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Eco Fashion Week Australia

Eco Fashion Week Australia (
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Description
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Eco Fashion Week Australia (EFWA) provides promotion, education, investment, and cultural awareness to revitalize traditional weaving in Donggala artisanal textiles and safeguard their future. The goal is to save the traditional heritage of Donggala weaving by promoting sustainable, handmade textiles and bringing them into contemporary fashion, while providing economic support to weavers to preserve these textiles for the next generations.

EFWA aims to bring international recognition through its Sustainable Design teams from many countries, with a four-year-long program of marketing, exhibitions, and runway shows, while collaborating with the Indonesian Embassy’s economic development teams in Canada, Australia, and European countries to create market and sales opportunities for traditional woven textiles (Buya Sabe/Buya Subi) to preserve rich and deep cultural heritage. EFWA, in collaboration with the Sulawesi Government and Indonesian Embassies, offers a sustainable program for four years as a pilot project.

Implementation of the Project/Activity

Education and Mentorship: Programs connecting master artisans with younger generations to ensure the techniques are transmitted through hands-on experience.

International Sustainable/Eco Fashion Week Events and Exhibitions: Eco Fashion Week Australia (EFWA) events will be held internationally to support artisans, recognize their work, and provide consumers with a way to value and wear the art of traditional communities.

Cultural Promotion: Connecting traditional textiles with cultural identity and heritage helps promote them as valuable art forms, encouraging both consumption and appreciation for the craft and its makers.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Project Goals:
The aim is to provide international promotion, education, and cultural awareness to revitalize traditional weaving in Donggala artisanal textiles and safeguard their future by:

  • Organizing as many runway shows and exhibitions as possible at Indonesian Embassy buildings to connect with and invite retail buyers from various cities and countries.
  • Encouraging international EFWA designers to utilize Donggala artisanal textiles and promote their sale in their collections, which will bring financial support to weavers, their communities, and sustainable designers.
  • Engaging in marketing campaigns through EFWA platforms for the promotion of artisanal textiles, which will bring further global attention to Sulawesi textiles, enabling weavers to sell their fabrics online with the support of EFWA platforms.
  • Providing financial and economic support to weavers to preserve traditional weaving for the future.
Coordination mechanisms

The project will start in January 2026, with ongoing marketing by EFWA, and will run for four years as a pilot project. During this time, the collaboration between Indonesian Embassies globally and Eco Fashion Week Australia will organize runway shows and exhibitions to showcase designs created by the Sustainable Designers of EFWA using handcrafted textiles from Central Sulawesi.

Evaluation

Traditional Donggala textiles are disappearing due to the dominance of fast fashion, globalization, economic pressures on local artisans, and the disconnect from traditional craft techniques, threatening unique cultural heritage and ecological wisdom. Our planned efforts to preserve these practices include educational programs, support for artisans, and collaboration with established sustainable fashion initiatives (EFWA) that connect consumers to the stories and value behind traditional fabrics. The economic and cultural significance of traditional textiles in Central Sulawesi represents invaluable material and intangible heritage, bestowing people with a sense of identity and continuity through time. Unfortunately, like most textile traditions around the world, the loss of this ancient knowledge and these crafts has led to a downward spiral toward their disappearance. The loss of Donggala's woven fabrics also means the loss of unique cultural traditions, as many of them are deeply intertwined with local customs, stories, and identities. To ensure the survival of these centuries-old traditional crafts, it is crucial to create supportive frameworks that protect artisans and promote the value of their work in contemporary society.

