Within the Project ‘Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather cluster on bio-leather and bio-leather products’ (SYL Project) funded by the EU, in the framework of the SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme, the “Instituto Tecnologico Del Calzado Y Conexas” (INESCOP) in collaboration with the “Mongolian Association of Leather Industry” (MALI), organized a six-day training programme […]
On 24th and 25th of April 2023, took place the 1st 2-day Project Steering Committee Meeting of the project “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products” (SYL Project) funded by the EU, within the framework of the SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme. The main objective of the project is to
The Mongolian Association of Leather Industry (MALI), in cooperation with the leader of the Consortium, European Profiles S.A., organized an Infoday in Darkhan, Mongolia, under the Project ‘Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather cluster on bio-leather and bio-leather products’ (SYL Project) funded by the EU, within the framework of the SWITCH-Asia Grants
The “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products” project – Sustainable Yak Leather (SYL) project – is funded by the EU, within the framework of the SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme. The Mongolian Association of Leather Industry (MALI), in collaboration with other partners of the SYL project, in organising a
Context The tanning industry is one of the most important industries in Mongolia even though it is still based on traditional practices, old facilities, equipment and technicalities, and there is a need for increased attention to environmentally-friendly, green technologies and circularity of products. Most factories only process up to the wet blue stage and about
The first three 5-day training programmes for (i) yak herders, veterinary extension officers, (ii) staff of slaughter facilities, and (iii) traders and merchants engaged in the production and supply of yak hides, have been organized and will take place in the project’s four targeted provinces that account for 81% of Mongolia’s resources of yaks; namely:
During 3 and 4 October 2022, the Scientific Project Manager of the “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products” project – Sustainable Yak Leather (SYL) project – Mr. Ian Leach, was requested by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to participate in a roundtable meeting on the
On May 27th 2022, successfully took place the launch event of the project “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products” at the Conference Hall of the MNCCI, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The launch event provided a deeper insight into the overall architecture of the SYL Project, the technicalities of yak
On Friday, May 27th 2022, at 14:00PM, will take place the launch event of the project “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products” at the Meeting Room of the MNCCI, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The launch event will provide information on the project concept to support the Vegetable Tanned Yak
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On 11th of January 2022, took place the online kick-off meeting of the newly launched SWITCH-Asia project titled “Capacity building to the Mongolian vegetable tanned yak leather on bio-leather and bio-leather products”, which contractually started on 8th of December 2021. The goal of the kick-off meeting was to discuss thoroughly the key points of the