LOCAL INTERNATIONAL is an international cultural exchange program between Bangladesh and Germany focusing on sustainability and fair production methods within the textile industry. Since 2015, 74 fashion designers and fashion students have been selected to participate in this international design project. In lectures and specialized workshops, our participants were given an insight into sustainability, fairtrade and sustainable design methods, in order to develop their own creative approaches, concepts, products and collections, in cooperation with cooperation partners and NGOs. LOCAL INTERNATIONAL was founded by Prof. Heike Selmer, Professor of Fashion Design at weißensee kunsthochschule berlin and Prof. Valeska Schmidt-Thomsen, Professor of Fashion Design at Universität der Künste Berlin in 2014. The project is led by Prof. Heike Selmer. LOCAL INTERNATIONAL is generously supported by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh.