BEST

PRACTICE
MANUAL

A Guide to develop successful EU

Research & Development Projects
for SMEs in the Fashion Industry
 Index
INDEX

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2. Fashion to Future Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. What is a “Best Practice Project” for SMEs? ......................... 4

3.1 A Best Practice (BP) Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3.2 Best Practice selection process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

4. What is the typical life-cycle of a Best Practice Project? .............. 7

4.1 How can Fashion SMEs best prepare to submit a successful Project Proposal? . . . . . . . 8

4.2 How are European project proposals evaluated and negotiated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4.3 How are best practice projects run effectively? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.4 What is Exploitation and Dissemination management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Title: BEST PRACTICE MANUAL, A Guide to develop successful EU Research & Development Projects for SMEs in the
Fashion Industry
5. Selected Fashion Best Practice Cases .............................. 15
Edited by: Deborah Santus Roosen (EURATEX), Silvia Grandi (IPI), Nena Malliou (Clotefi), Marcus Winkler (Dift-mr),
Francesca Giannotti (IPI), Enrico Callegati (IPI)
6. Fashion Funding Opportunities in FP7 ............................... 21
This book has been written thanks to the support of all the partners of the F2F project and its network.

Project Coordinator Contacts:

Dr. Silvia Grandi (until 30th April 2007)

Ms. Francesca Giannotti (from 1st May 2007) ANNEXES
IPI – Institute for Industrial Promotion
Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski 124, Rome
info@fashiontofuture.eu • Phone (+39) 06 80972519 A I. Main Acronyms & Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
www.ipi.it – www.fashiontofuture.eu

Copyright 2007 © Consortium of the F2F Project: IPI, Euratex, Clotefi, Inescop, Bpm, D’Appolonia, Apre, Ghent A II. Inventory of Fashion Projects collected for F2F Best Practice
University, Inotex, Ifth, Ufih, Latia, Asintec, Aitex, Dift-mr, Iat, Innovatex, Arc Fund, Ltc, Eurexcel, Irm Co, Citeve,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Aec, Cgs, Ctcp, Ctc, Tecnotessile, Incdtp, Citer, Tecnopolis CSATA, Cncc, Oseo and FMEA analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Anvar, Kosgeb, Piot, Cettex, Anpme, Amith.
Reproduction is not authorised without permission in written form from the publisher. - FP5 and FP6 projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Only a minor part of the paper can be utilised and quoted provided that the source is acknowledged.

Acknowledgements - Projects funded by other programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

This book has been written within the “F2F – Fashion To Future” Project and thanks to the financial contribution of the
6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Commission – Action
A III. F2F project partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
“Stepping up the Economic and Technological Intelligence” (Contract N. ETI-CT-2005-023328).
Project Officer: Mr Gaetano Petralia (Gaetano.Petralia@ec.europa.eu)

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1. Introduction
1. INTRODUCTION
2. Fashion to Future Project
1. INTRODUCTION
This guide has been produced thanks to 6 th
Framework Programme for Research and
Development (FP6) funding in the frame of the
‘Fashion to Future’ (F2F) Project. Its main objective is
to provide Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in
Textile and Clothing, Leather, Shoes industries and
those belonging to the Fashion industry with an
overview of Best Practice with some basic practical
understanding on:
Which projects funded by the EU within the
Framework Programmes for Research and
Technological Development can be considered
as “Best Practice cases” / success stories;
What are the typical phases of a successful “Best
Practice” project in which SMEs are involved;
Which concrete funding opportunities currently
exist for Fashion SMEs with particular regard to
participation in the 7th Framework Programme
for Research and Development (FP7).
The main objective is to improve successful involvement and participation
in FP7 by Fashion SMEs.
This Best Practice Manual cannot be considered a comprehensive guide
but should be seen mostly as an introduction to some basic management
principles and an easy to use tool aiming to help SMEs both to write
successful proposals and to manage well their accepted projects within FP7.
BOX 1: Fashion industry
By Fashion Industry System we intend the fully-integrated economic system including all the
steps from design, apparel production, textile, leather, fiber, footwear, and high tech fabric
production, as well as its associated economic activities: supply chain management,
environmental good practice and product development.
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2. FASHION TO FUTURE PROJECT
2. FASHION TO FUTURE PROJECT
“Fashion to Future”, F2F, is a project co-financed by the EU 6th Framework
Programme to foster the competitiveness of SMEs in the enlarged Euro-
Mediterranean fashion system, running since May 2006 until April 2008.
The objective of F2F is to enable SMEs to participate in future European
RTD programmes (FP7) in order to pursue excellence through research,
innovation and technology transfer in fashion systems integrated with new
technologies.
In brief, the main goals of F2F are:
To enhance the competitiveness of SMEs through simplified
access to world wide research & innovation results;
To analyse criticalities and success stories of SMEs
participation in FP6 and their contribution in the ERA (European
Research Area), including developing guidelines useful to
improve future involvement in FP7;
To increase the readiness of SMEs and other
fashion sector stakeholders to participate in
future European RTD programmes (i.e. FP7) on
relevant priority areas, fostering trans-national
collaboration;
To improve the involvement of SMEs and SMEs
groupings from new member states and Third
Countries, through information campaigns, the transfer of best
practices, training schemes, trans-national collaboration, etc. ;
To foster the development of a critical mass of new project
ideas and innovation creation support tools ;
To support the objectives of the current and future technology
platforms related to the fashion actors ;
To increase cross-linkages among SMEs or SMEs grouping, and
other ETI, to promote networking, cross-fertilisation and clustering.
www.fashiontofuture.eu
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3. 3.FORWhat
WHAT IS Ais
SMEs?
a
“BEST “Best Practice
PRACTICE PROJECT” Project” for SMEs?
3. WHAT IS A “BEST PRACTICE PROJECT”
FOR SMEs?
3.1 A Best Practice (BP) Definition
There are many definitions of “Best Practices” which can be adapted
according to a specific subject or area of interest. To mention just a few:
“A Best Practice is a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has
proven to reliably lead to a desired result. A commitment to using the best practices in any field
is a commitment to using all the knowledge and technology at one’s disposal to ensure success”.
“A Best Practice is a management idea which asserts that there is a technique, method,
process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome
than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes,
checks, and testing, a project can be rolled out and completed with fewer problems and
unforeseen complications” .
The notion of ‘Best Practices’ does not commit people or companies to
one inflexible, unchanging practice. Instead, Best Practices are a
philosophical approach based on continuous learning and continual
improvement. Therefore Best practices do not have one template or form
for everyone to follow. In the context of Business Management, Best
Practice is the concept that a good process, and planning, is being followed in the
execution management of a project plan, and that changes to the initial plan,
dependencies and goals are being tracked and documented.
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For the purpose of this Guide, “Best Practice project cases” are considered
those projects successfully funded and then efficiently run within the EU
Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
funded by the European Commission within FP6 (and partially in FP5).
Consequently these projects are those that:
Have been passing successfully the proposal stage/evaluation towards
the European Commission after the submission and evaluation
process;
Have been running and are implemented according to plan;
Have a demonstrated high response to dissemination activities;
Have a high scientific-technological and societal exploitation
potential with a positive impact on EU integration.
The objective of a Best Practice Guide for Fashion SMEs is then to identify
those areas of strengths which have characterized a number of FP5 and
FP6 projects in the Textile, Apparel, Leather and Footwear Industries so to
guide SMEs in writing and running effectively their own projects in FP7.
3.2 Best Practice selection process
BOX 2: 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
FP7 will last for seven years from 2007 until 2013. The programme has a total budget of over
€ 50 billion. This represents a substantial increase compared with the previous Framework
Programme FP6 (41% at 2004 prices, 63% at current prices), a reflection of the high priority
of research in Europe.
In order to select a number of Best Practice cases in the specific FP5 and FP6
Programmes, the 38 F2F consortium partners have been undertaking an
evaluation process consisting of: data collection, parameters and metrics
establishment, evaluation templates, data analysis and final assessment,
which allowed for a democratic and objective final selection of the cases.
A very large number of projects could have been included in this Guide but
not all could be described at length. However, in Annex II an Inventory of
all projects analysed and some main information can be found. Examples of
selected Best Practices are reported in Chapter 5 so that the reader can select
the cases of his/her interest and contact the relevant Coordinator in order
to gather specific information on a topic.
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3. What is a “Best Practice 4. What
Project” for SMEs?
BOX 3: Projects in Figures
Indicative figures about European R&D projects in the field of fashion industry.
Successful projects in FP6: 66 (of which 37 in Textiles, 18 in Clothing, 4 in Footwear and 7
in Leather).
Total number of project analysed for best practices study within F2F: 50 (FP6 + FP5 + IST
+other programmes).
Total number of project analysed with FMEA methodology within F2F: 80 (FP6 + FP5 + IST
+other programmes).
As it will be explained in detail in Chapter 4, it is very important to keep in
mind that specific evaluation criteria are set within each individual call,
based on concrete scientific, technical, economical and societal objectives
tied down by the
respective “thematic
activity” and work
programme targeted by
the reader. With this in
mind it is easy to
understand that a
specific evaluation tool
cutting across different
industry areas in an
effort to benchmark
projects with different
strategic objectives is
almost impossible.
4. WHATisISthe
THEtypical
TYPICALlife-cycle
LIFE-CYCLE
of OF
a Best
A BESTPractice
PRACTICEProject?
PROJECT?
4. WHAT IS THE TYPICAL LIFE-CYCLE OF A BEST
PRACTICE PROJECT?
From the proposal idea to its completion, an EU project typically goes
through the following different phases:
A “Proposal Phase” which includes the development of the
project idea, knowing the scope, budget rules and procedures
of the programme to which one is applying to as well as
finding the right partners to carry out and submit the
project proposal;
An “Evaluation-Negotiation” phase, during
which the project proposal is assessed by the EC
against other projects and according to a set of
pre-established criteria, potentially leading to
further negotiations;
An “Implementation phase”, concerning
the smooth consortium management, decision
making and on-time delivery of contractual
commitments, including administrative, financial
and technical aspects;
A “Dissemination-Exploitation” phase, which involves
several delicate issues such as the communication of achievements,
the management of Intellectual Property Rights and, eventually,
business development plans.
FIG. 1 - Best Practice Project Life Cicle
• Know the SCOPE of FP7
Planning/Proposal Phase • Know the BUDGET of FP7
• Know FP7 RULES and PROCEDURES
• Have a “Project vision”

