AlpTextyles - Interreg Alpine Space Project

⏰ Save the date: October 30th, AlpTextyles Workshop – Milan We’re excited to present the #AlpTextyles Workshop, conceived and organized by project partner Regione Lombardia as an opportunity to explore, apply, and innovate Alpine textile practices, bridging Living Heritage and contemporary design. The workshop is part of the UNESCO list of events within the Second International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, highlighting the importance of preserving and transmitting traditional knowledge. Key topics include: 🤝 Participatory governance, cooperation, and community 🐑 Cultural transhumance and engagement 🧵 Transmission of traditional textile knowledge – Alpine Icon Summer School 📜 Research on legal frameworks and ethical codes 📈 Business plans, organizational models, and scenarios for valorizing Bergamasca wool The workshop also showcases UMID – Una Montagna Indosso, the capsule collection led by Francesco Ferrero who utilizes a hand-woven fabric from Tessitura di Valposchiavo especially created for AlpTextyles — paying homage to generations of mountain practices and exploring how vernacular knowledge and traditional techniques can meet new ways of thinking and making, reactivating wool as both material and cultural resource. 📆 October 30, 2025 🕛 10 am – 1.00 pm 📍Biblioteca Tremaglia, Palazzo Lombardia, Milano (Italy) Interreg Alpine Space Interreg Europe EUSALP UNESCO #Interreg #InterregAlpineSpace #MadeWithInterreg #MadeWithAlpineSpace #AlpineSpace #AlpTextyles #IntertwiningCultures #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #TextileHeritage #AlpineProducts #Collaboration #Innovation #Craftsmanship #UNESCO #InternationalDay #IntangibleCulturalHeritage Polo Poschiavo ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  emlyon business school emlyon Lifestyle Research Center Razvojna agencija Sora / Development Agency Sora  Regione Lombardia Confindustria Moda  BELLISSIMO Marangoni Istituto TECHTERA Stand Montafon  Mediplant FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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🗺️ UNESCO’s International Day for the Intangible Cultural Heritage AlpTextyles celebrates the living knowledge woven into our textile traditions — the skills, gestures, and collective intelligence passed from hand to hand. These practices are more than heritage; they are evolving systems of care and resilience, shaping a more circular future for our craft and industry and inspiring more sustainable lifestyles. At #AlpTextyles, we see textiles as bearers of memory and innovation — living archives of technique, material, and meaning. By supporting bottom-up solutions and community-driven, collaborative approaches, we strive to keep this heritage alive not as nostalgia, but as a resource for sustainable transformation. Knowledge isn’t static. It’s made and remade every day — through collaboration, experimentation, and the quiet persistence of intertwining cultures. Interreg Alpine Space Interreg Europe EUSALP UNESCO #Interreg #InterregAlpineSpace #MadeWithInterreg #MadeWithAlpineSpace #AlpineSpace #AlpTextyles #IntertwiningCultures #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #TextileHeritage #AlpineProducts #Collaboration #Innovation #Craftsmanship #UNESCO #InternationalDay #IntangibleCulturalHeritage Polo Poschiavo ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  emlyon business school emlyon Lifestyle Research Center Razvojna agencija Sora / Development Agency Sora  Regione Lombardia Confindustria Moda  BELLISSIMO Marangoni Istituto TECHTERA Stand Montafon  Mediplant FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

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🪢 We’re proud to share that the #AlpTextyles Final Event has been included in the UNESCO list of initiatives for the International Day of the Intangible Cultural Heritage: https://lnkd.in/drDDgEAy Next week, on October 21, we’ll be in Lyon at the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes headquarters for “Following the Thread” — our closing event dedicated to sharing the results achieved and fostering dialogue among textile stakeholders, institutions, artisans, and designers. Discussions will explore how the knowledge developed over three years can inform scalable, viable economic models, bridging the artisanal and industrial scales, with a special focus on the link between craftsmanship and tourism. We’ll also present the latest additions to our Living Exhibition, including the new project banner, the #Metaverse, #MOOC, and key materials such as the Orientation Guide for SMEs, Heritage Toolkit, and Policy Brief. 📍 October 21 | Hôtel de Région, Lyon 🔗 Info and registration: https://lnkd.in/dDHe8ZiW Interreg Alpine Space Interreg Europe EUSALP #Interreg #InterregAlpineSpace #MadeWithInterreg #MadeWithAlpineSpace #AlpineSpace #AlpTextyles #IntertwiningCultures #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #TextileHeritage #AlpineProducts #Collaboration #Innovation #DigitalTool #Digitization #Craftsmanship #UNESCO #Tourism Polo Poschiavo ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  emlyon business school emlyon Lifestyle Research Center Razvojna agencija Sora / Development Agency Sora  Regione Lombardia Confindustria Moda  BELLISSIMO Marangoni Istituto TECHTERA Stand Montafon  Mediplant FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

👏 On September 30, our Robin Oddon from TECHTERA participated in the “INTERREG 2021-2027 Seminar: Assessment, Valorisation, and Outlook in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,” held at the Hôtel de Région in Lyon organized by Region Aura. The seminar was a great opportunity to showcase how local resources, innovation, and collaboration can support sustainable regional economies across the Alpine space: https://lnkd.in/dbTRNKAn As a panelist in the session “Local Resources, Drivers of the Future: What Interregional Opportunities for a Sustainable Regional Economy?”, Robin emphasized the capacity of AlpTextyles to address resource management and create added value in the Alps by drawing on local specificities such as resources, know-how, culture, and heritage. The discussion also highlighted our pilot action on natural dyes and the importance of Interreg programmes in engaging public authorities in collaborative partnerships that link micro and macro perspectives — with wool valorization as a concrete example. In the interactive workshops, we focused on generating ideas to strengthen the Interreg framework, from involving newcomers in the programme to enhancing the dissemination, transfer, and impact of project results — which reconnected to AlpTextyles’ achievements including: 🌿 Natural dyes from Alpine plant extracts 📘 Orientation guide for SMEs and Toolkits for safeguarding Alpine textile heritage 🎓 MOOC on the living textile heritage of the Alps 📝 Policy brief for evolving public policies 🤝 Community events for co-creation and knowledge transfer Speaking of results, the AlpTextyles Final Event is only a few weeks away! We are looking forward to welcoming you to this celebratory day of inspiring roundtables, networking, and exhibitions. 📍October 21 | Hôtel de Région, Lyon Info and registration: https://lnkd.in/dDHe8ZiW Interreg Alpine Space Interreg Europe EUSALP #Interreg #InterregAlpineSpace #MadeWithInterreg #MadeWithAlpineSpace #AlpineSpace #AlpTextyles #IntertwiningCultures #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #TextileHeritage #AlpineProducts #Collaboration #Innovation Polo Poschiavo ZRC SAZU – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  emlyon business school emlyon Lifestyle Research Center Razvojna agencija Sora / Development Agency Sora  Regione Lombardia Confindustria Moda  BELLISSIMO Marangoni Istituto TECHTERA Stand Montafon  Mediplant FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

The #EUSALP Action Group 6 invites you to the second #ResourceTalk – voices from AG6, a short #Webinar series to explore and discuss about natural and cultural resources in the Alpine Region💡 The format gives insights on a variety of topics as well as create networks and synergies with actors in the #AlpineRegion 🏔️ We warmly invite you to join our second session on the topic of "AlpTextyles: weaving heritage into a circular Alpine future” Together we will explore the results of mapping the living textile heritage, connecting craftsmanship and industry, engaging consumers beyond “greenwashing” and promoting traditional and innovative local design.   🗓️ 29 October, 12:00-12:45 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eXrdt2NG (please register until 24 October 12:00) @AlpTextyles #EUSALP #AlpineRegion #AlpineFuture #Action6 #Resources