Partners

Central Sulawesi Government, Eco Fashion Week Australia ( EFWA ), Central Sulawesi Tourism Office, Doggala Weavers Representatives, Indonesian Embassy Coordinator, Dene Selby modeling agency, Designers of EFWA , Style Drama ( editor ) Simon Lau ( Photography), Alexis  Rose Photography

Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 5

5.1

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

5.1.1

Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
5.2.1

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
5.3.1

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

5.3.2

Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

5.4.1

Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

5.5

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

5.5.1

Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5.2

Proportion of women in managerial positions

5.6

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

5.6.1

Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

5.6.2

Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

5.a

Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

5.a.1

(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

5.a.2

Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

5.b

Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.b.1

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

5.c

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

5.c.1

Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

Goal 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 8

8.1

Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
8.1.1

Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

8.2

Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

8.2.1

Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

8.3

Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

8.3.1

Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex

8.4

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead

8.4.1

Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

8.4.2

Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

8.5

By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
8.5.1

Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

8.5.2

Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

8.6

By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
8.6.1

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

8.7

Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

8.7.1

Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

8.8

Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

8.8.1

Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

8.8.2

Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

8.9

By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

8.9.1

Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate

8.9.2

Employed persons in the tourism industries

8.10

Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all

8.10.1

(a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults

8.10.2

Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider

8.a

Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
8.a.1

Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

8.b

By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

8.b.1

Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy

Goal 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Goal 17

17.1

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

17.1.1
Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
17.1.2
Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

17.2

Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

17.2.1
Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

17.3

Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

17.3.1

Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

17.3.2
Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

17.4

Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

17.4.1

Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and primary income

17.5

Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

17.5.1

Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

17.6

Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

17.6.1

 Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

17.7

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

17.7.1

Total amount of funding for developing and developed countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

17.8

Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

17.8.1
Proportion of individuals using the Internet

17.9

Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

17.9.1

Dollar value of official development assistance committed to developing countries

17.10

Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

17.10.1
Worldwide weighted tariff-average

17.11

Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

17.11.1

Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

17.12

Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

17.12.1

Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

17.13

Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

17.13.1
Macroeconomic Dashboard

17.14

Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

17.14.1
Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

17.15

Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

17.15.1
Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

17.16

Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

17.16.1

Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

17.17

Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

17.17.1

Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

17.18

By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

17.18.1

Statistical capacity indicators

17.18.2
Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
17.18.3

Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

17.19

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

17.19.1
Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
17.19.2

Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

Start up Establishment first Promotional event in Europe for Doggala Weaving cloth runway shows and exhibition

Sponsor , Organize and establish Training facility for young girls and women learning weaving from master artisans

start of marketing campaign

Establishment of local weavers Cooperation

In-kind contribution
Provide marketing , organization and runway shows with EFWA team
Staff / Technical expertise
Management , Designers , models, choreographer, backstage , professional photography, Film maker , editor , marketer
Financing (in USD)
3000 USD for supponsering Training facility
Other, please specify
Provide local women Mentorship , teaching and training by EFWA designer team
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01 January 2026 (start date)
30 December 2030 (date of completion)
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SDGs
5 8 17
Region
  1. Global
Geographical coverage
Perth /Western Australia & Central Sulawasi /Indonesia
Other beneficiaries

The decline of traditional textiles marks a significant cultural erosion, a loss that extends far beyond mere aesthetics or the disappearance of quaint practices. It represents a fundamental unmooring from the deep, often invisible connections between human culture, the natural world, and the objects we create and use daily. When we speak of traditional textiles, we are not simply discussing fabric; we are referencing repositories of knowledge, history, and identity passed down through generations. These textiles embody skills in fiber cultivation, preparation, dyeing using natural pigments, weaving, knitting, and embellishment techniques, often intrinsically linked to specific geographies, climates, and ecosystems. The patterns, colors, and materials used in traditional textiles frequently hold symbolic meaning, telling stories of community, ritual, and individual status.

The project will support the local community, especially women and girls whose livelihoods depend on these textiles.

Countries
Australia
Australia
Canada
Canada
France
France
Indonesia
Indonesia
Italy
Italy
Ibero-American Network of Life Cycle Assesment
Contact Information

Zuhal , Creative Director

zuhalkmills@gmail.com