• Scientific - Technological Socio - economic impact

Evaluation/Negotiation Phase • Quality of the Consortium / Management
In addition, within F2F, a
• Cost Statements and Admninistrative Management
FMEA was carried out in the context of Best Practice definition and it was Implementation Phase • Technical Deliverables
• Meetings and Reviews
instrumental for the definition of some initial parameters and metrics as
• Dissemination
well as for the final selection of the projects listed within this booklet (See Exploitation Phase • Exploitation
• Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 5 and Annex II).

BOX 4: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) BEST PRACTICES

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a method (first developed for system
Source: Euratex
engineering) that examines potential failures in products or processes. It may be used to
evaluate risk management priorities for mitigating known threat-vulnerabilities.
The four phases will be described in detail in this chapter.

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4.1 How can Fashion SMEs best prepare to submit a successful Project TIP
Proposal?
When the size of
There are two important pre-requisites to consider before a Small and the company
Medium Enterprise (SME) should start writing a project proposal to be does not allow
submitted under an FP7 Call for proposal: such an
The SME needs to have a project vision strictly related to its in- investment of
house needs. For example, it might feel the need for a technological time and
resources,
breakthrough or to upgrade a product or a technology for which it has
various national
not all necessary in-house R&D, or validation resources; contact points
The SME should try to somehow acquire an understanding of and info-desks as
EU policies, in particular with regard to FP7 scope, as well as its well as their
budget, rules and procedures. representative
organizations at
Regional or
If the SME motivation is not directly related to a radical improvement or Since an early stage the SME should be able to assess which and how
European level,
change in its technologies or product line and is rather driven by a many resources it is ready to commit to the project, particularly in terms of can help them
TIP
commercial or investment focus, then its partnership in a European project human resources (person/months), and in terms of co-investment in those find the right
If the SME is might not be particularly relevant. Participation in FP7 is appropriate when cases when programmes do not fund all project items at 100%. Beside calls for a project
ready to a manufacturing or design organization needs technical improvements in clearly setting its own objectives, a company should be aware of the benefits idea. The web-
undertake the site is: http://
order to develop its business and the project fits with its strategy, trade and and strengths that it could bring to a European project as well as its own
project cordis.europa.eu/
independently business. In other words it is important to have a strong “project vision” weaknesses. In terms of successful partnership building, an SME should
fp6/ncp.htm
from external in which specific needs are clearly identified. be ready to collaborate with partners coming from other European countries
funding, then it and should not underestimate the difficulties which might arise from
is probably a Beside the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), FP7 Work linguistic and cultural differences.
vital project Programmes and Calls for proposals are published and accessible in different TIP
worthy of
languages through a dedicated web-site called CORDIS (www.cordis.lu) The best Fashion SMEs project partner would be:
co-investment! To manage your
which contains a lot of information available mainly in English but also in project choose a
French, Spanish, German, Polish and Italian. Regular monitoring of this A local or regional industrial person who has
web-site (including the policy-news), combined with active participation to representative able to support at least some
the relevant policy making working groups such as the Technology management and dissemination experience in
Platforms, should guarantee a prompt response to the right call. activities as well as assist in cross-cultural
environments,
partners search;
who is familiar
A public or private Research with and fluent
BOX 5: What is a European Technological Platform & Development Institute in English or
Technology Platforms provide a framework for stakeholders, led by industry, to define able to accompany the SME French in
research and development priorities, timeframes and action plans on a number of strategically through specific technology addition to
important issues where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability and product development; his/her own
objectives is essential. mother tongue.
Other SMEs located in the
(http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/home_en.html)
market addressed by the
project idea.

