Projects
EuroBoosTEX
EuroBoosTEX – Joint European Initiative in Textile Industry for Europe’s recovery boosting digital and green transition
Program: SMP
Project coordinator: Julia Vercher / julia@ateval.com
Participation of Tèxtils.CAT: Partner. Consortium led by ATEVAL. Other 3 partners: Portuguese Textile Cluster (CITEVE), Techtera, NTT.
Start date: September 2022
End date: August 2025
Objectives:
The project aims to drive change and make European textile value chains more resilient after pandemic providing SMEs a set of tools to improve their innovation potential, technological uptake, skills, and internationalization.
EuroBoosTex will develop portfolio of services to attract talent to textile industry, innovate for strategic autonomy, enhance SMEs to develop new products or processes with financial support though innovate vouchers to promote cohesion and strengthen the EU’s resilience and recovery.
EuroBoosTex will launch a set of calls for proposals with 1.05M€ lump-sums for:
- Launching new products of services to market with 15k€ lump-sum
- Adopting processes and technologies through strategic collaborations- Projects of 60k€ to run pilots and adopt digital and green technologies.
- Going international with vouchers of 12k€ to support market access, contacts with local providers and cover travel costs.
Other activities will include training to boost employment and employability and overcome gaps, shortages and mismatches between skills.
Highlighted activities:
11 members of Tèxtils.CAT receive over €120,000 in funding through the EuroBoosTEX calls for innovation projects.
Trip to Australia to build connections and explore opportunities for European textile SMEs. Visits to research centers, organizations, textile institutes, and leading advanced fiber clusters in the sector.
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