Project title:

Furniture GO International

Project acronym:

FGOI

Period:

September 2021 – September 2024

Program / Financer:

Program for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises

Call: Clusters Go International (COS-CLUSINT-2020-3-01)

Partners:

  • Hygia Consult SRL (Tfc)
  • Asociacion Cluster Del Sector Del Habitat, Madera, Oficina Y Contract- Habic (Habic)
  • Zavod Lesarski Grozd (Wic)
  • Klastr Ceskych Nabytkaru, Druzstvo (Kcn)
  • Interior Cluster Sweden Ab (Ics)
  • Asociatia Ko-Fa (Pwc)
  • Sdruzhenie Bulgarian Furniture Cluster (Bfc)
  • Associacio Cluster Habitat De Catalunya (Hcb)

Countries where activities are carried out:

  • Spain
  • Slovenia
  • Czech Republic
  • Sweden
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria

General project objective:

Creation of a European Strategic Partnership for Clusters in order to enhance inter-regional cooperation of clusters in the field of furniture and related industries in the EU and to four third-party countries: USA, Canada, South Africa and Egypt. The partnership will be a promoter of industrial growth and business growth, it will support excellence, entrepreneurship, transferability and mutual trust between partners and partner SMEs.

Hygia involvement:

  • development of the project idea and the composition of the strategic partnership, attracting financing, project management;
  • implementation activities: Feasibility study in order to open an international office to host international delegations in the furniture industry, organization of economic activities and missions in South Africa, communication and dissemination activities, deliverable quality and risk management.