Political Agenda 2019

The German Craft Council presented it’s economic policy agenda on 1 April 2019. They are summarised in 16 reform proposals. The proposals deal with personnel and training issues, support for manufactories in exports and the creation of structures that promote regional collaboration and a continuous exchange of knowledge.

Improving entrepreneurial structures through personnel development

  • Wage subsidies for assistants (accounting, office, IT, foreign languages)
  • Wage cost promotion for innovation assistants in the areas of design, PR, entrepreneurship, innovation management
  • sponsored traineeships/traineeships for the gradual development of permanent employment relationships

Securing sustainability through innovation and export promotion

  • Adapting the promotion of innovation and technology to the needs of non-industrial, craft-oriented companies
  • Promotion of design studies and design projects on sufficiency policy
  • Promotion of export clusters (e.g. common retail areas abroad)
  • Adaptation of the AUMA outdoor trade fair promotion to new, relevant international trade fairs
  • Manufactory 4.0: active promotion of digitisation projects for manufactories (for products, processes and commercial and non-commercial business models).

Promote regional collaboration, networking and knowledge sharing.

  • promotion of Community forms of regional trade in goods and services
  • Awarding of scholarships and prizes for student commitment to sustainability
  • Support of image campaigns for sustainability education
  • Support of “Living Labs” between companies, science and customers
  • Initiation of taste development projects

Giving Financial Incentives for Good Business Practices

  • Incentives for lean, ecologically optimised retail ranges
  • Incentives for the creation of sharing models
  • Incentives for regional procurement and regionalised logistics

Weitere Beiträge

Quo vadis, German Fashion?

[:de]Der Meisterrat engagiert sich seit 2019 verstärkt für die Zusammenarbeit mit Modeverbänden zur Stärkung der deutschen Modeproduktion. Hierzu erfolgen Abstimmungen mit dem Fashion Council Germany (FCG), dem Verband der Deutschen Modedesigner (VDMD), der German Fashion Designer’s Federation (GFDF) sowie dem Verband Berliner Modedesigner, VBM. Ziel ist die Entwicklung einer abgestimmten Strategie für die Unterstützung mittelständischer Mode-und Textil-Manufakturen, die aufgrund der veränderten Umfeldbedingungen der letzten Jahre notwendig wird.[:en]Since 2019, the German Craft Council has been increasingly committed to cooperation with fashion associations to strengthen German fashion production. To this end, votes are held with the Fashion Council Germany (FCG), the Association of German Fashion Designers (VDMD), the German Fashion Designer's Federation (GFDF) and the Association of Berlin Fashion Designers (VBM). The aim is to develop a coordinated strategy to support medium-sized fashion and textile manufacturers, which has become necessary due to the changed environmental conditions of recent years.[:]

Call me Ornamental 2

The second round of our Call me Ornament-exhibition starts on 21.04.2023 with an expanded group of exhibitors. The three-part exhibition is inspired by artists such as Alfons Mucha or Henry van der Velde, whose life’s work spanned the most diverse genres of design. They saw their environment as a scenery of life; a pragmatic programme