W4TEX, the project to strength women’s representation in senior textile positions
W4TEX, Strengthening Women’s Representation in Senior Textile Positions is a comprehensive project designed to empower women in the textile sector by offering a specialised training package centred on managerial skills.
This initiative is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and its main objectives through 30 months of implementation are:
Provide women and educators with training package focused on managerial skills for the textile sector.
To develop a toolkit on green practices for a sustainable textile ecosystem.
To organise Ideathons to prepare women for job integration.
To empower and motivate women to take over managerial positions in the textile sector.
To create communication channels between women, SME managers, and textile company owners.
To offer women transnational training and connect them on a European scale.
Who can participate?
Women living in the project partner countries (Belgium, Spain, Greece, Sweden, Italy and Ukraine)
Women displaced to the partner countries due to armed conflict in the country of origin.
Teachers, mentors, public and private adult education organizations providing training, guidance or counseling.
Employment and employability support agencies.
Companies and entrepreneurs.
The Consortium
This project is implemented in each country by: