A regular meeting of the Business Council in the Textile sector was held in Smolyan
On 11.03.2023 at 12:00 in the town of Smolyan, a regular meeting of the Business Council concerning the Textile sector was held in the border regions of Blagoevgrad, Haskovo, Kardzhali 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.
Five 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 the Hall at Polkovnik Serafimov Street No. 2, 2nd floor, Smolyan. 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 the attendees by making a brief presentation of the Rules of Procedure of the BS in the Textile sector. After that, a free discussion started on issues of BS members.
A member of the council presented data from recent studies that the textile industry provides 4.5 billion exports, which equals 11% of Bulgaria's exports.
Our country has long traditions in the textile industry, which is decisive for the high quality of the manufactured products. Accordingly, the demand for Bulgarian products is also increasing. This is where the most serious problem of the textile industry in our country stems from, namely the lack of qualified labor.
As the members of the council have shared in other border areas, the lack of qualified personnel is one of the main problems for the development of our country as a competitive force in the textile industry.
In connection with the above, those present at the meeting decided to prepare an information campaign in the form of brochures, which, with the help of local authorities, will be distributed in educational institutions in the territory of the district and thus increase the popularity of the career opportunities that the textile industry offers.
