Empowering Our Members Economically, Socially, and Environmentally
- Defending industry interests to government authorities in the industrial, social, legal, and environmental spectrums.
- Active Sector Representation with local, national and international organizations.
- Maintaining social dialogue with social partner stakeholders at local, regional, national and European levels.
- Advising and assisting manufacturers in export activities: prospecting new markets, promoting the tanning sector at international events, and conducting market studies.
- Providing a helping hand facilitating access to industry events nationally and across the globe.
- Championing, guiding, and coordinating scientific research within the leather industry.
- Monitoring industry watchdog, keeping track of sector standards, laws, norms, guidelines.
- Informing members about current legal and regulatory requirements and compliance and implementation procedures.
- Maintaining vigilance to ensure compliance with legal provisions on product origin, fraud prevention, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and, more generally, all regulations affecting the sector’s activities.
- Encouraging business networks to develop strategies of common interest.
- Coordinating, upgrading and modernizing professional development training programs.
- Promoting joint ventures between businesses and technical/vocational educational institutions.