Economic empowerment appears at the top of the list in the European Commission's priorities (Gender Equality Strategy). It was noted that fashion skills in particular and vocational skills in general is a barrier to accessing the job market, and vocational training institutions are viewed as lacking relevant vocational and occupational specializations (Fashion specializations). The opportunities that are available are usually incompatible with job seekers’ interests and qualifications, which discourage candidates from applying and fail to improve the staff retention rate. From the employers’ perspective, they seek candidates with the required technical vocational skills.
Most of the interviewed fashion industrial and companies that the current and expected economic situation would actually grow the demand for their products/ services, which increases the potential for the creation of new jobs in the coming years.
Addresses the regional priority “Sustainable growth and jobs” and the sub-priority about boosting linkages between the academic, research, and private sector dealing with one of the top classes of economic activities in ME, in the field of fashion to meet the needs of expanding fashion market by:

• Develop the capacities of the professors in the field of fashion design 
• Developing a Professional and career-oriented diploma on fashion design. The minimum requirement for admission in such diploma is a Bachelor Degree in Fashion, applied arts, graphic and architectural design
• Integrating courses with existing B.Sc. programmes (Fashion, graphic, and architecture).

Within this project, universities will develop a vocational training programme for students who don’t have access to university.
Improve University enterprise cooperation through doing internships with fashion companies, this will be regulated through signing MOU and agreements.
Establishment of a training workshops/ centres that serves the diploma and the exist B.Sc. programmes.