OpenFashion: Co-Creating a Sustainable Future through Open Design
OpenFashion is a three-year Erasmus+ Capacity Building in VET project that aims to strengthen innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation in the fashion and textile sector through open design, digital fabrication, and green skills development.
Fashion and design are increasingly called to address critical contemporary challenges such as sustainability, digital transformation, and social inclusion. Although the sector demonstrates growing awareness of these issues, responding to them effectively remains complex due to established and often unsustainable practices, particularly within the fast fashion supply chain.
OpenFashion seeks to support the modernization of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Continuing Vocational Education and Training (C-VET) by promoting innovative educational approaches, collaborative practices, open-source methodologies, and digital tools aligned with labour market needs and the twin transition toward sustainability and digital innovation.
🎯 Project Objectives
🤝 SO1: Strengthening Cooperation
Reinforce cooperation between local, national, and European stakeholders in the field of VET and C-VET.
🌱 SO2: Skills Development for the Twin Transition
Support capacity building and skills development related to sustainability, digital innovation, and emerging business models within the fashion ecosystem.
✅ SO3: Quality Assurance in VET/C-VET
Ensure quality assurance mechanisms for VET and C-VET organisations in order to improve educational practices, effectiveness, and transferability of results.
📚 Project Results
📖 Guidelines for the OpenFashion Capacity Building
Development of practical guidelines to support organisations and educators in implementing capacity-building activities within the fashion sector.
🧰 OpenFashion Toolkit for VET/C-VET Trainers
Creation of a practical toolkit including educational resources, methodologies, tools, and activities for trainers and learners.
💻 OpenFashion Online Learning Platform
Development of an online learning environment that supports collaborative and flexible digital learning experiences.
🔄 Collaborative Guidelines for Transferability
Development of collaborative guidelines to support the transferability, sustainability, and wider exploitation of the project results.
🧪 Piloting and Evaluation Activities
Implementation of pilot activities and evaluation processes in real educational and professional environments.
📅 Events and Dissemination Activities
Organisation of workshops, training activities, and dissemination events to promote networking, collaboration, and the exchange of best practices.
🌐 Useful Links
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🔗 LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-fashioneu/posts/?feedView=all
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Project: “OpenFashion: Co-Creating a Sustainable Future through Open Design” Nr. 101242586.
