report presents different types of university and industry collaboration that already exist (15 EU
examples are identified)
The main advantages of a partnership between companies, HEIs and research centres lie in
innovation and transfer of knowledge
RESEARCH
Companies can externalise research tasks to
universities and at the same time can be
centres of applied research
TRAINING
Universities can be training providers also
for companies, taking in consideration
companies needs and constrains.
Companies can be placement opportunities
for university students
The main problem identified is that these practices are followed mainly by big companies and not
by SMEs. Public sector should be an active actor in promoting collaboration and providing funds.
MAIN OUTCOMES
May 2015
e-REPORT
July 2015
e-REPORT
Anticipating skills in textile
and clothing industries
A strategy for future knowledge
intensive and innovative
textile and clothing SMEs
September 2015
e-DOCUMENT
10 Competitive advantages
of partnerships with HEIs,
research and business centres
A report illustrating the results of a filed survey aimed at defining the profile of the new T&C manager, involving
400 among European SMEs, micro enterprises and Higher Education Institutions belonging to T&C sector
MAIN OUTCOMES
May 2015
e-REPORT
July 2015
e-REPORT
Anticipating skills in textile
and clothing industries
A strategy for future knowledge
intensive and innovative
textile and clothing SMEs
September 2015
e-DOCUMENT
10 Competitive advantages
of partnerships with HEIs,
research and business centres
A document illustrating the 10 competitive advantages of co-investing and participating in the activities of
higher education institutions, research centers and business centers to address new skills requirements
10 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEIS,
RESEARCH AND BUSINESS CENTRES
1.
2.
3.
Having access to updated knowledge to develop innovative solutions
Access to a creative think-thank
Funding innovative investment in the T&C sector (facilitated access to
funding)
4. Having access to new management ideas for enterprises in the T&C sector
5. Possible cooperation in joint ventures of HEIs, research centres and other
external partners, which facilitate cooperation with enterprises from the
sector
6. Improvement of knowledge transfer to the T&C sector
7. Development of ICT technologies in the T&C sector
8. Increased corporate social responsibility among firms from the T&C sector
9. Multidisciplinary approach to complex problems
10. Improved image of the T&C sector in the labour market
MAIN OUTCOMES
Fall 2015
EVENT
EQF validation workshop
Workshop with relevant international stakeholder
for the validation of the European qualification
framework of textiles and clothing manager
for efficient and innovative SMEs
February 2016
WWW.TECLO.EU/OUTPUTS
The new European Qualification Framework of the
“Textiles and clothing manager for efficient and
innovative SMEs”
MAIN OUTCOMES
June 2016
MOOC COURSE
MOOC for T&C managers for
efficient and innovative SMEs
A premium higher education pathway for textiles
and clothing managers wishing to develop the
future skills needed by the labor market
July 2016
EVENT
Learning labs for testing
the MOOC
Learning labs with relevant SMEs managers and
students for the validation of the MOOC contents and
definition of the amendments
TECLO MOOC: OBJECTIVES
TECLO MOOC is designed for textiles and clothing managers and students
wishing to develop the future skills needed by the labour market.
Learners will found contents about implementing innovative export oriented
strategies, non-technological and marketing innovations, re-engineering of
processes according to sustainability, CSR and Quality, and – most importantly –
entrepreneurship in order to adapt to changing environments.
TECLO MOOC: MAIN ADVANTAGES
Thanks to TECLO MOOC learners will be able to:
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Learn on their own schedule, watching short video lectures, taking
interactive quizzes, and connecting with classmates and teachers.
Achieve their learning goals and receive EU valid recognition for their
accomplishments.
Obtain immediate feedback on their learning progresses.
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTAL NETWORK FOR COOPERATION
BETWEEN HEIS AND COMPANIES
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8325454
It will be launched during TECLO final
conference on October 13th, 2016 in
Brussels
Join us on Linkedin
INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS AND RESULTS OF THE PROJECT
The main innovative aspect of the TECLO project stands in its intent to modernise the HEI T&C curriculum
through a bottom-up approach and starting from the needs and challenges of SMEs in the textile and
clothing sector
A NEW FIGURE
INNOVATIVE LEARNING TOOLS
OF “FUTURE TEXTILE AND
CLOTHING MANAGER”
The EQF/professional profile has been
created and validated with the involvement
of SMEs and relevant stakeholders
The MOOC has been created and validated
thanks to a high involvement of the sector
A NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The European Development Network for cooperation between HEIs and companies aims at
assuring further cooperation between all actors involved. This cooperation is expected to
lead to joint project/research work and business opportunities
For more information
about
TECLO:
[email protected]
For more information
about CIAPE projects:
[email protected]