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 4. What’s the typical life-cycle of a Best Practice Project?
BOX 6: F2F Experts & Organisations database PART A usually contains all
administrative and financial
F2F provides a free on-line service to support SMEs in looking for a useful
contact point or professional services. The database can be found in F2F information regarding the project in
website: www.fashiontofuture.eu. itself plus details on its proposers, such
as organization name, address, legal
status, activity type, etc., as well as the
In addition, European Information Centers (EICs), National Contact Points proposal title, abstract, key-
(NCPs), Innovation Relay Centers (IRCs) and Technology Transfer Centers words and its costs breakdown by
(TTCs) can all support SMEs in the search of their project partners as well categories and by partner;
as in the right programme to apply for a call for proposal. PART B usually contains the project
objectives, an exhaustive description
Call for Proposals, periodically published in the OJ and in www.cordis.lu, have of work (including budget, human and
specific deadlines after which it is no longer possible to submit the other resources allocated to the project),
proposal. As the time between the publication of the call and the deadline project management structure,
for the submission of a proposal is usually no longer than 3 months, it can exploitation and dissemination
be useful to prepare all background material well in advance. In some cases, plans as well as potential economic
proposals can be submitted in “2 steps”: when the proposal is successful at the impact, safety, standards, gender,
first step, the Commission will invite the Consortium to fill in a full proposal. ethic and other issues.
An experienced consortium Coordinator usually leads the proposal writing, In brief, a ‘good’ project proposal should consist
but all partners should be ready to contribute to it with various pieces of of a clear, concise picture of what will be achieved by the project itself.
information to be collected and edited. Although in theory project proposals are accepted in any of the official
Management and assessment tools such as languages of the EU, submission in English is highly recommended as
brainstorming, project resources planning, there is a little chance that many of the experts reviewing the project will
SWOT Analysis and Gantt Chart will be useful read a different mother tongue.
instruments at different stages of proposal
writing. Again, it is important to mention that 4.2 How are European project proposals evaluated and negotiated?
any Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and As previously anticipated, each call for proposal will be evaluated by a
access rights issues should be openly discussed number of experts, according to specific and clearly pre-selected criteria
among directly concerned partners at this stage which typically would relate to:
(See Section 4.3). To this regard, it might make The relevance of the project objectives with those of the specific call
sense for an SME to search for partners which The scientific and technological quality
have “complementary” knowledge to its own The potential impact in terms of development, dissemination and use
or, if a competitor, can split tasks according to of project results and re-use of technology
respective priorities. The added-value to the EU
The quality of the consortium
A Fashion project proposal demonstrating ‘best The quality of the management.
practice’ has to comfortably handle a body of
information related to two “official” proposal Experts are selected by the EC based on their expertise in the
parts: domains covered by the call. Following individual examinations the

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 4. What’s the typical life-cycle
experts meet up in a panel to
FIG. 2 -MAIN PROJECT ROAD MAP
agree on a common evaluation.
(in case of one step proposal) At this stage they might give a
number of recommendations
like, for example, a budget
IDEA CALL
decrease, or focusing more on
specific topics or merging with
other EU funded projects.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
PREPARATION & SUBMISSION
Results are usually known after
about 3-6 months from the call
for proposal deadline. For those
REJECTION EVALUATION
proposals that have been
positively evaluated, the
negotiation phase begins. The
REJECTION NEGOTIATION Coordinator, on behalf of the
whole partnership, and the
Commission discuss and adapt
the project (i.e. budget,
CONTRACT activities, partnership, start date,
etc.) in order to reach the best
quality and the final agreement.
START If the negotiation ends
OF ACTIVITIES successfully, proposals which are
selected for funding by the EC
are awarded contracts.
4.3 How are best practice projects run effectively?
After successful evaluation, negotiation and contract award, a “Best Practice
project” needs to be managed effectively. This is also known as the
“implementation phase” and it is at the core of EU projects management
tasks, generally led by the Coordinator with the support of one or more
Project Managers. There are several aspects interconnected to EU
projects that might be considered as an example of best practice. All of them
need to be managed simultaneously in a perfect balance, exactly as a ‘joker’
would do with keeping several balls in the air (= “Integration
Management”). The main ‘best’ management aspects are:
Project Meetings Management. As in European projects partners
typically come from more than 3-4 different countries there will
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of a Best Practice Project?
necessarily be a number of meetings abroad. It is common practice
that meeting places rotate so that logistic costs are optimized and other
costs (i.e. transports from/to airport, lunch, coffee breaks, etc.) shared
among partners. The two most important meetings are the “Kick-
off ” and the “Final Meeting”. The first offers the opportunity to all
partners to have face-to-face contacts to enhance the trusting feeling
necessary to work together. The latter is often a great opportunity to
match a large conference during which all partners can present their
achieved results. In between there will be a number of “Progress
TIP
Meetings” in which work carried out is assessed and workload ahead
is planned in details. Some projects will also have to undertake a so Sometimes it might
called “External Review” meeting which typically takes place at half seem as if there is too
much red-tape to be
time since the project has started and during which the Commission,
filled which might
together with a number of external evaluators, will be examining the hamper the “real”
project results up to date and giving some advice on how to progress; work. It takes a lot of
Reporting Management. The project Coordinator, with the support patience for the
of all Partners, is directly responsible to deliver all management report Coordinator to collect
to the European Commission. These include information on project and edit all partner’s
inputs, especially in
progress as well as typically the planning for the periods ahead. S/he
very large projects.
also supervises the edition of ‘Technical Deliverables’ with the help Make sure that you
of a ‘Scientific or Technical Coordinator’ which is often an engineer or strictly follow the
a scientist or a commettee able to assess practical project aspects; instructions so that the
Financial Management is dealt with once again by the Coordinator by whole process can be
collecting relevant documents from all Partners. It concerns mainly the smoother for
everybody. If you have
supervision of the budget and of financial forms called “Cost Statements”,
any doubt or difficulty,
including the collection of documents like audit certificates, etc. do not hesitate to
express them as soon
In parallel, a number of ‘horizontal’ aspects need to be kept under control as possible and do not
and are generally managed directly by the Project Manager/s. wait until the “last
They are: minute”. Co-
responsibility of all
Time & Scope Management: project tasks should be carried out as
partners imply that a
much as possible within the pre-established timelines. When this proves delay of one causes a
not possible, it might be necessary to reallocate project resources to a delay for everybody
different partner prior consultation and agreement from concerned towards the
partners. However, the main objectives of the project need not to Commission, thus i.e.
change after its approval; delays in receiving
pre-finance or a lower
This aspect is somehow related to Risk Management or the way to
level final evaluation of
deal with unexpected project situation which might threaten its the project.
completion. Another example would be that a key project partner leaves
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5. SELECTED Fashion
FASHION
of a Best Practice Project? BEST PRACTICE
Best CASES
Practice Cases
the Consortium or that weather conditions do not allow to carry out CASE 1
some tests, etc. In all cases, the Coordinator should try to communicate
as clearly as possible both “internally”, to keep the partners in the FLEXIFUNBAR: MULTIFUNCTIONAL BARRIERS FOR FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES
consortium aware of what is going on, and to the European (PAPER, LEATHER, PAPER)
Commission so to find some compromise solution to overcome the issue.
This is also where “Communication Management” and Action Line: NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge based multifunctional materials
and new production processes and devices
“Human Resources Management” also play a role;
Coordinator
Aspects such as “Quality Management” regard the way in which all
Contact Person: Organisation:
final documents and deliverables are actually presented to the public Name: DELATTE, François Xavier DUFLOT INDUSTRIE S.A.
and to the European Commission while “procurement management” Tel: +33-32-7760909 RD Department
skills might be also necessary in large complex projects where some Fax: +33-32-7766318 ZI Chemin Départemental 115 A
expenses or specific activities need to be outsourced. BP 69 CAUDRY
FRANCE
4.4 What is Exploitation and Dissemination management?
Project Website: www.flexifunbar.org
Dissemination and exploitation aspects are strongly pushed by the European Number of partners involved: 51
Commission already since negotiation phase, and certainly provide very Countries involved: Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal,
important criteria for assessing at least part of the project impact on larger Sweden, United Kingdom
audience. The logic behind it is that as partners will somehow increase their Project Reference N.: 505864 Contract Type: Integrated Project
Start Date: October 1st, 2004 End Date: September 30th, 2008
technical and commercial positions through “public money”, they should
Duration: 48 months Project Status: on-going
release part of the acquired knowledge to the research community. So, part
Project Cost: 11.19 million Euro Project Funding: 6.44 million Euro
of the acquired benefits must be transferred to the EU community at least for
a limited period during and after project duration on conditions which are The ultimate goal of FLEXIUNBAR initiative is to develop innovative generation of hybrid multi
typically pre-defined in the Consortium Agreement. barrier-effect materials, based on multi layer complex structures and fictionalisation of micro and
Nano structures. All citizens are permanently protected by flexible structures with barrier effect: fire
redundancy, noise and thermal insulation, shield against electrostatic or electromagnetic
Dissemination can occur in the form of one-to-one meetings, workshops,
phenomena, and filtration of dust or insects.
seminars and conferences. In other words, every occasion is considered
valuable to talk about the project’s scope and achievements. Additional useful The application of flexible structures is very large thanks to their easy adapting properties and
dissemination ‘tools’ used within a Best Practice project include: website and shape. The flexible structures, generally based on paper, leather or textile are usually treated to
links to it, brochures, articles and press releases, videos, CD-ROMs, etc. serve only one barrier effect. Nevertheless, the will to maximise the level of safety in building,
transportation and to ensure the well-being of European citizens, requires a whole re-design of
flexible structure functions that is the main purpose of FLEXIFUNBAR. For instance, to prevent
In addition, project partners participating to a EU funded
from all external aggressions in hazardous atmosphere, flexible structures must provide at least
projects should be ready to invest into using effectively the
three barrier effects. Concretely as an example, a filter dedicated to transportation could all-in-one:
results and outputs of the project. IPR issues should be - Trap pollen, dust particles with diameter lower than 0.2 microns, even if the concentration is less
solved and discussed before finalising the proposal to the than 20 micrograms.
EC and partners would typically commit to a - Prevent from fire, during 30 seconds under a heat flux equal at 20kW/m2.
‘Consortium Agreement’ before the project - Prevent diffusion of toxic gas and pollutants like carbon monoxide in automotive interiors.
The textile, paper and leather are traditional industrial sectors that involve a large majority of high
begins. A Consortium Agreement defines partners
tech. That is why FLEXIFUNBAR has been especially dedicated to it.
pre-know-how as well as access rights during and
after project.

