The “Be A Manager” e-learning platform is a comprehensive training resource consisting of 12 insightful and interactive modules exploring management concepts and principles applicable to the textile sector and beyond. It delves into the fundamental skills that someone holding a managerial position should have and it addresses multiple ways to acquire or optimise them.

The TEX-BREIN project has completed its capacity building programme of 12 webinars, designed to enhance the skills of stakeholders across the textile recycling value chain.

The seventh VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “R&D+I for Sustainable Development”, explores innovative approaches and best practices that advance research, development, and innovation to accelerate sustainable solutions across the textile value chain. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The sixth VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Promoting Sustainable Consumption Practices”, explores innovative approaches and best practices for enhancing transparency, accountability, and data-driven decision-making across the textile and fashion value chain. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The WomenThinkGreen toolkit from W4TEX includes different materials to inspire and educate about the green transition in the textile and fashion industry.

This draft document presents the programme outline for the TRUSTex Capacity Building Programme. The programme supports key actors across the textile value chain, including SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), municipalities, and policymakers. It equips them with the knowledge needed to understand and respond to EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility), the DPP (Digital Product Passport), and the transition to a circular economy.

The fifth VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Innovations in Digital Solutions and Traceability”, explores innovative approaches and best practices for enhancing transparency, accountability, and data-driven decision-making across the textile and fashion value chain. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The fourth VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Circular Business Models”, explores strategies, frameworks, and practical approaches for transitioning from linear production systems to regenerative and resource-efficient economic models. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The third VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Textile Waste Management”, explores the challenges associated with textile waste generation and composition, as well as the strategies and recycling technologies that support more sustainable approaches to waste management. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The second VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Ecodesign Strategies”, explores innovative design approaches and strategies to minimise environmental impact and promote sustainability throughout product creation and the entire lifecycle. It aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the textile and clothing industry, with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

The W4TEX project developed and demonstrated innovative 'ideathon' events for engaging with learners, especially focused on those coming from the project target groups of women and migrants. The materials, templates, and a trainers guide are available, along with descriptions of how these events were carried out in both national and transnational contexts around Europe.

This deliverable maps and evaluates sustainability strategy tools designed to support the transition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the fashion sector. Based on an assessment of 11 tools, it examines their strengths, limitations and suitability across four categories: informational, brainstorming and team-building, assessment, and strategic planning tools. The report provides practical guidance to help fashion businesses identify appropriate resources for their sustainability transformation, while highlighting gaps in social responsibility and policy guidance.

The first VERDEinMED Trainer Handbook, titled “Global Dimension of Textiles”, aims to develop a skilled workforce through knowledge sharing, fostering experienced professionals in the Textile and Clothing Industry with a focus on circular strategies and textile waste management.

Within VERDEinMED project, specialised Technical Assistance Services (TAS) were provided to beneficiary Textile and Clothing SMEs in the participating Mediterranean countries. The TAS activities were delivered in ongoing mentoring schemas through a mix of webinars, face‑to‑face meetings, individual counseling sessions, group workshops and remote support, ensuring effective engagement and meaningful progress toward market readiness.

Adaptive Teaching Excellence: Cultivating Sustainable Entrepreneurship through Digital Innovation

PDF training material from the PLASTICE project demonstrating the scale-up of the enzymatic hydrolysis process for mixed cotton/polyester textile waste, from lab to pilot scale. It covers the full demonstration chain: textile sorting, shredding and alkaline pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, polyester recovery, and yarn/fabric production to close the fibre-to-fibre recycling loop.

Training material from the PLASTICE project explaining how enzymatic hydrolysis can separate cotton from polyester in mixed textile waste, enabling recovery and recycling of both components. It covers the technological process from fabric pretreatment to recovery of polyester and sugars, developed within a pilot plant for cotton/polyester textile blend recycling.

VERDEinMED’s Knowledge Platform brings together cutting-edge medical insights, expert resources, and practical tools to empower healthcare professionals and researchers worldwide.

As part of the RegioGreenTex project, the Textile Circularity Guide outlines how textile waste can be turned into resources through circular business models, digital tools, and collaboration. It provides practical strategies, business development tools, digital solutions, and showcases successful European collaborations.

The EU TCLF Skills Strategy sets a shared direction for developing the skills that the sector needs to thrive in the green and digital transitions. It identifies key gaps, proposes coordinated actions for industry and education, and aims to ensure that companies can access the talent they require while workers benefit from new opportunities.