Activities
IWTO organises a multitude of events each year to promote communication and consequent action within the wool industry.
EVENTS
IWTO Congress
Each year in spring IWTO holds the IWTO Congress. Such event provides a strong platform for business contacts and serves as a useful forum for discussion and exchange between members on issues of interest to the industry and makes it possible to adopt convergent positions to overcome specific problems.
IWTO Wool Forum
The IWTO Wool Forum is held each year in autumn and gives an update on the latest innovations of the wool and textile industry.
IWTO Country Summit
IWTO is organising upon request IWTO Country Summits. These summits are organised from time to time in new upcoming and/or especially interesting wool textile countries to create a platform for members to establish new business contacts and communication in the respective countries.
WOOL SHOW CASES
IWTO is organizing and executing stalls (Wool Show Cases) at leading international exhibitions and trade shows. All members have the possibility to participate in these stalls in order to communicate and promote the benefits of wool to all players of the Supply Chain as well as to the final consumer.
BLUE BOOK
Developed over the years by the IWTO, the Blue Book represents the basis for the conditions under which most of the world wool trade conducts its business. The rules contained in it are agreed between the various players in the wool-textile trade and industry. The Blue Book is regularly reviewed to reflect the current commercial practice and requirements.
ARBITRATION
The International Wool Textile Arbitration Agreement, set out in the Blue Book in that respect, provides for the resolution of disputes arising between partners from different countries. Such a procedure ensures a fair and efficient settlement thanks to the involvement of committed and experienced arbitrators from the industry.
LABORATORY LICENSING
IWTO is providing an international licensing scheme for laboratories in compliance with the criteria required to issue IWTO Test Certificates for specific Test-Methods and Regulations. This initiative gives enhanced credibility to wool testing around the world.
SUPER 'S' LABELLING
IWTO is providing through an international licensing scheme a world wide registered label for identification of fine wool fabrics and clothing
TEST-METHODS AND REGULATIONS
IWTO develops and regularly updates a number of Test-Methods and Regulations to ensure standardisation and reliability of tests carried out on the fibre and to maximise and enhance its unique intrinsic characteristics.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE/STATISTICS
IWTO publishes yearly the "Market Information", setting out detailed figures covering the different stages of the activity of the industry.
WORLD WOOL AWARD (WWA)
On an annual basis, IWTO is awarding students and entrepreneurs from textile, fashion & marketing areas for outstanding projects in the fields of design, technology and marketing related to wool.
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (ISEP)
This project is aimed at strengthening links between wool industry and education institutions by enabling young talented people to undertake industrial and academic placements in companies or organisations active in the wool sector, especially dealing with Australian wool.
Please click on the link to know more about ISEP
Emerging from the U.N. Year of Natural Fibres 2009 the Discover Natural Fibres Initiative supported by IWTO is a worldwide campaign to promote the use of natural fibres through education about their benefits both to the wearer as well as the environment as a whole. 