{"id":15882,"date":"2026-05-26T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/micam-sets-its-sights-on-central-asia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:20:48","slug":"micam-sets-its-sights-on-central-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/micam-sets-its-sights-on-central-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"MICAM sets its sights on Central Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"articleWrapper _hero-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"articleContent _hero-content-body\">\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1ddala6tn0\">On 20 May, MICAM Milano brought together local operators and industry stakeholders for the presentation of the 102nd edition of the international footwear fair, promoted by Assocalzaturifici, with an event in Tashkent, Central Asia, consolidating industrial dialogue between Italy and Uzbekistan. The event formed part of a sector-wide strategy to support the fashion and leather supply chain in emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jphsnqv70\">During the event, a <b>scholarship programme developed with Arsutoria<\/b>, the Milanese school of excellence specialising in footwear and leather goods training, was also presented. Two young Uzbek designers were selected for training courses dedicated to design and production techniques, with the aim of strengthening creative and industrial skills in the local market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jphsnr0b0\">The initiative took place with the support of ICE Agency \u2013 Almaty\/Tashkent office \u2013 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, as part of the MICAM Academy project, a platform dedicated to promoting the culture of Italian footwear manufacturing among the younger international generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jphsnr0i0\">\u201cThe Tashkent initiative has confirmed MICAM\u2019s role as a bridge to emerging markets,\u201d said Giovanna Ceolini. \u201cUzbekistan is a rapidly growing market for Italian footwear imports and an increasingly important market for the footwear sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1jphsnr130\">According to data compiled by the Confindustria Accessori Moda Research Centre for Assocalzaturifici, the Uzbek market is establishing itself as a rapidly growing outlet for Italian-made footwear: Uzbekistan and the whole of Central Asia together import over \u20ac62 million worth of Italian footwear (2025), with Uzbekistan alone having purchased \u20ac12.4 million worth of Italian shoes, representing an increase of +189.8% over the last five years compared to +125.6% for the entire Central Asian region.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Footwear Fair is strengthening its internationalisation strategy by holding an event in Tashkent under the banner \u201cMICAM Milano: Crafting Global Connections\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flash-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}