The Mediterranean is a strategic crossroad for the textile industry. At the heart of these exchanges from one bank to the other, we find the textile suppliers of the EU - Turkey (3rd), Morocco (8th), Tunisia (9th), Egypt (16th), Albania (17th) - and the main European sponsors - France, Italy and Spain.
The diversity of traditional craftsmanship in these countries is on a decline, replaced by industrial measures with high environmental and social impact. Yet craftsmen are true transmitters of memory. For lack of being able to develop a viable economic model, some do not have enough orders and therefore their incredible know-how extinguishes.
(1) “Changer les lois et éliminer les obstacles à l’autonomisation économique des femmes : Égypte, Jordanie, Maroc et Tunisie”. Guy Ryder, Soukaina Bouraoui, Angel Gurria. @OCDE 2020
