Digitally enabled local-for-local textile and apparel production (Textiles for the Future Partnership) (IA)
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
Up to 80% of textile and apparel products consumed in Europe are partially or fully made outside Europe, exploiting lower labour cost as well as laxer local standards and regulations with regards to environmental, human health and labour rights protection. This offshoring of production has slowed textile manufacturing technology innovation in Europe and led to a complex long-lead time supply chain, generating unnecessary production and pre-consumer waste from unused mass-produced materials and unsold products not meeting actual demand.
Digitalisation in product development, production and on-demand supply chains has the potential to significantly reduce such overproduction, and enable business models that can competitively offer rapid short run or single piece production as well as related repair or end-of-life dismantling services for effective local recycling.
Detailed Call Description
These aspects are particularly important in view of the new requirements to be set under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation under which textiles are flagged as one of the priority product groups for the elaboration of a sustainable policy framework that could consider durability, recyclability, repairability and recycled content the most important product aspects
Proposals should address at least one of the two following activities:
1. Small scale demonstration, experimentation or piloting of approaches, processes or technologies for:
- Complex manufacturing operations including yarn or fabric production and final product assembly that go beyond state-of-the-art processes such as digital garment printing;
- Seamless interoperable data flows and transparency towards the end user that pursue and harness waste minimisation, short time to market and trust-building between supply chain partners and end users;
- Valorisation of locally available renewable raw materials (biobased or recycled) and regional production capacities that allow for shortest time to market and lowest environmental footprint;
- Micro-factories that can flexibly combine small-scale local production, repair, and re- and de-manufacturing operations.
2. Uptake of innovative service-driven business models that maximise consumer value creation and lowers total cost of ownership from high-quality long-lasting products.
Proposals submitted under this topic should include a business case and exploitation strategy, as outlined in the introduction to this Destination.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €5.00 million.
The following exceptions apply:
Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is €60.000.
Thematic Categories
- Industry
- Processing
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Trade and Commerce
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Chambers
- Consumer Organisations
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Producer Associations
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Proposals should include financial support to third party (FSTP) to maximise the number of SMEs involved in small-scale innovation projects. All such innovation projects should include at least one advanced technology provider; one manufacturing SME; and one end-market facing company, such as a retailer or a professional or consumer service provider. The partners should be from at least two different countries. FSTP funding can be provided only to SME participants, while the active participation of larger companies in such innovation projects is encouraged. The involvement of start-ups is also specifically encouraged.
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Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Persons to Contact:
Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Email: antantos@research.org.cy
Mr. George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy