Support to Fashion & Textile Eco-Entrepreneurs through STAND Up!

Support to Fashion & Textile Eco-Entrepreneurs through STAND Up!

Client

Berytech

Description

STAND Up! was an EU-funded project under ENI CBC Med focusing on the support to eco-innovative entrepreneurs & enterprises in the textile, fashion, and clothing sector.

Brief

  • Main Coordinator, Facilitator, and Trainer of the first phase of STAND Up! for Circular Fashion & Textile locally led by Berytech: We delivered a full capacity building training program in 2021, composed of series of interactive customized workshops, following the framework developed by the SwitchMed Support Programme. This was complemented by support sessions tailored to the fashion and textile industry, to train 40 environmentally-oriented entrepreneurs to develop their green business model, market validation, marketing strategy, and basic financial requirements to launch their minimum viable product, presenting the outcome in the form of an entrepreneur pitch deck.

Achievements

  • - Our role involved designing the initial programme, its sequence of sessions, selecting qualified co-trainers, as well as delivering a full module on the circular economy and individually coaching selected eco-entrepreneurs in adopting circular business models, circular strategies, and eco-design principles.

  • - As active trainers in the STAND Up! program, we used the Switchers online platform to coach eco-entrepreneurs, including a deep dive into one of our favorite topics, EcoDesign!

  • - Through the support of Berytech and our team, we engaged young innovators and entrepreneurs in the clothing, fashion and textile industry who wanted to grow their ideas or startups into scalable eco-friendly textile and fashion ventures, contributing to a more circular and environmentally-friendly textile industry.