On October 29 and 30, 2019, an international meeting of furniture clusters took place in Brno, Czech Republic, with the aim of forming a partnership to support internationalization and joint development activities. The meeting was organized by Czech Cluster of Furniture Manufacturers and was attended by furniture clusters from Sweden , Spain , Italy and the Wood Cluster from Slovenia.

The clusters have also formed a partnership whose main goals are;
– preparation of a joint project proposal for the development of a strategic partnership, the internationalization of clusters within the framework of an appropriate call for proposals from COSME or others.
– Improving the ability of cluster offices to support value-added services for SMEs.
– intensive exchange of information, transfer of experience and integration of the research in production environment and vice versa.
– focusing on innovation and design.

At the end of the meeting, The partners visited the Technology Center of the Czech Furniture Cluster and the production of the furniture company NADOP .