FIBRONET will develop a single interface for information on textile fibres, to be accessed through the internet and to serve a wide range of potential users related to the sector (i.e. students & young people considering the textiles sector as a career, those currently employed in textiles and unemployed persons considering textiles for re-entry to the workforce).An interactive, web-based, training tool will be developed to inform upon all types of fibres to include information on technical characteristics, textile families, functionality and types of application. To support the data there will be a more general module presented giving basic background information on the textile industry, textile properties, textile standards and even listings of individual textile producers. Through the use of modern technologies i.e. the internet there will be the potential for increased access to this information and at a time which suits individual users.Both tools will be piloted during the lifetime of the project and freely accessible, beyond this the background database will remain freely accessible with the comprehensive fibre database being considered for charged access according to the services chosen.