"<< Background >>The vocational education and training in the clothing sector needs to go hand by hand with the innovations in the textile and leather industry. New developments and innovations in the textile production (natural and synthetic fibers), in the leather manufacturing and in the field of vegan alternatives to leather needs to be considered by generating new skills and competences of the future skilled crafts in this sector (e.g. tailor, fashion designer, clothing technical assistant, etc.) as garments, textiles and leather are fundamental elements of their future work. The current developments require the update of the vocational education and training of future skilled crafts in various corresponding sectors, especially in relation to the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, where ecological, economic and social components of sustainability have to be considered alongside the whole circular economy.<< Objectives >>The aim of the proposal was to bring together vocational schools and training centers with textile laboratories, producers and enterprises and pave the way for the knowledge transfer from the practice (business) to the education (schools, training centers). In this way we were able to update the curricula and thus upskill custom tailor and fashion designer students with relevant know-how on innovative textiles.<< Implementation >>Following activities have been implemented:1. Established network on VET schools, textile producers, laboratories, etc. based on networking meetings in Turkey, France and Germany (The networking with German actors was fostered through online discussions with representatives from the VET and business)2. Collection of innovative textiles and garments with descriptions (didactical material) = “Textile Tool Kit” 3. Preparation of tactile Material boxes (Selection of 5-10 different textiles from the partner countries as experimental box for students, 4. Launch two Journal for the VET of bespoke tailors and fashion designers ""bespoCE"" (CE = Commitment to excellence)5. Design and produce 3 different sustainable collections in Bursa, Adana and Leipzig as practical experiment on the collected fabrics.<< Results >>R1, R5, R7 : Extended or newly set up network between the project partners and the business/industry and research side from Turkey, France, GermanyR2+R6+R8: Elaborated trends, innovations in the textile and leather industry (vegan leather included) in Turkey, France, Germany - descriptions of the situation from economical, ecological and social sustainability perspective R3: Textile/leather/vegan leather encyclopedia (tool kit) with didactical materials and descriptions for the VET of custom tailors and fashion designers in ENG, Italian, Turkish, GermanR4 - Material boxes for teaching and training purposes (20 boxes per partner) with didactical materials in English, Italian, German, TurkishAdditional Results: Journal for the VET of bespoke tailors and fashion designers in EN, DE, TR, FR (2 Editions)3 sustainable fashion collections with six garments from Germany, 5 garments from Adana and 4 garments from Bursa"