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 5. Selected Fashion Best Practice Cases
CASE 2 CASE 3

WEB-TEXPERT - Research for a new generation of integrated innovation and CLEVERTEX - Development of a strategic Master Plan for the transformation of the
knowledge management and development of appropriate web-based training traditional textile and clothing into a knowledge driven industrial sector by 2015
methods, tools, and best practice demonstrators
Action Line: NMP - Mapping and foresight activities on multifunctional materials
Action Line: SME - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Coordinator
Coordinator Contact Person: Organisation:
Contact Person: Organisation: Name: DEGUILLEMONT, Denis Institut Français de Textile de l’Habillement (IFTH)
Name: ERISKAT, Sven FORSCHUNGSKURATORIUM TEXTIL E.V. Tel: +33-32-0197437 2 rue de la Recherche (BP 637)
Tel: +49-61-96966267 Frankfurter Strasse 10-14 Fax: +33-32-0474716 F-59656 Villeneuve d’Ascq
Fax: +49-61-9642170 65760 ESCHBORN FRANCE
GERMANY
Project Website: www.clevertex.net
Project Web-site: www.webtexpert.net Number of partners involved: 10
Number of partners involved: 33 Countries involved: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Poland
Countries involved: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania Project Reference N.: 517006 Contract Type: Specific Support Action
Project Reference N.: 500223 Contract Type: SMEs Collective research projects Start Date: October 1st, 2005 End Date: September 30th, 2007
Start Date: July 1st, 2004 End Date: June 30th, 2007 Duration: 24 months Project Status: on-going
Duration: 36 months Project Status: on-going Project Cost: 0.487 million Euro Project Funding: 0.487 million Euro
Project Cost: 2.81 million Euro Project Funding: 2.04 million Euro
CLEVERTEX aims at developing a master plan and frame framework for future actions in research, education
The research activities of WEB-TEXpert aim at sophisticated methods and tools for the innovation and technology transfer in the field of multi-functional intelligent textile materials in Europe for transforming the
management adapted to the specific needs of SMEs in the textile and clothing sector. industry in a dynamic, innovative, knowledge driven competitive and sustainable sector by 2015.
They concentrate on New Product Development (NPD), New Product Introduction (NPI) and Multifunctional intelligent textiles are materials and systems, which react in an intelligent manner to external
Networking for NPD/NPI with a specific focus on integration of the life-cycle phases, value added stimuli. An example could be a fabric that inflates in cold temperature to keep the wearer warm, professional
stages and innovation processes. The research is performed in seven research groups covering all garment that change of colour to warn of biologic contamination, underclothes that send out an alarm to the
relevant textile applications and textile processes as well as European textile regions. The research medical assistant nearby when your vital parameters are warning or a carpet that detects flood, fire or burglar.
groups involve 4 RTD performers, 8 IAGs and 31 SMEs in total.
Based on the research results, courseware and training methodology have been developed to form The work programme includes:
the basis for the transfer and dissemination. The courseware together with appropriate knowledge - Analysis of the available European knowledge base for intelligent textiles;
sources are provided as web-based services on the WEB-TEXpert portal. - Investigation into the socio-economic framework of the textile and clothing sector;
- Foresight: Design of the Delphi study strategic analysis for identification of prioritised needs, for the
The development of the web-based services represents the core of the innovation related activity transition to a knowledge based industry;
of the project. To transfer research results to the SME core group and beyond, the workplan foresees - Gap Analysis and feasibility;
a “train the trainer” concept. Out of each pilot research group, a pilot group will be created. These - Road mapping;
pilot groups have trained the members of SME core group. - Exploitation, dissemination and management.
Furthermore, other IAGs have been trained to achieve an additional multiplier effect.
The partners in this consortium have clear complementary skills. The Industrial partners are involved in the
development, the production and marketing of multi-functional, intelligent textiles. The research institutes,
of which 2 are academic institutions and 2 are national research institutes with close links to the industry,
have expert knowledge on multifunctional intelligent textiles. The European textile and clothing association
involved in the project has developed skills and expertise in performing foresight studies in the area of
information technologies for the textiles and clothing industry.

