POLISH CHAMBER OF SHOE AND LEATHER INDUSTRY
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POLISH CHAMBER OF SHOE AND LEATHER INDUSTRY
The Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry is an industry organisation engaging in activities aimed at supporting the leather industry since 1989.
The mission of the Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry is to create an economically and organisationally strong leather industry in Poland and to support and promote its activities on the global stage. The Chamber supports its members through cooperating with national and local authorities as well as institutions and organisations interested in development of the leather industry. We engage in initiatives aimed at protecting the domestic market against unfair competition, we popularise vocational education in the footwear sector, and we carry out extensive promotional activities in support of the Polish leather industry.
Areas of export support
- Protection and representation the sector before institutions as well as before state and local government administration
- Organisation of economic missions, including exhibitions at fairs
- Organisation of industry meetings aimed at consolidation of the sector
- Cooperation with international organisations: the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) with the headquarters in Brussels; permanent membership since 1999
- Cooperation with the European Commission – as the member of the Joint Initiative on Standardisation (PAKT),
- Cooperation with organisations of entrepreneurs and employers – with the Fashion Industry Entrepreneurs’ Association Lewiatan; permanent membership since 2017,
- Cooperation with state authorities and government agencies: Ministry of Development, Ministry of National Education, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), the Centre for Education Development,
- Cooperation with the leather industry research-and-development units, in particular with the Institute of Leather Industry in Lodz, the Institute of Leather Industry – Kraków Branch, as well as institutions of secondary and higher education: Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Lodz University of Technology, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, KEN School Complex in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska,
- Cooperation with nationwide industry-related periodicals: ‘Świat Butów’ (we run a permanent information column on the pages of this monthly magazine; it is entitled ‘Wieści z PIPS’ (PIPS News) where we present the sector’s most interesting events), ‘Przegląd Włókienniczy – Włókno Odzież Skóra’,
- Cooperation with nationwide press – including: ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’, ‘Puls Biznesu’.