The kick-off meeting of TEXSTRA project was held on November 17^th in Bucharest (Romania), at coordinator facilities, the Romanian Institute of Leather and Textile (INCDTP).

The project started on September 1^st 2017, has a duration of 30 months until February 2020 and a total budget of 255.112 €. It is co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ Programme with Agreement n. 2017-1-RO01-KA203-037289.

The main goals of TEXSTRA are to promote research and innovation using e-learning tools for students and professionals, to promote the application of good practices for improvement and to generate knowledge, skills and competences using virtual environments. The project will develop a state of the art review, an online training program, a platform for virtual traineeship and competitions, a book of lectures for a summer training course and a project handbook of good practices. The TEXSTRA members will also organize a several seminars and workshops across Europe to maximize dissemination of the project results and to promote the values of the project.