STAND Up! Textile Eco-Innovation Challenge

We need your innovative solutions for real-life challenges facing Lebanese textile and fashion companies in sustainability!

Apply and win €20,000 to develop and implement your solution.

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Challenger #1: La Brocante

Production of Sustainable Fabrics For Furniture Upholstery ​

La Brocante is looking to explore new types of sustainable fabrics to support its furniture upcycling business model, therefore enhancing the social and environmental impact  and contributing to a more circular economy.

Learn more & apply

Challenger #2: Warde

Developing a Stock Management System for Textiles​

Warde is looking for a customized stock management system that uses the characteristics of each fabric in an automated calculation to produce an innovative solution that will lead to preventing unfavorable production decisions and reducing textile waste.

Learn more & apply

About the STANDUP! Eco-Innovation Challenge

With the aim of empowering the Fashion, Clothing, and Textile industry in Lebanon, Berytech is launching the Textile Eco-Innovation Challenge that offers the opportunity to develop sustainable innovations by entrepreneurs for companies in this field. This initiative is part of STAND Up!, an EU-funded Program, that empowers the sustainable textile sector in the Mediterranean.

Who can apply?

  • Early and growth stage ventures and independent entrepreneurs offering a potential innovative solution to the challenges.

What will you get?

  • Voucher of €20,000 to develop and implement the solution and to be spent on technical assistance, expertise, and validation.
  • Access to the company’s experience and know-how.
  • Access to industry expertise and networks.
  • Visibility services.
  • Support in positioning the startups in the market (brand awareness).
  • Involvement with a prestigious brand, stable financial standing, a network of connections, and a developed product ecosystem.

Evaluation Criteria

The selection criteria for the best solution is as below:

  • The start-up is at early/ growth stage.
  • The proposed solution has a clear positive environmental and social impact.
  • The voucher scheme has the potential to correctly help develop the proposed solution.
  • The proposed solution has a clear capacity to be sustained in the long-term and is economically viable.
  • The solution is considered highly innovative (ex: by introducing new services to local communities, introducing new products into the market, etc..).
  • The solution has a unique value proposition.

Deadline to apply is February 19, 2023

Apply if you have an innovative solution for challenges facing Lebanese companies in sustainability and win €20,000 to develop and implement your solution.

Head to The Switchers' Open-Eco Innovation Platform, create an account, find the challenges posted for Lebanon, and submit your application. Solutions will be developed and implemented between February and June 2023.

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