WORTH PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
Worth Partnership Project is back with renewed expectations to strengthen SMEs competitiveness through creativity, innovation, and connections
WORTH Partnership Project is the four-year project, funded by the European Union Programme COSME for the competitiveness of creative SMEs and aims to build
partnerships across Europe between talented fashion designers, creative minds, crafters, technologists, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms, aimed at developing new products and ideas by generating new ways of making, collaborating and adopting innovative and disruptive techniques, processes and business models.
From the 18th of September to 31st of December 2017, designers, artisans, startups, technology firms and SME manufacturers based in Europe and COSME countries that working in fashion/textile, footwear, furniture/ home decoration, leather/fur, and jewellery/accessories, are invited to submit their idea or project proposals to WORTH Partnership Project. Once selected, participants will be supported in matching with the best partners and each partnership will receive:
1) financial support to mature and bring their idea to life,
2) tailor-made coaching and mentoring by specialists; access to finance; market positioning support; legal support and intellectual property rights management and
3) networking activities and support to facilitate collaboration and market upscale.
4) The result of each partnership project will be showcased in two relevant international exhibitions or trade fairs to obtain future business relationships and increase its visibility to the market by potential buyers/consumers.
Applicants, SMEs and start-ups, will need to show a keen interest to connect, create and innovate on a transnational basis. The submitted ideas and projects will be valued based on their attitude to innovate, their social and environmental impacts, technical and industrial viability and their market potential. A steering board of highly renowned experts from the high-end fashion, design and consumer goods industries will perform the selection process.