Kick off meeting in Pécs

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The kick off meeting was hosted by the lead partner South Danube Regional Innovation Agency STRIA and was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pécs-Baranya in Pécs from 4 to 6 March 2024.

The first day included a workshop on the challenge of circularity in the textile and fashion industries and presentation about joint activities and collaboration between TEX-DAN and GREEN -TEX, after which joined us online Ms Katalin Kovács-Kasza, a project officer who briefly presented the Interreg Danube Programme Joint Secretariat.
In the afternoon all partners discussed presentations of the upcoming activities:
1.1. Identification of challenges in legal backgrounds, regulatory environments;
1.2 Identification of challenges regarding behavioural aspects through workshops;
3.1 Technology mapping, scouting, and collecting good practices and
3.2. Mapping and collecting circular business models in the textile and fashion value chains.
The first day was concluded by the welcome dinner and guided tour across the Pecs centre organised by our splendid host.

The first workshop - identify challenges in consumers behavior in T&F chain

Discussing project upcoming activities

Visiting KARMA in Pécs and learning about gloves manufacturing

The second day participants visited KARMA, a local hand gloves manufacturer with circular solutions. After a short trip, a project video was shot, featuring all project partners who gave their perspective of the circularity in textile and fashion industry in their region, their reasons to join TEX-DAN and ways to improve circularity. The meeting was closed by the presentations on communication strategy, management and financial rules and by electing a Steering Committee.