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In this section, you can find booklets, training handbooks, guides and other useful documents focused on Innovation, on Textile, Clothing and Footwear sector and on SMEs oppurtunities. Project Evaluation FMEA
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 | Identifying the most frequent problems arising in FP6 research and technological development projects undertaken by SMEs and highlighting the related corrective actions is crucial to increase and improve enterprises participation in research programmes. The guide “Project Evaluation FMEA. An Adapted Methodology for a Better Understanding of Successful Project Approaches of SMEs in the Fashion Indsutry” , published in the framework of the F2F – Fashion to Future project, tries to help SMEs in the fashion sector (clothing, textile and footwear) to better deal with EU funded R&D projects.
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Best Practice Manual
A Guide To Develop Successful EU Research & Development Projects for SMEs in the Fashion Industry
 | Are you a EU-MED SME or a research centre interested in taking part in a R&D European project ? F2F project, by collecting inputs from its 38 European Partners, laid down this practical and useful guide to offer tips and suggestions on how to successfully design and manage a EU RDT project. Find hints on how to build an international consortium, successfully pass the evaluation phase and set up an efficient and quality-oriented management structure. Some examples of running FP6 EU RTD projects in the field of Textile and Clothing and Footwear show that a good project preparation and management can well lead to successful results.
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FP7 - An opportunity for SMEs in the fashion sector - Proceedings
 | With the official launch of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), SMEs, research and technology organisations have the opportunity of driving the sector towards innovative solutions, like technical textiles which now offers a valuable market. This perspective has been the core of the F2F international conference, FP7 : an opportunity for SMEs in the fashion sector, which was held in Lille last 11th January on the occasion of FUTEX, the 2nd European Technical Textiles Convention.
In the "FP7 - An opportunity for SMEs in the fashion sector - Proceedings" you can find the speeches and presentations of the conference.
 January 2007
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Economic and Technological Intelligence - A Guide for SMEs in Textile and Clothing
 | The world of the fashion and textile industry is fast changing all over the world. Therefore, market trends and customer knowledge on a local and global level, scientific discoveries, technological innovations, strategic economic information, production data are becoming essential in keeping enterprises fast moving and competitive.
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Innovation Adoption in Textile and Clothing Industry
 | Textile and Clothing Industry (T&C), although belonging to the traditional called sectors, with its vast number of SMEs that form a wide web all over Europe, remains an important substructure where innovation can grow, flourish and give quantifiable results. The most effective way to achieve this is by sensitising the human capital of companies towards adopting innovation and creating the appropriate environment.
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