A regular meeting of the Business Council was held in the Textile sector
On 10.12.2022 at 13:00 in the city of Blagoevgrad, a regular meeting of the Business Council concerning the Textile sector was held in the border regions of Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Kardjali and Smolyan, and the activity is carried out under the project "Business Council - BC 6275" financed from the INTERREG V/A GREECE-BULGARIA 2014-2020 program, Subsidy contract No. B6.3a.18/13.04.2021.
Six representatives of the sector from the border regions of Haskovo, Kardzhali, Blagoevgrad and Smolyan attended the meeting. The meeting of the Textile Business Council was held in hall 1, located at 32 Todor Aleksandrov St. in the city of Blagoevgrad. It was provided technically, being equipped - multimedia, portable computer, printer, as well as information boards, banner and presentation materials, according to the requirements of the Communication and Publicity Guide of the Interreg V/A Greece-Bulgaria 2014-2020 program. In addition, disinfectants were provided, as well as water, coffee and tea to ensure the event's coffee break.
The moderator of the event welcomed all those present and opened the session of BC in Textiles.
The discussion took place in the context of the sector Textile industry - dangerous and polluting the environment. This industry is among the priority sectors worldwide for the introduction of measures for the transition to a circular economy. In Bulgaria, these measures are still not being implemented in their full capacity. More training needs to be done to change the behavior of entrepreneurs at every level in the system to deliver results, from production and transportation to consumption and disposal. On the other hand, the state can support the sector by implementing such policies that ensure more sustainable production through fees, taxes and adjustments in value added tax to achieve:
- Fair working conditions
- Less harmful emissions
- Efficiency in the use of resources
- Safe use of chemicals
- Uniform product standards in labels
Large-scale information campaigns should also be carried out. These policies should stimulate change in the overall system of the textile industry.
In this context, BC will prepare a motivated letter-proposal for joint activities with the responsible institutions.
