ICPI joins GERIC

Led by its director, Mrs Luminita Albu, it has collaborated with GERIC Institutes for the last decade in a number of EU sponsored projects notably in the field of sectoral education and training. ICPI produced the Romanian version of the EUREKA Glossary of Leather Terms and is currently participating as Romanian partner in the CTIC led EU project 'one leather training' in the framework of the EU Leonardo Programme.

During the past ten years ICPI has also served as a bridge to the Romanian Leather Industry providing COTANCE assistance in liaising with its representatives and organising workshops and conferences in the framework of the Perfect-Link Project (EU Phare BSP Programme) and in the context of the EU Social Dialogue facilitating the social partners of the Romanian leather industry to assume their respective roles in the development of the leather sector.

ICPI is located in Bucharest and is fitted with laboratories for leather research and performing all types of physical and chemical testing for the tanning industry. Romanian leather research is particularly successful in the application of results in the area of gelatin and collagen with the development of cosmetic and medical uses.

GERIC is the grouping of European leather technology centres. Chaired by president Alcino Martinho (CTIC - Portugal) for his second consecutive term it constitutes a living network of European leather technology centres focusing on providing the leather industry the technological and educational tools required for a sustainable development. GERIC is formed by the following leather technology centres: AIICA (Igualada, Spain), CTC (Lyon, France), CTIC (Alcanena, Portugal), ELKEDE (Athens, Greece), SSIP (Naples, Italy), LGR (Reutlingen, Germany).

GERIC constitutes the technological backbone of Europe's leather industry. Its secretariat is managed by COTANCE, the Brussel's based representative body of European Tanners. GERIC meets regularly to exchange information. In a series of projects that have gained the financial support of the EU and national research funding, GERIC has produced numerous tools for improving the technological performance of the leather industry and the training skills of its human resources. GERIC institutes provide testing, training, consulting, project and research services to domestic and foreign customers with guaranteed superior quality.

ICPI is GERIC's first member in Eastern Europe.

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