PRO WOOD Regional Wood Cluster
Clusterul Regional al Lemnului PRO WOOD

Name & description

Adriatic Danubian Clustering - South East Europe Programme - Transnational Cooperation Programme

The ADC project aimed to create sectoral cluster networks in the Adriatic-Danubian region. Partnership agreements were established in 4 main areas: agro-food processing; mechatronics; modern housing; logistics.The PRO WOOD Cluster signed the Partnership Agreement in the Modern Housing category, and was one of the representatives from this Sector, from Romania. As Romanian partners we've participated at several actions, to promote the concept of environmental friendly and modern housing, presenting the assimilated best-practices to the members of the cluster.

Clustering knowledge, Innovation and design in the SEE wood sector - South East Europe Programme - Transnational Cooperation Programme 

The Regional Development Agency of Centru Region, Romania was one of the partners in this project. Thanks to the good cooperation with the RDA, and on the other hand the woody region, Covasna, Harghita and Brasov counties, where the cluster members were situated, the PRO WOOD Cluster was selected as example of best-practice in the region. The cluster participated at several experience-exchange events, fairs in the country and abroad. ID:WOOD aims to promote and foster innovation and competitiveness of SMEs in the wood sector in the SEE area by sharing and transferring technical and organizational know-how to enable local support organizations to address structural deficits of SMEs and enhance innovation potentials. Project objectives: building up and consolidating transnational network of wood-furniture clusters, wood technology centres, RDAs and knowledge poles; fostering innovation skills in the wood sector supporting structures; creating new functions and competencies on design, intellectual property and environmental issues; bridging gaps between the productive sector and knowledge poles; rising SMEs capacity to implement innovation processes.

POS CCE  1.3.3 - Sectorial Operative Programme, Increase of Sectorial Competitiveness; Integration of SME's in Clusters

A project  for the development of cluster management, to integrate SME's in clusters. Besides the development of cluster management, the PRO WOOD Cluster aims to develop with the help of this project, to create a whole value chain among its members, from the forest owner till the producer and seller, in order to create a common brand and popularize it at national and international level.  During this project several thematic meetings will be organized, market research, trainings will be held to improve communication and cooperation between institutions and companies from the wood industry sector.

Interreg Danube - Foresda - FOREST-BASED CROSS-SECTORAL VALUE CHAINS FOSTERING INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS IN THE DANUBE REGION: Supporting the transformation, strengthen the competitiveness of traditional forest-based industries. Through its activities, FORESDA will transform the traditional forest-based areas into innovative, modern areas, develop innovation-friendly ecosystems aiming to improve or reconfigure the existing value chains; improve innovation culture in SME’s, and also strengthen collaboration in the quadruple helix and implement new ways of collaboration in the Danube area. Duration: 2017-2019H2020 European Network of Regions on Sustainable WOOD Mobilisation ROSEWOOD: ROSEWOOD aims at building a trans-European network among stakeholders of the forestry value chain for the transfer of best practices & innovations in sustainable wood mobilisation. ROSEWOOD will analyse the wood mobilisation value chain, identify the needs, select innovative solutions and best-practices in the field and support the development of new partnerships and business models. Duration: 2018-2020

Development of the RDI capacity of the PRO WOOD cluster – ”INNO WOOD”: Development of the RDI capacity of the PRO WOOD cluster – ”INNO WOOD” project aims to develop the RDI agenda of the cluster, thus contributing to the increase of competitiveness and level of innovation of members; strenghtening of cooperation, creation of new, innovative products with high added-value and increasing the level of internationalization. Duration: 2018-2020

H2020 – ROSEWOOD 4.0 ROSEWOOD4.0 harnesses digital solutions and boosts knowledge transfer to connect multiple actors along the forest value chain to reinforce the sustainability of wood mobilisation in Europe.

ROSEWOOD4.0 builds on the ROSEWOOD network of regional hubs, extending this well-established network both in geographical reach and the breadth of tools and solutions shared with stakeholders across Europe.

 FGOI – Furniture Go International - Fostering Single EU Market, Grabbing Third Countries Markets  COS-CLUSINT-2020-3-01 (Clusters Go International) Furniture Go International – FGOI – will help SMEs to reach new markets through collaboration and innovation. The project will establish a European Strategic Cluster Partnership to intensify cooperation in furniture and related industries, within EU and towards four third countries, namely USA, Canada, Egypt, and South Africa.