Finished Projects / Local Strategic Textile Plans

Project Acronym / Full Title: PETL – Local Strategic Textile Plans (Planes Estratégicos Textiles Locales)

EU Programme: PROFIT-TEXTIL (Programme for the promotion of technical research for the textile and clothing sector) of the Spanish Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministry

Lead Partner: ACTE and Consejo Intertextil Español (CIE)

Partners (all from Spain):

Catalonia: the districts of Anoia, Bages-Berguedà, Barcelona, Maresme and Vallès Occidental
Castilla-Leon: City of Béjar
Galicia: the districts of Deza, Orense (Pereiro de Aguiar and San Cibrao das Viñas) and Ordes
Comarques Centrals Valencianes (Central Districts of the Autonomous Community of Valencia): Vall d'Albaida and Costera in Valencia and Alcoi and Comtat in Alicante
Andalusia: Province of Jaén

Project duration: 2005

Abstract:

The project was conceived in response to the needs identified by different studies which pointed at re-focussing the sector, concentrating,, on one hand, on adopting new techniques to promote research and development in textile companies and, on the other hand, on the specialisation of companies which currently produce low-value, more labour-intensive products towards more specific higher-quality goods.

The implementation of strategic plans in territories with a strong textile and clothing industry presence was also one of the recommendations made by the High Level Group on Textiles and Clothing of the European Commission. Both ACTE and the CIE were members of the High Level Group.

Therefore, the project and its results, with a double approach: territorial and sectoral, aimed to provide a tool for developing an active industrial policy through the creation of intervention strategies for the enterprises of the textile and clothing industry in each of the nine territories involved in the project. Its objectives were to encourage a change in the mid-term approach of the industries activities in the areas covered by the project, using a forward-thinking and proactive working methodology, based on regional public-private agreements, and the principle of subsidiarity; and to identify alternative industry sectors available in these territories for labour relocation, according to the evolution of the labour market in the sector.

The project was divided into four phases:

Preliminary Phase: the Central Coordination Office (CCO- integrated by ACTE and CIE representatives) developed a methodology manual and a management guide, and organised technical assistance for project setup. The Territorial Technical Offices (TTO – made up by local sector agents) established in each participating territory, compiled and analysed the different documents and studies completed in their respective territories.
Analysis Phase: drawing up by the TTO’s of analysis/diagnosis of local textile labour markets, both at territorial and sector level, using a process of data collection from secondary and primary sources. The result of this diagnosis was a summary of the main variable factors in the form of a SWOT analysis, outlining the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the sector in the different territories.
Planning Phase: the development of strategic plans permitting the setting of targets for each territory and definition of required resources. Upon completion of the territorial planning process, the CCO revised and collected together all points featuring in the respective SWOT analysis, and formulated the high-priority strategies. The main results of this data collection and organisation task were integrated in the general report of the project.
Dissemination Phase: general dissemination of the overall results of the project and territorial dissemination to raise awareness of the specific results and planned actions for the sector in each of the participating territories.

Other Info (Publications, Project Website, etc):
Initial analysis es
General report en / es / fr
Action plans es

Contact Person:

Christina Marent
Tel. +34 934 049 354
E-Mail: acte.presidencia@diba.cat