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2018-04-19

EXTRO SKILLS - End of the Project

An EXTRO SKILLS project (c) 2018 EURATEX

The project EXTRO SKILLS came to an end at 31st of March 2018 after 30 months successful implementation period. All the partners worked on developing innovative and useful training material and results for export and fashion marketing personnel of the fashion & textile industry and for VET and tertiary students in schools related to the sector.

The core deliverable of the EXTRO SKILLS project is the Training Webplatform that was set up and is freely accessible at elearning.extroskills.eu in English, Greek, Spanish, Romanian and French.

The EXTRO SKILLS platform - a Moodle based Learning ICT tool - contains Export and Fashion Marketing training material. The EXTRO SKILLS Webplatform will enhance the knowledge on exports and marketing issues focused on the textiles and clothing Industry.

Project Details

Project Acronym: EXTRO SKILLS

Project Title: Developing New Skills for the Extroversion Specializations of Fashion Industry in Europe

Project Duration: 30 months from 01.10.2015 - 31.03.2018

Project Partners:

1. Hellenic Fashion Industry Association (SEPEE) - GR (coordinator)

2. The Huddersfield and District Textile Training Company, UK

3. Gnosi Anaptixiaki NGO - GR

4. TEXFOR - Confederation de la Industria Textil - ES

5. Technical University of Iasi "Gheorghe Asachi" (TUIASI) - RO

6. European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX) - BE

If you want to know more about Extro-Skills:

www.extroskills.eu

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