@article{avadanei_ict_2020,
	title = {{ICT} new tools for a sustainable textile and clothing industry},
	volume = {71},
	issn = {12225347},
	url = {http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2020/5/015%20MANUELA%20AVADANEI_Industria%20Textila%205_2020.pdf},
	doi = {10.35530/IT.071.05.1811},
	abstract = {Sustainability in the textile and clothing industry is seen as a subject of the major producers, with many brands divulging
their concern about protecting people and the environment and adopting an environmental friendly communication
approach. For companies in the textile and clothing sector (especially SMEs), the circular economy provides an
opportunity to create new profit streams, increase their resilience to volatile input costs, and support their efforts to
become completely sustainable and socially responsible.
EU textile and clothing industry needs a flexible workforce that can respond to the development and to the globalised
market and the need for sustainable design and manufacturing in order to respond to the global demand for sustainable
creative products. In this frame, it is important to have suitable tools to train the employees, to prepare them to deal with
these new challenges, to enhance their knowledge, and to develop new skills and competencies for this new type of
business. This paper introduces a new training toolkit, which will contribute to the training process of the personnel
involved in the textile and clothing industry. This toolkit contains e-learning courses in six European languages, mainly
various sources (books, video) and activities (quizzes and forums), which are uploaded and available on the Udemy
platform.},
	number = {05},
	urldate = {2020-10-30},
	journal = {Industria Textila},
	author = {Avadanei, Manuela and Olaru, Sabina and Ionescu, Irina and Ursache, Mariana and Ciobanu, Luminita and Alexa, Lidia and Luca, Alexandra and Olmos, Monica and Aslanidis, Theofilos and Belakova, Dana and Silva, César},
	month = oct,
	year = {2020},
	pages = {504--512},
}