The clothes young people wear every day is an effective way to show how a single item connects them with a wider world. The production line of any item from the extraction of raw materials to production, transportation, consumption and disposal allows them to understand better their personal connections with people from other countries and continents, as well as environment. However, the façade of the production line hides the complexity of global issues. Young people in partner countries lack awareness and understanding of how their personal consumption patterns affect people, environment and contribute to the rise of major global problems as poverty, inequality and climate change. Therefore, this project intends to give an overview of the most concerning impacts caused by the fashion industry in partner countries and provide educational approaches and tools empowering young people to understand the complexity of issues and their personal role as consumers of the garment.The overall aim of the project is to foster the commitment of young people from Europe and Asia to take an active role in meeting global challenges based on awareness and critical understanding of the phenomena of global interconnectedness. By bringing the issues of the global garment industry to young people, the project will foster quality improvements and will contribute to promoting the concept of global youth work. The objectives of the project:1. Raise awareness of young people and youth workers of sustainability issues in the global garment industry;2. Strengthen the role of youth work in dealing with the challenges of sustainable development in the global garment industry;3. Develop, transfer and pilot good practices that would empower young people to take an active role in dealing with the sustainability challenges in the garment industry;4. Bring a global perspective to youth work by fostering cooperation and exchange of knowledge, perceptions and good practices between the partners from Europe and Asia.The project will directly target 118 youth workers and 250 young people by engaging them in a range of activities which will be meant for:- developing the competencies of youth workers in global youth work, specifically, in addressing the issues in the global garment industry in the activities with young people;- providing the possibilities for youth workers to explore the realities in different parts of the global supply chain of the garment industry and understand the global connections that arise through the consumption and production patterns of clothes;- development, piloting and utilising new educational tools and methods addressing global issues in the global consumption and production patterns of textiles and promoting sustainable solutions and the development of sustainable consumption habits of young people. The project will be implemented by partners from 5 countries in Europe and Asia: Lithuania, Italy, Greece, the Philippines and Nepal.
1. Raise awareness of young people and youth workers and strengthen the role of youth work in dealing with sustainability challenges in the global garment industry;2. Develop, transfer and pilot good practices to empower young people to take an active role in dealing with the sustainability challenges in the garment industry;3. Bring a global perspective to youth work by fostering cooperation and exchange of good practices between partners from Europe and Asia.
The project focuses on young people’s involvement in initiatives that support human rights, environmental protection and global awareness of sustainability issues in the global garment sector. Youth lack the awareness to involve in activities supporting the ethical, responsible and just global garment sector. The project contributed to bridging this gap by emphasising youth empowerment and participation in activities related to learning about sustainable fashion.
<< Background >> The project focuses on young people’s involvement in initiatives that support human rights, environmental protection and global awareness of sustainability issues in the global garment sector. Youth lack the awareness to involve in activities supporting the ethical, responsible and just global garment sector. The project contributed to bridging this gap by emphasising youth empowerment and participation in activities related to learning about sustainable fashion. << Objectives >> 1. Raise awareness of young people and youth workers and strengthen the role of youth work in dealing with sustainability challenges in the global garment industry;2. Develop, transfer and pilot good practices to empower young people to take an active role in dealing with the sustainability challenges in the garment industry;3. Bring a global perspective to youth work by fostering cooperation and exchange of good practices between partners from Europe and Asia. << Implementation >> 1.Job shadowing in partner countries to learn about the tools and practices of youth work, sustainability and the global garment industry;2.International seminars and trainings to strengthen global youth work competencies, sharing good practices on youth empowerment and participation in implementing SDG;3.Development of a toolkit that brought sustainability issues to youth work;4.Local activities involving youth in educational and action processes towards a more sustainable garment industry. << Results >> -59 youth workers improved their global youth work competences through international mobility activities (job shadowing, international seminars and trainings);-259 participants increased their awareness of the sustainability issues in the garment industry through piloting activities; -28 youth workers were involved in the final project conference;-the toolkit developed within the project was widely disseminated in partner countries and reached more than 2000 stakeholders.