Republic of Serbia joins European Fashion Council

02 Apr '12

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In accordance with the accepted recommendations of the Council of the European Union and the present state of the Republic of Serbia as a candidate member of the EU, the National Fashion Chamber of Serbia received approval without a dissenting vote on their candidacy and became the 19th Member state of European Fashion Council.

The official representative of the Serbian fashion community joined the EFC as a result of fulfillment of the condition for being a representative fashion organization with a proven national contribution to the fashion industry in activities and causes which could be implemented as a pan-European and international for the purposes of United Europe and the global world.

With the association of the National Fashion Chamber of Serbia, which is headquartered in Novi Sad, but represented in all regions of the country, European Fashion Council has been successfully realized the cause of enlargement of the EU, the Development program of the European Commission and European Integration of new Member States.

“We will do utmost the best cooperation with all members of EFC to reach the same common goal for Union and powerful Fashion Europe”, said in her address Ms. Svetlana HORVAT, President of the National Fashion Chamber of Serbia and an official representative of the fashion community in the European Union with its representative European Fashion Council.

The proven 15-year practice of Svetlana HORVAT as the most award-winning fashion designer for the region of South-Eastern Europe and her dedication and commitment to the fashion industry of Serbia, together with global efforts to attract attention to the fashion, textile and related industries in Balkan countries, brought her international recognition and awards, but most important, the support of the Serbian government and U.S. for the implementation and development of humanitarian causes through fashion and art.

The founders of the National Fashion Chamber of Serbia launched two years ago the projects “Ethnic SAN” and “Ready to Rise” by the Province of Vojvodina in Serbia and Carnegie Hall in Washington, DC, and because of their broad perspective, they were successfully invoked as projects of global importance and rank. With the inclusion of Serbia into the European Fashion Council they are added in the program "Fashion Europe" for further pan-European and global application on behalf of the European Union and Europe.

“We would be happy to contribute to the program of EFC through National Fashion Camber of Serbia with this project», shares Mrs. HORVAT, they have and accomplished the goals of presentation of arts, culture, tourism potential, establishment and development of international economic and culture co-operations, supporting women entrepreneurship, increasing cultural and diplomacy trough art, fashion and music, fundraising for humanitarian causes.”

“In its essence this is a presentation of ethnic collections of fashion designers with an exhibition of artistic works of art, sales and live auctions to raise funds in support of human rights and economic opportunities for women and families in underdeveloped regions, at international level - through entrepreneurship, which results in production of fashion events to raise funds through NGOs in the Fund for assistance to refugees, expelled and displaced persons."

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