Premiere of fashion project 'Ready to rise' in Serbia

19 Nov '12

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Her impressive collection "Balkan butterfly" sent a message of Serbia for happiness and European and global welfare by the guests and the media to the general public with the realization of international causes. One of these causes is publicity and development of the creativity not only of the artists from the Balkan countries in the EFC, but also exchange of experience and development programs in different European regions and NGO sector.

About the necessity of recognition of the non-formal education, the competencies acquired from it and the contributions of the instructors-trainers, the fashion gala evening was followed by a beneficial Workshop at the headquarters of the National Fashion Chamber of Serbia in Novi Sad. Attendees’ four countries discussed preparations for EFC and forthcoming from the beginning of the 2013th detect Fashion ACADEMY in Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Academies run even in Malta and the Czech Republic.

Training and development of fashion in formal education is successful Latvian and Ukrainian practice, which in Bulgaria is the most widely developed as a National Program in 3 specialized Departments and 9 courses by short 60-hour schools: Fashion Department of the specialties Fashion Design, Fashion Stylistics, Modeling and Construction; Media Department of Fashion Photography, Fashion PR, Fashion Journalism and Scene Department for Models and Photo Models, Make-up and Hair Stylist.

Immediately with the launch of the National Fashion Academies these member states, the EFC as institutional NGO will take appropriate steps for validation and recognition of non-formal education not only in fashion on the basis Resolution 9048/26.11.2011 of the EU Council and the adopted an European Qualifications Framework.

Especially for the Balkans, as host of this meeting, and after having opened a project to support the fashion industry in the North European countries to discuss emerging opportunities for development in the Balkans and the Danube region in accordance with the guidelines of the EU Danube Strategy. In this direction, EFC underway to implement the previously discussed conceptual regional projects: Balkan Fashion Week, Fashion Week Danube and European Design Festival, which is now actively preparing in Sarajevo in May 2013.

Of its kind, Fashion Academy and Fashion Week in Europe are international projects supporting the creative industries and promote exchange with third countries outside Europe. This activity is part of the implementation of the Convention EU-UNESCO for which the European Fashion Council is officially authorized to apply.

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