WORTH PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
The 1st selection of WORTH Partnership Project is complete. WORTH Partnership Project is the four-year initiative funded by the European Union COSME Programme for the competitiveness of SMEs, aiming to create transnational collaborations between creative minds, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms.
WORTH received a fantastic total of 111 partnership proposals, involving over 230 partners across 24 European countries. The results were a diverse selection of 27 extremely promising transnational partnership projects, involving 60 designers, starts ups and companies, representing 20 EU COSME countries across the different creative industry sectors: 16 working in fashion and textile, 2 in footwear, 3 in accessories, 3 in furniture, 2 in jewellery and 1 in leather.
Designers, artisans, startups, technology companies and SME manufacturers, based in European and COSME countries, working in various industries: fashion/textile, footwear, furniture/home decoration, leather/fur, jewellery, and/or accessories, applied to be a part of WORTH Partnership Project by submitting their idea or project proposal.
The initiative will be embarking on a 4 year journey to support 150 cross-boundary partnership projects. More applications will be accepted during 2018, 2019, and 2020.