The Baltic fashion project is a project aimed at revitalizing fashion production in the Baltic Sea Region. Other goals such as increasing collaboration between nations and strengthening fashion in this particular area are also important for this project. The project as a whole is funded by the European Union.
The project focuses on putting innovation in the limelight. It encourages new production methods, technologies, trends and materials, and the development of sustainability. Baltic fashion will be promoting eco-friendly products and materials, regional production, entrepreneurship for women and cultural identity will be strengthened. Benefit fashion businesses are also promoted in the Baltic Sea Region.
The project has many international partners. Countries collaborating with the project are for example Finland, Latvia, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia and Sweden. The project runs throughout 2011-2013.
The project has developed a network aimed at uniting designers from the Baltic Sea Region, where information can be shared on the internet.
The Baltic Sea projects goal is to insinuate a collaboration between a combination of financial institutions, regional authorities and business support agencies, fashion associations and educational facilities to create and independent Baltic Sea Region network with furthermore goals.
These goals are to:
- Fortify both international performances in the Baltic Sea Region fashion sector and the support structures it boasts. This will be done through the development of an information platform, meetings and analyses’ that lead to a common set of actions.
- To make sure the knowledge on innovations in the sector is both transferred and promoted. It is exceptionally important for the eastern BSR countries focusing on sustainable development to receive the crucial information.
- To further develop business support activities and facilities, create new and sufficient spaces for both industry cooperation and internationalization, and finally to facilitate the shift of fashion production back to the Baltic Sea Region.
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