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CASE 4 CASE 5

DIGITEX: Digital Programmed Jetting of Fluids for Multifunctional protective PROeTEX : Protection eTextiles: Micro-nano structures fibre systems for
Textiles emergency – disaster wear
Action Line: NMP - Multi-functional technical textiles for construction, medical applications and Action Line: IST - Information Society Technologies - Knowledge and interface technologies
protective clothing Coordinator
Coordinator Contact Person: Organisation:
Contact Person: Organisation: Name: Prof. Annalisa Bonfiglio DIEE, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Name: KOELE, Gerrit Ten Cate Advanced Textiles BV phone: +39 070 6755764 University of Cagliari
Tel: +31-54-8619700 Campbellweg 30 7440AJ fax: +39 070 6755782 and CNR-INFM S3, Modena
Fax: +31-54-8633608 360 NIJVERDAL ITALY
NETHERLANDS Project Web-site: www.proetex.org
Number of partners involved: 23
Project Website: www.dappolonia-research.com/digitex/home.php Countries involved: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Number of partners involved: 26
Countries involved: Belgium, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom Project Reference N.: 026987 Contract Type: Integrated Project
Project Reference N.: 26740 Contract Type: Integrated Project for SMEs Start Date: 1st February, 2006 End Date: 31st January, 2010
Start Date: May 1st, 2006 End Date: April 40th, 2010 Duration: 48 months Project Status: On-going
Duration: 48 months Project Status: on-going Project Cost: N.A. Project Funding: 8.1 million Euro
Project Cost: 12.69 million Euro Project Funding: 6.8 million Euro
Focusing on textile-based MicroNano technologies within a communicating framework, Proetex is
The objective of this project is to develop a new finishing technology for multifunctional protective developing textile and fibre based integrated smart wearable for emergency disaster intervention
textiles. This requires a breakthrough technology based on digitally programmed microdisposing of personnel with a goal of improving their safety, coordination and efficiency an additional systems
functional fluids on textiles enabling high-speed protective functionalisation, continuous processing for injured civilians aimed at optimising their survival management. This focused application area
and customized production. Digital microdisposal has the ability of empowering exact localisation will drive a wide range of key technology developments to create micro-nano-engineered smart
and patterning of functionalities in multi-layer textile substrates integrating advanced thermo and textiles - integrated systems (fabrics, wearable garments) using specifically textile-based micro-
hydro regulation, chromic sensorics and controlled release functions, based on nano-technology nano technologies. These developments will feed through to a wide range of other markets from
and multifunctional materials. extreme sports, through healthcare to transportation maintenance and building workers.
Advanced E-Textile systems can bring together sensors, connections, transmission systems, power
Digital micro disposal of fluids will alter textile economics in terms of production speeds and on
management. The emergency disaster personnel smart garments will progressively enhance and
demand production. It unleashes the transformation of the textile sector to a knowledge intensive
integrate such textile systems to enable the following functions:
industry that can differentiate by adding value to the users of protective equipment. It has a broad
- Continuous monitoring of life signs (biopotentials, breathing movement, cardiac sounds);
social impact in terms of increased safety in hazardous environments with more attention for needs
- Continuous monitoring biosensors (sweat, dehydration, electrolytes, stress indicators, O2, CO);
of specific users (gender) and non-toxicity leading to a drastic reduction of environmental pollutions
- Pose and activity monitoring;
in functionalisation process.
- Low power local wireless communications, including integrated textile antennae;
- Internal temperature monitoring using textile sensors;
The project integrates development of novel compounds, chemical process technology, based on
- External chemical detection, including toxic gases and vapours;
dynamics of fluid, textile technology, human physiology, mechatronics and advanced optics for
- Power generation - photovoltaic and thermoelectric and energy storage;
precise management and process control. To develop this technology a consortium of 13 High Tech
- Longer term e-textile technologies including further sensors, light emission and logic on fibre.
and less RTD intensive SMEs across the enlarged Union is established. SMEs work together with
3 non SMEs and 9 universities and knowledge institutions to obtain exploitable results to develop
The project builds and integrates with the roadmap established within previous EU projects called:
the technology for market use.
Wealthy, MyHeart, Biotex and WearIT@work.

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Best Practice Cases
CASE 6
FASHION NET: Network of intermediaries to foster transnational research &
innovation in SMEs in the fashion industry system.
Action Line: INNOVATION – Economic and Technological Intelligence
Coordinator
Contact Person: Organisation:
Name: Ms Silvia Grandi IPI
phone: +39 06 80972215 Istituto per la Promozione Industriale
fax: +39 06 80972443 Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski, 124
00197 – Rome
ITALY
Project Web-site: http://www.fashiontofuture.eu/fashionnet/
Number of partners involved: 16
Countries involved: Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and Turkey.
Project Reference N.: 508559 Contract Type: Coordination Action
Start Date: 1st May, 2004 End Date: 30th April, 2006
Duration: 24 months Project Status: Completed
Project Cost: 0.930 million Euro Project Funding: 0.6987 million Euro
Fashion Net project has gathered 16 textile and clothing research and technology organisations
across 8 European Countries in order to Improve SMEs access to strategic information, facilitate
the use of methodologies to search for useful Economic and Technological Information (ETI) for
the fashion industry, to promote SMEs access to the FP6, to foster transnational SMEs cooperation
and to make easier the knowledge-sharing process by strengthening networks for exchanging
expertise, methodologies and best-practices.
Over 24-month duration, Fashion Net overreached its initial targets and has performed activities
collaborating – “clustering” – with other two similar European projects: ITE – Intelligent Textile
Environment and Shoes5000 that led to a follow-up initiative: Fashion to Future (F2F).
In particular, within Fashion Net, a communication and information platform was implemented, which
was visited by over 13.000 users. Six thematic newsletters sent quarterly to about 1.500 readers.
Four databases were on-line, collecting strategic ETI information for SMEs (about 250 sector support
organizations, 31 trends and foresight documents, and 12 best practise cases). Two publications,
respectively collecting selected ETI tools and analysing the state of the art of innovation awareness
ability to innovate were distributed to SMEs (“The textile and clothing industry in Fashion Net
Countries: a reflection with SMEs” and “Economic and Technological Intelligence. A guide for SMEs
in textile and clothing”).Two international conferences targeting SMEs were organised in Spain and
Italy to highlight the most recent trends in research and innovation related to the fashion sector as
well as four bilateral twinning events have been created to promote transnational partnership.
In several European fashion industrial clusters, training on FP6 to SMEs and other SME-supporting
organisations has been a key component of the project. In addition to the 14 training sessions and
the 12 innovation workshops organised, the training material was turned into an on-line learning
platform to ensure that a wider number of people could use it.
Overall, more than 23.000 SMEs have been informed about FP6, research and innovation
initiatives and Fashion Net project opportunities.
6. Fashion Funding
6. FASHION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Opportunities
IN FP7 in FP7
6. FASHION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN FP7
European Union support to Fashion SMEs is available in different forms
such as grants, loans, etc. which are issued either directly or through
programmes managed at national or regional level (i.e. European Structural
Funds). However, the scope of this Guide is to cover mainly the concrete
funding opportunities currently existing for Fashion SMEs with particular
regard to participation in the 7th Framework Programme for
Research and Development (FP7).
BOX 7: Useful links for FP7
7th Research Framework Programme (FP7):
http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7
Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS):
www.cordis.lu
In particular, F2F website has a specific page dedicated to SMEs searching
for a call linked to the fashion industry:
www.fashiontofuture.eu/f2f/news.php?id_article=164
The broad objectives of FP7 have been grouped into four categories:
Cooperation, Ideas, People and Capacities. For each type of
objective, there is a specific programme corresponding to the main areas of
EU research policy. Throughout FP7, SMEs are actively encouraged to
participate in all research actions, in particular those under the research
themes of the Cooperation programme. The programme aims to
facilitate the optimal participation of mainly ‘research performing SMEs’
by means such as simplified funding and administrative procedures and
greater flexibility in choosing the funding schemes. Areas of particular
interest to SMEs are identified in the individual work
programmes of each theme.
In addition, the Cooperation Programme of FP7 foresees a
scheme called ‘Research for the benefit of SMEs’, with a total
budget of about 1.3 billion Euro, that aims to strengthen the
innovative capacity of mainly medium to low tech SMEs
and their contribution to the development of new
technology based products and markets. This will be
facilitated by helping SMEs outsourcing research activities,
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Opportunities in FP7 Annexes
ANNEXES
know-how, extending their networks, and better exploiting research results. ANNEXES
There are two main funding typologies:
Research for SMEs - supporting small groups of innovative SMEs A I. Main Acronyms & Abbreviations
to solve common or complementary technological problems; BP: Best Practice
Research for SME associations - supporting SME associations
and SME groupings to develop technical solutions to problems Commission: The Commission of the European Communities
common to large numbers of SMEs in specific industrial sectors or CORDIS: Community Research and Development Information Service
segments of the value chain.
IPRs: Intellectual Property Rights
BOX 8: Other Useful European Programmes and Initiatives for SMEs
IRCs: Innovation Relay Centers
The new Competitiveness and innovation Framework
Programme (CIP) provides a coherent framework for all EICs: European Information Centers
European Community actions implemented in the field of
entrepreneurship, SMEs, industrial competitiveness, ERA: European Research Area
innovation, ICT development and use, environmental
technologies and intelligent energy. It is designed to be F2F: Fashion to Future
complementary to FP7, as well as other European Community
programmes. FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
The CIP is structured around three main blocks of activities,
with the ‘Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme’, particularly focusing on SMEs. It FP5: 5th Framework Programme (for Research
will provide support to networks of intermediaries and national schemes for actions to and Technological Development)
encourage and facilitate the participation of SMEs in FP7 through its horizontal services
in support of business and innovation; FP6: 6th Framework Programme (for Research and Technological
Development)
The ERA-NET scheme in FP6 and FP7 supports the cooperation and coordination of research
activities in Europe, including participation of Third Countries by improving the coherence FP7: 7th Framework Programme (for Research and Technological
and coordination across Europe of such research programmes. The scheme will also enable Development)
national systems to take on tasks collectively that they would not have been able to tackle
independently. Examples of European transnational calls currently open and targeting IST: Information Society Technologies priority
SMEs or SME Associations are launched by the following ERANET projects;
OJ: Official Journal of the European Communities / Official Journal of the
eTranet - Projects aiming at improving the competitiveness of manufacturing industry, in European Union
particular traditional sectors: www.etranet.net;
NCPs: National Contact Points
CORNET – Collective research for the benefit of large communities of SMEs www.cornet-
era.net;
R&D: Research and Development
EuroTransBio - Collaborative RTD for SMEs: projects in the field of biotechnology
www.eurotransbio.net; RTD: Research and Technological Development

ManuNet - Funding of manufacturing research projects performed by enterprises and their SMEs: Small and Medium Enterprises
strategic partnerships: www.manunet.net;
T&C: Textile and Clothing
ERA-SME – Funding of research and development projects where it exists strong
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A II. Inventory of Fashion Projects collected for F2F Best Practice and FMEA analysis
FP5 and FP6 projects
PROJECT (Acronym and Full Title) Programme Status Duration Partners Countries
ALTEX – Automated laser welding of textiles FP6 - Cooperative Research On-going 24 12 4
ASISKNOWN FP6 - IST On-going 24 NA NA
AVALON – “AVALON – Multifunctional textile structures driving new production
and organizational paradigms by textile SME interoperation Across high-added-VALue FP6 - NMP On-going 48 31 9
sectOrs for knowledge-based product/service creatioN.
BASE – Bio based functional Materials from Engineered self-assembling peptides FP6 - NMP - STREP NA 48 10 7
BENTEX – Technology Management Benchmarking in the Textile Industry across Europe FP5 Completed 24 16 9
CHITOMED – Biomedical Textiles from Dibutyrylchitin and chitin FP6 - Quality of life and living resources Completed 36 9 5
CLEVERTEX – Development of a strategic Master Plan
for the transformation of the traditional textile FP6 - NMP On-going 24 9 5
and clothing into a knowledge driven industrial sector by 2015.
COLTEX – Development of an automatic system for colour continuous control for textile sector FP5 Completed 24 10 4
CONTEX-T – Textile Architecture, Textile Structures and buildings of the future FP6 On-going 48 33 12
DIGITEX – Multifunctional Technical Textiles for Construction, Medical Applications
FP6 - NMP On-going 48 26 7
and protective clothing
eTAYLOR – Integration od 3D Body Measurement, Advanced CAD, and E-Commerce
Technologies in the European Fashion Industry (Virtual Retailing of Made-to-Measure FP5 Completed 36 16 8
Garments, European Sizing Information Infrastructure)
eT-CLUSTER – Developing Common Standards for the Integration of 3D Body Measurement,
IST Completed 24 8 4
Advanced CAD, and personalised avatars in the European Fashion Industry
EDY, Efficient Dying – Development of a clean and efficient automatic textile dying control system FP6 - Cooperative Research Completed 24 11 3
ENVITEX – Textile Innovation Environment in ACC (Access Community countries) FP6 - NMP Completed 18 8 5
FASHION-NET – Network of intermediaries to foster transnational research
FP6 - INNOVATION Completed 24 16 8
and innovation in SMEs in the fashion industry system
FASHION-ON-LINE – Virtual Shops for SMEs, Benchmarking and Best Practice Pilots (apparel) IST Completed 24 20 5
FLEXIFUNBAR – Multifunctional barrier for flexible structure (textile, leather and paper) FP6 - NMP On-going 48 51 12
HTT – High Tech Textile Center of Competence FP5 Completed 36 1 1
INNOTEX – A tool box to catalyze continuous process innovation within the textile
FP6 - Collective Research On-going 36 26 7
manufacturing lines in Europe
INTRINSIC FP6 - Collective Research Completed 24 14 3
ITE – Towards a European wide Textile Intelligent environment: building, linking and bonding FP6 - INNOVATION Completed 24 22 16
LEAPFROG CA – Coordination of multidisciplinary knowledge and Research Activities
FP6 - NMP Completed 30 37 14
to support Leadership for European Apparel Production From Research along Original Guidelines)
LEAPFROG IP – Leadership for European Apparel Production from Research
FP6 - NMP On-going 48 36 11
and along original guidelines
MODA-ML – Middlewear Tool and Documents to enhance
IST Completed 24 10 2
the Textile /Clothing supply chain through XML
NICE- Networking ICT clusters in Europe FP6 - INNOVATION On-going 30 11 5
PENELOPE – Web oriented Authomatic disposer based on agent modeling
IST Completed 24 9 3
and genetic algorithms tto improve the tectile production performance
PEWARE – Recycling and reutilization,as raw materials of expanded flexible polyurethane
FP6 NA 24 10 3
and eva waste resulting from the industrial process of shoe-sole manufacturing
PROETEX – Protection eTextiles: MicroNanoStructured fibre systems
IST On-going 48 23 7
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FP5 and FP6 projects

PROJECT (Acronym and Full Title) Programme Status Duration Partners Countries
Safe&Cool – Development of a cost effective moisture and thermal barrier (…) FP6 - Cooperative Research Concluded 24 10 3
SPACE2TEX – Waste water recycling in textile finishing through the application and further development
of membrane bioreactors used in space life support systems FP5 Completed 36 34 4
Tech-online – Online Technological Exhibition Fair for the Textile and Clothing Industry FP6 - INNOVATION NA 24 14 11
TEXTILE.EU (fashion sector) FP5 Completed 36 5 3
TEX-MAP – New Organization & e-business solutions for conventional and non-conventional textile
FP5 Completed 12 10 5
applications: a Roadmap
ULTRATEC – Acceleration of Textile Processes by Ultrasound Technologies
WEB-TEX-PERT – Research for a New Generation of Integrated Innovation and Knowledge
Management - Development of Appropriate Web-based Training Methods, Tools, and Best Practice FP6 -NMP On-going 36 11 7
Demonstrators
BIOACTA – Biodegradable, innovative, orientative articles to consumers and technical applications
FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 10 3
(toy and shoes)
CEC – Made-Shoe - Custom, Environment and Comfort made shoe FP6 - IST/NMP On-going 48 54 18
DINIS – Design of Innovative non-Wovens to be used as insoles in Functional Shoes FP5 Completed 24 8 4
ENVISHOE – Implementation and testing of innovative and environmentally friendly shoe production
FP6 - Collective Research NA 24 18 5
systems in order to improve safety, quality and working conditions in SMEs of the footwear sector
ERGSHOE – Innovation Methods and Criteria for Production of Customized Shoes FP5 Completed 30 18 4
EURO-SHOE – Development of the processes and implementation of management tools
FP5 Completed 36 33 11
for the extended, user oriented Shoe Enterprise
INASTEC – Innovative Assembly Techniques for reducing Costs for European Shoe makers FP5 Completed 24 11 3
INFOOT – Innovative Information systems for management, production and business
FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 9 3
in footwear industries
INNORUBBER – Intelligent and Multifunctional Rubber Compounds/Adhesives for the Shoe Industry FP6 - Cooperative Research Completed 24 12 3
PEWARE – Recycling and reutilization, as raw materials of expanded flexible polyurethane
FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 10 3
and eva waste resulting from the industrial process of shoe-sole manufacturing
Shoe-Net – Shoe Information Network FP5 Concluded 36 9 3
SHOES 5OOO – Promotion of footwear and components industry participation
FP6 - INNOVATION Concluded 30 9 3
in the sixth framework programme
SMARTSHOE – Intelligent system for data capturing, recording and management integrated
FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 8 4
in shoes for safety and professional use
DEMES – Design, implementation and testing of an innovative for surface defect detention
FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 8 3
and thickness measurement of sole leather
MELD – Drying of tanned skins by means of a microwave endogenous heating system FP6 - Cooperative Research NA 24 8 2
FLEXRAP – Development of innovative , modular rapid prototyping system for rigid
FP6 - Cooperative Research Completed 24 11 5
and flexible models
HIPERMAX – High Performance Industrial Protein Matrice through Bioprocessing FP6 - NMP On-going 36 18 6
INNOVATION – Setup and testing of a web intensive collaborative inventive TTT service
FP6 - INNOVATION On-going 24 7 NA
with the overall goal to trigger cross-sectorial networking of stakeholders in the global market
INNORUBBER – Intelligent and Multifunctional Rubber Compounds/Adhesives for the Shoe Industry FP6 - Cooperative Research Completed 24 12 3
OSTEOVIB – Vibration Device for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis FP6 - Cooperative Research NA ? 9 3
PERSONA – Perceptive Spaces Promoting Independent Ageing FP6 - IST On-going 42 22 6
PEWARE – Recycling and reutilization, as raw materials of expanded flexible polyurethane
FP5 NA 24 10 3
and waste resulting from the industrial process of shoe-sole manufacturing
REPRO – Reducing Food Processing Waste FP6 - FOOD On-gonig 36 13 10

