Margilan Crafts Development Center

Interview and video documentation of elements of Intengible Cultural Heritage on "Patchwork" is held in Margilan Crafts Development Center.

Interview and video documentation of elements of Intengible Cultural Heritage on "Patchworking" is held in Margilan Crafts Development Center

ikat natural dyeing in the workshop

RUTSIS Project Launched!
The EU SWITCH-Asia project Reviving Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s sustainable Ikat and Silk - RUTSIS has officially been launched on 26 November 2020 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Representatives from the Delegations of the European Union to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, government officials, as well as project partners contributed to the event with different speeches, presentations, a contract signature ceremony and a press conference. With adelphi as project lead, RUTSIS aims to promote sustainable growth in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan while contributing to a strengthened cross-cultural dialogue between the countries by contributing to the revival and upgrade of local sustainable silk and Ikat value chains.Due to travel restrictions under the Covid-19 pandemic, the event saw many participants also joining online.
The duration of the RUTSIS project will be until February 2023. The project covers a wide range of issues affecting the creation of sustainable production and opportunities for improvement in the ikat and silk value chains
This project has been launched under the EU SWITCH-Asia programme with the participation of representatives of a consortium, which includes organizations and consulting companies from Germany, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: adelphi consult GmbH (Germany), Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan, NGO " Tourism Development Center" (Tajikistan), Margilan Crafts Development Centre (Uzbekistan) and Burg Giebigstein University of Arts and Design, (Germany).

More information and updates on RUTSIS can be found at https://www.adelphi.de/en/project/reviving-uzbekistans-and-tajikistans-sustainable-ikat-and-silk-production