INTERWEAVING

The Fashion industry in the Western Balkans regionIn this conversation, we will learn about the history of the textile industry and some vibrant fashion brands. We will also discover the MIR Foundation and how it cooperates with the European Enterprise Network to help companies in this region to expand internationally, and discuss the potential benefits of EU enlargement in this region.Our guests are Tena Lavrenčić, Ethical Fashion Activist, Speaker & Event organizer, based in Belgium, and Emilija Andonova, Programme Manager & Technology Transfer Advisor at Foundation for Management and Industrial Research, North Macedonia.

In this short episode on skilling and reskilling, I bring you two interviews that will offer valuable insights into combining tradition and innovation, as well as creativity and technical expertise. In the first interview (03:06) with Giovanna Graziosi Casimiro, Lead Professor in Digital Technologies for Fashion & Luxury at the Institut Français de la Mode (France), we talk about digital and immersive technologies and how to teach them. In the second interview (30:28), we met Begoña Garcia, EIM Director, and Amor Cardona, Sustainable Textile Consultant, at Jeanologia (Spain), to discuss the creation of an in-house school in 2013 to integrate disruptive technologies, support their clients, and train workers in Spain.

Skills and reskilling: Industry challenges and initiatives at EU levelThis new episode is dedicated to people working or looking to work in the textile and fashion industry. In this conversation, we explore the challenges faced by professionals who need to hire or train teams, and the solutions they implement, as well as the initiatives taken at EU level to identify megatrends, draft curricula, and foster cooperation among different stakeholders. Our guests are Pedro Magalhães, Head of Innovation at Tintex Textiles in Portugal, and Pedro Filipe Gonçalves, Senior Policy Officer in the Innovation & Skills Department at Euratex (EU).

In this short-format episode, we continue to unravel topics related to motherhood and gender equality through two inspiring initiatives: LILU - Bags that evolve alongside your life's journey & ELECTA (Emmanuelle Adam, CEO) - A programme that trains women to win elections (Pauline Verhaegue, Co-founder)

Reflections on the evolving concept of maternityThis new episode is dedicated to mothers, future mothers, and all the others! In this conversation featuring Lesia Radelicki, Gender Equality Advocate (EU), and Eve Demoen, Curator at the Modemuseum of Hasselt (Belgium), we explore how the perception of motherhood has evolved throughout the centuries, the impact of the EU legislation on work-life balance, as well as the influence of fashion as a social driver on women's daily life.

The Climate Fresk: How to turn thousands of experts' report pages into an engaging game?In this new episode, we continue unraveling the thread of the ????? with an inspiring, game-changing initiative: the Climate Fresk (La Fresque du Climat). In this interview featuring Xavier Criel, Instructor and Member of the Board of Directors of the Climate Fresk, we will explore how this game makes the conclusions of IPCC experts accessible to virtually everyone, and discuss its future developments.

Our new episode focuses on the COP30, a major global event dedicated to the fight against climate change, due to take place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21, 2025. With Claudia Castanheira of Fashion Revolution and Pierre Leturcq of the Green Trade Network (GTN), E3G and Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), we will discuss EU climate policy and its external effects, examine the recommendations of FEPS Europe and Fashion Revolution for a just transition from fossil fuels to clean energy and explore how governments, businesses and civil society can collaborate to achieve this goal.

When it comes to the EU, most of the time we talk about its regulatory framework. However, alongside legislation, the EU also offers incentives to help the fashion and textile industry transition. In this episode, we explore how the RegioGreenTex project is strengthening textile circularity across Europe's regions.

They represent 99.7% of the textile and clothing sector! It was therefore time for us to dedicate an episode of the Interweaving podcast to SMEs!

In today's episode, we are going to look at one of the most popular topics in EU legislation: the digital product passport, or DPP.