Erasmus+ · Small-scale partnership in adult education

Fashion Transparency Lab

Helping micro fashion brands and SMEs build credible sustainability transparency and get ready for the EU Digital Product Passport.

Get involved · Slovakia Fashion brand, designer or educator? Take part in our interviews and the Slovak Learning Lab. How to join
Co-funded by the European Union
Duration
Sep 2026 – Aug 2027
12 months
Partners
2 organisations
SE · SK
Programme
Erasmus+ KA210-ADU
Small-scale partnership

About the project

Small fashion brands are increasingly expected to show where their products come from and what impact they have. EU rules are moving the same way: the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation introduces the Digital Product Passport (DPP) as the place where product sustainability information is stored and shared. For a team of one to ten people, with limited time, budget and leverage over suppliers, this is hard to meet. Many brands either stay silent about sustainability or make claims too general to back up.

Fashion Transparency Lab is a 12-month partnership between Sweden and Slovakia that treats this as a skills question. We are developing a practical, step-by-step way for small teams to document what they know, be honest about what is measured, what is estimated and what is still unknown, and improve over time.

Project facts

Project title
FASHION TRANSPARENCY LAB: Navigating SMEs through sustainability, transparency & traceability
Acronym
FTL
Programme
Erasmus+
Action
KA210-ADU, Small-scale partnerships in adult education
Duration
1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027 (12 months)
Coordinator
Slow Fashion Show, Stockholm, Sweden
Partner
Embassy of Innovators, Bratislava, Slovakia
Project number
2026-1-SE01-KA210-ADU-000457906
National Agency
Swedish Council for Higher Education (Universitets- och högskolerådet, UHR)

What we aim for

  1. A shared methodology

    A common glossary, principles for credible transparency, and practical guidance on data quality, with a focus on value-chain (Scope 3) information.

  2. Evidence of real needs

    Interviews and roundtables with designers, micro brands, SMEs and design schools in both countries, to map what information is accessible and what stands in the way.

  3. A tested learning concept

    A toolkit concept package with learning modules and facilitator guidance, piloted in Learning Labs in Sweden and Slovakia and refined from participant feedback.

Who it is for

Micro brands and SMEs

Founders, designers, product developers and people responsible for communication in small teams.

Design schools and training providers

Teachers, mentors and programme coordinators who support emerging designers.

SME support organisations

Incubators, networks, accelerators and local initiatives advising small businesses.

Activities and timeline

  1. September 2026Project start Done
  2. November 2026Study visit in Stockholm, Sweden
  3. December 2026 – January 2027Needs mapping in Sweden: interviews, roundtable and Learning Lab
  4. January – February 2027Needs mapping in Slovakia: interviews, roundtable and Learning Lab
  5. February 2027Study visit in Slovakia
  6. February – April 2027Co-creation of the toolkit concept and learning modules
  7. May 2027Pilot Learning Lab in Sweden
  8. June 2027Pilot Learning Lab in Slovakia
  9. July – August 2027Publication of results and final webinar

What will exist at the end

  • Shared glossary and principles for credible transparency
  • Cross-country synthesis of needs and barriers
  • Toolkit concept package: workflow, module map and minimum evidence standards
  • Draft learning modules and facilitator guidance
  • Open dissemination package and a final webinar

All results will be published here, free of charge under an open licence.

The partnership

Sweden · Coordinator

Slow Fashion Show

Stockholm. A non-profit delivering adult education in sustainable and slow fashion through mentoring, workshops and events for emerging designers and micro brands.

slowfashionshow.org
Slovakia · Partner

Embassy of Innovators

Bratislava. A non-profit that connects ideas, stakeholders and implementation pathways across sustainability and digitalisation. In FTL it leads the methodology: value-chain logic, data quality and evidence-aware interpretation.

e-o-i.eu

Get involved

Are you a fashion brand, designer or educator in Slovakia?

We are looking for micro brands, emerging designers, design schools and SME support organisations to take part in interviews and our Learning Lab. Get in touch to find out more.

Contact us

Consortium

Embassy of Innovators
Co-funded by the European Union

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Swedish Council for Higher Education (Universitets- och högskolerådet). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Erasmus+ KA210-ADU Small-scale partnership in adult education
Project number: 2026-1-SE01-KA210-ADU-000457906
Coordinated by Slow Fashion Show, Stockholm.