Information | NCP Flanders

Textiles of the Future

In 2025, the European Commission launched a new European co-funded and co-programmed partnership “Textiles of the Future”. The collaborative projects funded through these calls will involve industry players, with a focus on SMEs, alongside research and technology organisations, universities, and other stakeholders. The aim is to focus on higher Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) to ensure the rapid deployment of developed solutions at an industrial scale within the European textile sector.

The first funding opportunities under this initiative were integrated in the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025. The Textile Partnership calls in 2025, 2026 and 2027 will reflect the priorities set out in the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) published by Textile ETP in July 2024.

Priority areas

In a collaborative effort involving hundreds of experts from across the European textile ecosystem, the SRIA identifies 3 main priority areas:

Sustainable Materials & Clean Processes
Digital Supply Chains & New Business Models
Advanced Manufacturing & High-performance Textiles

Key documents

- Commission Press release of the launch of the Partnership

- Textile ETP news item on the launch of the Partnership

- In July 2024, Textile ETP published the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the Partnership. Developed by Textile ETP with input from its members, the SRIA addresses the major challenges of the ongoing green and digital transition in the textile sector.

Contact

info@textile-platform.eu

What are partnerships?

Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.

How to use partnerships?

orientation
Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points.

networking
Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents.

ecosystem analysis
Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain.

steering the agenda
Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.

EITHOS - European Identity Theft Observatory System

The EITHOS project, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 3 call “Online identity theft is countered”, aims to develop a “European Identity Theft Observatory System” (EITHOS). The system will provide easy access to information and intelligence about previous and current identity theft related trends to empower EU citizens, Law Enforcements Agencies (LEAs), and policy makers to further contribute to the prevention, detection, and investigation of crimes related to online identity theft. The Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL), part of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), is one of the 12 partners in the EITHOS consortium, contributing its vast expertise on legal aspects of data protection, cybersecurity and information security law and policy.

NCP Flanders

Updates

Funding programmes

About NCP Flanders

Content

Tools