CNA Lombardia is a partner of SIMPLER Consortium, one of the Enterprise Europe Network consortiums in Italy. As a partner of Enterprise Europe Network, CNA Lombardia is committed to supporting SMEs growing internationally and helping them towards the circular and sustainable transition. As part of the network, CNA Lombardia supports companies helping them find possible matching partners through the EEN database or by participating in brokerage events organised by the network. The brokerage events aim to facilitate matching between companies from different countries. As CNA, they engage in promoting Enterprise Europe Network brokerage events among their member companies all over Italy.  

In 2024, CNA Lombardia was one of the co-organisers of the b2b Torino Fashion Match. In 2025 CNA Lombardia keeps on being co-organiser of Torino Fashion Match and is co-organising Textile Connext 2025, organised by the Lithuanian organization LT - Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts. An example of success story coming from the work carried out by CNA Lombardia is the one of the Italian brand Nicoletta Fasani which made a partnership agreement with the Dutch company Renoon and adopted the Digital Product Passport.

Moreover, within the activities supported by Enterprise Europe Network, CNA Lombardia organised a series of webinars on the “EU Strategies for Circular and Sustainable Textiles” delving into different subjects such as: new materials, Fashion Tech, new norms and instruments such as the DPP.

CNA also organised a couple of networking events held at the “Textile Hub” in Rho with the aim to let companies better understand how a textile recycling plant works and how companies can collaborate to better dispose and recycle textile waste.