New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Regaining a sense of belonging

Email user
president@europeanfashioncouncil.eu

Basic information
Initiative title
ECOLUTION

Full initiative Title
ECOLUTION contest for young fashion designers

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
ECOLUTION is international platform for development and support of young designers who are working in a field of sustainable design and to develop international career in the fashion industry via restoring a sense of belonging by showing how a new, renovated, regenerated or restored environment through clothing and style can relate to contemporary demographic realities, dynamics in culture and arts and lifestyles.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Cross-border/international

Where was your intiative implemented?
Location 1
Serbia

Location 2
Bulgaria
Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Romania
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: France
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: North Macedonia
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Italy
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Albania
- Member State(s), Western Balkans and other countries: Germany
If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Union of NGO/Think-Tank for Fashion and Fashion design with 28 Member States:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organisation
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project)
- Name of the organisation(s): EUROPEAN FASHION COUNCIL
  Type of organisation: Union of fashion NGOs of 28 member-states from EU and Europe
  First name of representative: Nadya
  Last name of representative: VALEVA
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Bulgaria
  Function: President of the Presidential Council of the European Fashion Council
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: 87, Christo Botev blvd., floor 1
  Town: Plovdiv
  Postal code: 4000
  Country: Bulgaria
  Direct Tel: +359 87 945 5788
  E-mail: president@europeanfashioncouncil.eu
  Website: http://www.europeanfashioncouncil.eu
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: http://www.facebook.com/europeanfashioncouncil
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5047587392023772&type=3
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/serbiafashionweek/
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #ecolution #fashion #sustainable
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
Social Media

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
The pan European fashion contest started in Novi Sad, Serbia as a part of the program of the European Capital of Culture - Novi Sad 2022 for young fashion designers with sustainable approach from the fashion collection made by already used fabrics and recycled fabrics. In attaced we apply 6 pics with rules and info regarding the eco fashion contest ECOLUTION.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
young fashion designers from academies and creative courses of Serbia, EU and all Europe.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
sustainable approach

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
fashion design and garments by used fabrics

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
fashion by recycled fabrics

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
sustainable fashion

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
- For a sustainable approach in fashion design,
- For making fashion collections from used textiles
- To create and launch fashion collections from recycled textiles
The contest format and regulation fully correspond to your designated subject thematic areas of TVET for climate action (including Greening TVET), Inclusive TVET (including entrepreneurship for disadvantaged youth and gender equality in TVET), Private sector engagement in TVET, and Strengthening the responsiveness of TVET institutions in the post-COVID-19 era.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
We would be happy and proud if our proposal learns your high evaluations and you accept it to be implemented annually, jointly and traditionally in different locations in the EU and all Europe, as well as on a subsequent intercontinental scale via the UNESCO-UNEVOC centres.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The contest for young designers ECOLUTION could be a prestigious and worthy response with demonstartion of public results in the implementation of the EU and UNESCO TVET Strategy for exemplary initiatives linking sustainability, aesthetics and inclusiveness - the three complementary values of the New European Bauhaus.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
through style, aesthetics and lifestyle addressing the new eco goals

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
the Municipality Novi Sad as the European Capital of Culture - Novi Sad 2022 where started the ECOLUTION contest

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
fashion design with sustainability approach and more

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
in attachment via pics

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
in attachment via pics

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
from 2023 we prepair ECOLUTION as paneuropean and global contest

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
from 2023 we prepair ECOLUTION as paneuropean and global contest in implementation of the New Bauhaus Goals

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
from 2023 we prepair ECOLUTION as paneuropean and global contest in implementation of the New Bauhaus Goals

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Both
PDF
- pdf-1-36220.pdf
Web link
- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4983489061766939&type=3
- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4986266701489175&type=3
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
from 2023 we prepair ECOLUTION as paneuropean and global contest in implementation of the New Bauhaus Goals as a role model in the world
Please attach at least 6 high resolution images or visual representations of your initiative to your application.
If you would like to upload additional documentation, please upload or write below.
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By submitting your application you confirm that you are the copyright owner of the images provided and that they can be used by the European Commission for the purposes of promoting the New European Bauhaus on all platforms (websites, print, social media and other).
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that you are not in in one or more of the exclusion situations foreseen under Article 136 of the Financial Regulation.
Yes

By submitting this application, I declare that I am not related to the entities subject to EU restricted measures under Article 29 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and subject to Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)1, and entities covered by Commission Guidelines No 2013/C 205/05), which are not eligible to participate in any capacity.
Yes

By ticking this box, you declare that all the information provided in this form is factually correct, that you assume sole liability in the event of a claim relating to the activities carried out in the framework of the contest, that the proposed initiative has not been proposed for the New European Bauhaus Prizes in any other category or strand and that it has not been subject to any type of investigation, which could lead to a financial correction because of irregularities or fraud.
Yes

By submitting your application, you guarantee that you are the author or have the rights to proceed with the application and to authorise the use of the initiative and that you have obtained any necessary consents, licenses or assignments from third parties and included copyright notices when necessary
Yes

By submitting your application, you understand that all the applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be shared for the purposes of the selection processes, and notably published on the secured platform prizes.new-european-bauhaus.eu and for the purposes of the promotion of these on the New European Bauhaus website and/or other European Commission communication channels. In this sense, the applications would be widely available. Applicants should ensure that they present their initiatives, initiative, in such a way that they could be shared without giving rise to intellectual property related concerns. If your submission is selected as one of the finalists, it will additionally be shared for the purpose of the public vote that will take place. The European Union is granted a licence to use and share your application with the general public and the official external experts for the purposes of the selection process, including the voting. The European Union has the right to use the images and visual materials and the description provided in the application for communication purposes related to the contest and beyond. Rights granted comprise the right to store, reproduce, display, publish and communicate or distribute copies in electronic or digital format, including, but not only, through the internet. Unless you have disclosed your name, the European Commission has no obligation to share your name when using or disseminating your contribution to the public. The European Union cannot be held responsible in case any submitted initiative, initiative is found to infringe third party’s rights. The European Union shall be neither responsible for the use that third parties may do of the applications or related content.
Yes

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you read and understand that the ‘Guide to Applicants’ of the NEB Prizes 2023, available online in the website of the NEB Prizes 2023, is an integral part of this application form and that it must therefore be observed when completing and submitting your application.
Yes