Centro Tecnológico do Calçado de Portugal
Budget
€3,400,326
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
1 FTE
EU Grants
€168,509
Mission & Goals
The Portuguese Footwear Technology Centre (CTCP) is a non-profit private organization founded in 1986 to support the Portuguese footwear industry cluster, including leather goods, accessories, rubber and plastics components, footwear machinery, sectorial software companies. Currently, about 390 companies are CTCP members. CTCP has a multidisciplinary team of 69 professionals and adequate infrastructures acting in key and strategic areas contributing to the competitiveness of footwear cluster, such as: R&D&I of materials, products, technologies and processes. Technology transfer and projects results dissemination. Materials and products testing. Products certification and CE marking. Implementation of quality, environmental, social responsibility certification schemes. Technical assistance and industrial consultancy. Plant design and investment studies. Environment and energy efficiency studies and innovation. Health & safety studies and innovation. Training. Sectorial strategic.
EU Legislative Interests
CTCP is closely monitoring the evolution of European legislation and working groups and projects related to the topic and carrying out work on relevant diplomas for the footwear Cluster industry, namely: - Product Environmental Footwear Category Rules (PEFCR): PEF apparel and footwear - REACH regulation (EC) n.º 1907/2006 - Directive (EU) 2022/2646: Corporate sustainability report - Directive (EU) 2024/825: Empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and through better information - Regulation (EU) 2023/1115: Deforestation and forest degradation - Regulation (EU) 2023/2055: REACH - Synthetic polymer microparticles - Regulation 2024/1781: Ecodesign requirements for sustainable products - Directive (EU) 2024/1760: Corporate sustainability due diligence - Regulation (EU) 2023/988: General product safety - COM (2023 166 final: Green Claims Directive - COM (2023) 420 final: Waste/EPR - COM (2022) 453 final: Prohibition products made with forced labour on the union market - COM (2023) 645 final: Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution CTCP activities are also aligned with the following strategies and plans (among others): - Building the Single Market for Green Products - SMEs strategy for a sustainable and digital - European green deal - New circular economy plan - EU new industrial strategy - Fit 55 - A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age - Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society
Communication Activities
PROJECTS BioShoes4ll - Innovation and empowerment of the footwear industry for a sustainable bioeconomy. Footwear Green Pact Life GreenShoes4All – Footwear environmental footprint category rules implementation and innovative green shoes ecodesign and recycling GreenShoes 4.0 - Footwear, Leather Goods and Advanced Technologies of Materials, Equipment and Software RARISS – Indigenous breeds, traceability, innovation and sustainable solutions CNi4.0 – FOOT – Sustainable Smart Supply Chain in footwear Cluster. Roteiro para a descarbonização da fileira do calçado VETting green: Vocational Education and Training for the Footwear and Textile Industry through Noticing and Guidance against Greenwashing META SKILLS4TCLF - Alliance for Cooperation on Digital and Circular Economy Skills for the TCLF sector across Europe SHOEDES - New Footwear Designer qualifications for sustainable products that comply with the emerging demands of circular economy WEBINARES Eficiência Energética - Um caminho para a descarbonização no setor do calçado Rastreabilidade no setor do Calçado- O Futuro com o Passaporte digital do Produto Responsabilidade Ambiental das empresas - Processos, certificação e tendências - ESG e Sustentabilidade - A nova visão sobre ação e reporte Relatório de Sustentabilidade e ESG Plataformas para a Rastreabilidade no Setor do Calçado ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS Pinto, V.V., Textile and Footwear panel/roundtable. Final Conference of CIRCO Hub Portugal, 26 September 2023, Lisbon, Portugal. Ferreira M.J., Pinto, V., Costa, P., Rodrigues, J.. Strategies to reduce footwear environmental footprint – A quantitative approach (oral communication), 21st UITIC International Technical Footwear congress, 20-22 September, Milan-Italy. Pinto, V.V. How can footwear industry be more sustainable? Innovation Showcase, 21st UITIC International Technical Footwear congress, 20-22 September, Milan-Italy. Pinto, V.V, GreenShoes 4.0 demonstration action: Product environmental Footprint, 27 June 2023, CTCP, Portugal Pinto, V.V, TECNET byte – Pannel Circular Economy. Circular Economy: Footwear Cluster, 21 June 2022, Portugal Pinto, V.V, EU GreenWeek 2022 - Event partner - GreenShoes4All. GreenShoes: Ecodesign, environmental footprint calculation and recycling, 01 June 2022 (online) Pinto, V.V, EU GreenWeek 2021 - Event partner - GreenShoes4All. Footwear environmental footprint, 07 June 2021. (online) Ferreira, M.J., Pinto, V.V, Costa, P., Life GreenShoes4All – Footwear Environmental Footprint. ICAMS 2020 – 8 th International Conference on Advanced Materials and System, Romania. PUBLICATIONS Pinto, V.V., Teixeira, J.V, Materials and Sustainability: How can footwear be more sustainable? World footwear innovation papers, November 2022. Ferreira, M.J.; Pinto, V.; Gomes, J., Costa, P., Romero, B.M., Mílan, A.B.M, Ais, F.A. Sustainable footwear, the 2030 Agenda and the GreenDeal. World Footwear (Magazine), ISSUE TWO 2022 Ferreira, M.J, Pinto, V.V., Rodrigues, J.R., Freitas, F., The need for a sustainable future. World Footwear International (Magazine), July/August 2020. Ferreira, M.J, Pinto, V.V., Costa, P., Rodrigues, J.R., PEF and sustainability. World Footwear International (Magazine), January/February 2020 Ferreira, M.J, Pinto, V.V., Gomes, J.R., Rodrigues, J.R., Life GreenShoes4All. WorldFootwear International (Magazine), July/August 2019. Ecodesign Guide for footwear industry; Layman’s report. Footwear environmental footprint vategory rules implementation and innovative greenshoes ecodesign and recycling and Product Environmental footprint of footwear (https://greenshoes4all.ctcp.pt/) A sustentabilidade no setor do calçado and Produtos sustentáveis: Medir a pegada ambiental e atuar (https://bioshoesforall.pt/library/) Guia do empresário N 28 - Descarbonização - Princípios e Conceitos VIDEOS Greenwashing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCL9u8OrjY NEWSLETTERS CTCP INOVA CTCP Notícias More information: https://www.ctcp.pt
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
- APICCAPS: Associação Portuguesa dos Industriais de Calçado, Componentes, Artigos de Pele e seus Sucedâneos. - IPQ: Instituto Português da Qualidade. - RELACRE: Rede de Laboratórios Acreditados de Portugal. - RECET: Associação dos Centros Tecnológicos de Portugal. - EURIS: União Europeia dos Centros Tecnológicos de Calçado. - UITIC: Associação Internacional de Técnicos da Indústria de Calçado. - EACRO: Associação Europeia de Organizações de Investigação em Cooperação. - Cluster do Calçado e Moda - Rede CTI-ANI - DIGI4FASHION – Polo de Inovação digital da Moda - Sanjotec – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologias - PRODUTECH - Pólo das Tecnologias de Produção - TECFAB - Associação Fábrica do Futuro - ETP Footwear – Plataforma Tecnológica Europeia de Calçado;
Organisation Members
- APICCAPS: Associação Portuguesa dos Industriais de Calçado, Componentes, Artigos de Pele e seus Sucedâneos - IAPMEI - Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação, I.P. - CENDITEC - Centro para Desenvolvimento e InovaçãoTecnológicos - Other: ~ 390 associated companies
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.