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FP5 and FP6 projects

PROJECT (Acronym and Full Title) Programme Status Duration Partners Countries
Safe&Cool – Development of a cost effective moisture and thermal barrier (…) FP6 - Cooperative Research Concluded 24 10 3
SEAT – Smart Technologies for stress free air travel FP6 - Aereonautic and Space On-going 36 12 7
SEE INNOVATION – Facilitating innovation for ICT SMEs in Eastern Europe FP6 - Research and Innovation On-going 24 11 10
SEAMLESS – Small Enterprises accessing the electronic market of the enlarged Europe
FP6 - IST On-going 30 15 11
by a Smart Service Infrastructure
Shoe-Net – Shoe Information Network FP5 Concluded 36 9 3
SPACE2TEX – Waste water recycling in textile finishing through the application
FP5 Completed 36 34 4
and further development of membrane bioreactors used in space life support systems
TR ACCESS – Facilitation of the participation of the Turkish Research and Development
FP6 - INCO On-going 36 1 1
Community to EU Framework Programmes
TECH-ONLINE – Online Technological Exhibition Fair for the Textile and Clothing Industry FP6 - INNOV NA 24 14 11
TEXTILE.EU FP5 Completed 36 5 3
TEX-MAP – New Organization & e-business solutions for conventional and non-conventional textile
FP5 Completed 12 10 5
applications: a Roadmap
ULTRATEC – Acceleration of Textile Processes by Ultrasound Technologies FP6 - NMP On-going 36 11 7
WEB-TEX-PERT – Research for a New Generation of Integrated Innovation and Knowledge
Management - Development of Appropriate Web-based Training Methods, Tools, FP6 - Collective Research On-going 36 46 8
and Best Practice Demonstrators
EURO-SHOE – Development of the processes and implementation of management tools
FP5 Completed 36 33 11
for the extended, user oriented Shoe Enterprise

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Projects funded by other programmes
PROJECT (Acronym and Full Title) Programme Status Duration Partners Countries
BIOPROCESSING – Synergistic enzymatic effects in fabrics reprocessing EUREKA Completed 28 8 4
CADENOX – Catalytic abatement of N20 and NOX from combustion power plants NA Completed 36 6 5
CLOTHING – EU Vocational training in Clothing Sector in Turkey MEDA Completed 39 7 5
EURO-TT1 LEONARDO Completed 18 8 6
TEX-Tag LEONARDO On-going 18 8 6
FACTORY SUN PROTEX – Woven and knitted fabrics to protect against weather conditions 6
EUREKA On-going 36 6
and solar UV
MICRODYE – A cost effective, environmentally friendly total dying system IMT/SMT Programme Completed 48 5 4
for microfyber polyester (“Micro-dye”)
PARTEX DG Enterprise PHARE Completed NA 15 15
PERFECT-LINK DG Enterprise BSP2 Completed NA 15 15
SEETEX DG Enterprise PHARE Completed 15 15
TEX-SPIN CEN Completed NA NA NA
TRANSITION – Secure Partnership Building Environment eContent On-going 30 12 6
VITA LEONARDO Completed NA NA NA
APICCAMB – Environmental Adaptation of Shoe Industry Portugaise Gouvernement Completed 16 3 1
EU-MEDA Shoemaking –EU Shoemaking Training Institution Project MEDA Completed 48 6 6
RUCOR – New Methodologies for rubber and cork recycling to produce footwear insocks IMT/SMT Programme Completed 24 6 2
SHOE-Mat – Shoewear advanced materials National Portugaise Programme Completed 36 20 1
LAR – Leather Ash Reuse IMT/SMT Programme Completed 24 12 3
4IPR – For Intellectual Property Rights DG Research IPR On-going NA NA NA
FOMYPE – Technical Assistance for the SMEs competitiveness in El Salvador EUROPEAID NA 30 3 1
PAMSME – Model definition and training aiming at a regional sustainable development
LEONARDO Completed 24 10 7
by increasing awareness on the social responsibilities of SMEs

[Note: This list does not include a limited number of projects that provided totally insufficient information]

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F2F project partners
No. Partner name Web sites
1 IPI - Istituto per la Promozione Industriale (Coordinator - Italy) www.ipi.it
2 EURATEX - European Apparel and Textile Organisation – (Belgium) www.euratex.org
CLOTEFI - Clothing Textile and Fiber Technological
3 www.etakei.gr
\Developments (Greece)
4 INESCOP - Instituto Tecnológico del Calzado y Conexas (Spain) www.inescop.es
5 BPM - Business and Project Management (Greece) www.bpm.gr
6 D’Appolonia (Italy) www.dappolonia.it
7 APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea (Italy) www.apre.it
8 Ghent University (Belgium) http://textiles.ugent.be/
9 INOTEX Ltd. (Czech Republic) www.inotex.cz
10 IFTH - Institut Français Textile Habillement (France) www.ifth.org
11 UFIH - Union Française des Industries de l’Habillement (France) www.lamodefrancaise.org
LATIA - Lithuanian Apparel and Textile Industry
12 www.latia.lt
Association (Lithuania)
ASINTEC - Asociación para la Incorporación de las Nuevas
13 www.asintec.org
Tecnologiasen la Empresa (Spain)
14 AITEX - Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Textil (Spain) www.aitex.es
DITF-MR - Deutsche Institute fuer Textil- und Faserfoschung
15 www.ditf-denkendorf.de
Denkendorf (Germany)
16 IAT - Institute of Textile Architecture (Poland) www.iat.com.pl
17 INNOVATEXT - Textile Engineering and testing Co. (Hungary) www.innovatext.hu
18 ARC Fund - Applied Research and Communications fund (Bulgaria) www.arcfund.net
19 LTC - Latvian Technological Center (Latia) www.innovation.lv/ltc/eng_default.htm
20 EUREXCEL (UK) www.eurexcel.org
21 IRM Co - Integrated Resources Management Co. Ltd (Malta) www.environmentalmalta.com
CITEVE - Centro Tecnològico das Indùstrias Textil e do Vestuario
22 www.citeve.pt
de Portugal (Portugal)
23 Manchester Metropolitan University www.hollings.mmu.ac.uk
AEC - Asociacion Espanola de empresas de components
24 www.aeecc.com
para el calzado (Spain)
25 C.G.S. di Coluccia Michele & C s.a.s www.cgsgroup.it
26 CTCA - Centro tecnologico do calcado (Portugal) www.ctcp.pt
CTC - Centre Technique du cuir, chaussure
27 www.ctc.fr
et marroquinerie (France)
TECNOTESSILE - Società Nazionale di Ricerca
28 www.tecnotex.it
Tecnologica r.l. (Italy)
INCDTP - Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare
29 www.certex.ro
pentru Textile si Pielarie (Romania)
30 CITER - Centro Innovazione Tessile dell’Emilia Romagna (Italy) www.citer.it
Credit
31 Tecnopolis CSATA scrl (Italy) www.tno.it
IPI - Viale M.llo Pilsudski, 124
32 CNCC - Centre National du cuir et de la chaussure (Tunisia) www.cnccleather.nat.tn
00197 Roma
33 OSEO anvar (France) www.oseo.fr Tel. (+39) 06 809721
KOSGEB - Small and Medium Industry Development www.ipi.it
34 www.kosgeb.gov.tr
Organisation (Turkey)
35 PIOT - Polska Izba Oziezowo-Tekstylna (Poland) www.textiles.pl Realizzazione
36 CETTEX - Centre Technique du Textile (Tunisia) www.textiletunisia.com.tn/htm/fr-index.htm PRC srl
ANPME - Agence Marocaine pour la Promotion de la Petite Via Germanico, 197
37 www.anpme.ma
et Moyenne Entreprise (Morocco) 00192 Roma
AMITH - Association Marocaine des Industries du Textile www.prcsrl.com
38 www.amith.org.ma
et de l’Habillement (Morocco)
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