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Presentation of the project Local Strategic
Textile Plans 5 December 2005 Cristina Mateu
Gallego National coordinator ACTE-Spain
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The local-regional strategic planning is the
territorial component of our vision

• EXPERIENCES
• FRANCE Programme of competitiveness poles,
  orientations for the anticipation and monitoring
  of the economic change
• ITALY The industrial districts, programme of
  central, regional and local cooperation in
  Tuscany
• UNITED KINGDOM Programme for the support of
  clusters
• SPAIN Projects on strategic planning in 9
  Spanish territories

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Main objective
Promote a change in medium term in the
orientation of activities of the textile and
clothing sector through the design of
intervention strategies for the companies of the
sector in 9 territories with a strong presence
of the textile and clothing sector
Results
Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
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Participating territories
District of Anoia
Districts of Bages and Berguedà
District of Vallès Occidental
40 town halls 9 supra-local administrations 22
employers organizations 19 local trade unions
35 sectoral/territorial entities
Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
District of Barcelonès
District of Maresme
Municipality Béjar
Galicia Deza, Ourense and Ordes
Comarques Centrals Valencianes
Province of Jaén
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Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
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SWOT Analysis
Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
14 weaknesses 11 strengths 4 threats 3
opportunities
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Desirable scenario

• Trade policy
• Financial policy
• Labour restructuring

Competition framework
Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
Interlocutors
Igualada Declaration
European Union State ACTE CIE Trade Unions
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Desirable scenario
Intervention fields
Diversification of the local production and
employment alternatives
Re-location of people made redundant in the
sector
Strategic business change
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Areas of cooperation
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Desirable scenario
Intervention areas

• Downsizing of companies
• Strategic business management
• Cooperation and networking
• Support for internationalisation
• Diversification within the sector
• Innovation
• Training

Strategic business change
Project Local Strategic Textile Plans
Interlocutors
Local administrations Employers assoc.
Unions Companies
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Future scenario
Restructuring of production
Intervention fields

• Diversification of the local production and
  employment alternatives

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Project Local Strategic Textile Plans

• Capitalise territorial resources and assets to
  promote tourism
• Creation of sites for new industrial activities
  and development of business parks
• Enhancement of infrastructures
• Promotion of proximity services
• Promotion of quality standards in the primary
  sector

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Intervention fields

• Re-location of people made redundant in the sector

• The knowledge of the situation of the companies
  and workers
• The identification of the challenges
• The design of mechanisms and instruments for an
  enhancement of the workers adaptability

Triple objective
Project Labour attendance of workers
400 telephone surveys 26 interviews 3 working
groups 3 discussion groups
Phases of the project
A Diagnostics phase
3 working groups 3 discussion groups
B Attendance phase
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Results
Database of the main professional profiles
concerned and of the possible profiles for
re-location for each territory individual
diagnostics
Definition of specific instruments for the
support of workers
4 action plans with concrete actions
Project Labour attendance of workers
Instruments
1 Specific re-location system 2 Support for
self-employment 3 Functional versatility 4
Specific training 5 New professional profiles 6
Image campaigns and communication