Duration : 9/11 until 7/12/2023 (including)

Where: Online

(live& offline webinars)

Workshop 1: About Sustainability in Fashion and the EcoFashionEU Project

a) What is sustainability? The SMEs business case for sustainability in textile and fashion
b) The challenges, the risks, and the opportunities – UN SDGs 2030 / EU Green Deal (Rapporteur: CSR Hellas)
c) Ready-made garment sector situation in Greece
d) Developing a Sustainable business model – stakeholder engagement and collaborative action.
e) The EcoFashionEU Project *(Rapporteur:CSR Hellas)

Mode: live 4 hours webinar
Thursday 9 November 2023 (13.00pm – 17.00pm)

Workshop 2: The case of Sustainability in Fashion

a) De-growth and sufficiency of resources
b) Circular Economy
c) Sustainability in fashion: analysis of indicative cases (for example People Tree, Armed Angels, Patagonia etc.)
d) Greenwashing and social washing: the transparency principles
e) Metrics and data that count for long-term sustainability
f) Emissions, natural resources, waste, human rights, labour rights, overconsumption –overproduction, advertising

Mode: off-line digital course
Duration: 6 hours (participants have 2 weeks to follow the workshop from 09.11 to 22.11.23)

Workshop 3: How can we do it right?

a) It starts with design with circularity in mind: Design for low waste, longevity, disassembly, recyclability, zero-waste (take-back schemes, upcycling, etc. second and third lives of product, extending product lifecycle)
b) Choosing your materials: Design for low-impact materials and processes (textiles, trimmings, dyeing processes etc.
c) Water consumption in the industry: It starts in the cotton field
d) Certifications
e) Digital product creation versus physical samples
f) Packaging/shipping to the client
g) Resources

Mode: off-line digital course
Duration: 5,5 hours (participants have 2 weeks to follow the workshop from 09.11 to 22.11.23)

Workshop 4: The EcoFashionEU project & How it can help *(Rapporteurs: CSR Hellas & Project partners)

a) The EcoFashionEU project: targets and how it works?
b) The ETHOS & Ethos Fashion tools
c) How the fashion SMEs, and more specifically the micro and small companies, can benefit from the EcoFashionEU Project and the Ethos Fashion tool?
d) Case study analysis from the four SMES-partners of the EcoFashionEU project

Mode: live 4 hours webinar
Thursday 23 November 2023 (13.00pm – 17.00pm)

Workshop 5: How to sell it: Finding your Customer

a) Challenges faced by a sustainable fashion garment, a premium product for a niche market.
b) The importance of marketing and communications: social media, SEO, press outreach.
c) Events
d) Trade fairs
e) Create an active community.
f) Visuals in the fashion business
g) Pricing
h) Leadership with EQ

Mode: off-line digital course
Duration: 5,5 hours (participants have 2 weeks to follow the workshop from 23.11 to 06.12.23)

Workshop 6: Design thinking workshop: Design a New Sustainable Product/Line

a) Define
b) Ideate
c) Prototype
d) Test

Mode: off-line digital course
Duration: 6 hours (participants have 2 weeks to follow the workshop from 23.11 to 06.12.23)

Workshop 7: Sustainable Fashion Ecosystem in Greece and the EU

a) 4 project leaders showcase their company/solution: Athinea, Christianna Vardakou, Pepper Vally, A Place to Dress Strangers (APTDS) *[ Rapporteurs: the four fashion SMEs-partners with CSR Hellas as coordinator)
b) NGOs operating in the scene: Fashion Revolution Greece, Fashion Revolution Cyprus
c) Examples of projects that involve: upcycling/minimalist design made in Greece, Made by Refugees (upskilling, products that give back), upcycling accessories, building an online second-hand platform/Greek rental platform, Greek cotton etc.

Mode: live 4 hours webinar
Thursday 7 December 2023 (13.00pm – 17.00pm)

Delivery:
➔ 3 live webinars during the course, one to launch the course, one mid-way, and one to close the course.
➔ The webinars will have a duration of 4 hours with a 15-minute break in between. A Question-and-Answer session will be included after each part.
➔ A digital course will be created with quizzes, exercises, video recordings, downloadable presentations, resources etc.

Tools to be used:
➔ Zoom
➔ Slack or FB group
➔ Miro Board
➔ Digital learning platform: Thinkific or other digital course platform