Multidisciplinary production of high quality design furniture in Bosnia and Herzegovina The Dutch furniture market has faced some difficult years with many producers of (semi-finished) products going bankrupt and intensifying competition. At the same time the demand for custom-made furniture, to fit the size and colour requirements of the consumer, is increasing. Due to this trend, supplier flexibility is required, but this is hard to find among present suppliers.The project is located in Tesanj. The applicant, Meubelindustrie Slotboom B.V., designs, produces and sells furniture, i.e. wall systems of lacquered and veneered pressed wood (mainly MDF) panels, under the brand name Interstar. The local partner Nord Ent D.O.O. produces custom-made furniture mainly (90% to 95%) for its Dutch owner Pilat & Pilat (Dutch design brand) and for the applicant. The partners will set up a joint venture.The joint venture will produce custom-made, high quality semi-finished design furniture for the applicant, and finished design furniture for Pilat & Pilat and the local market. The facility will be ISO and FSC certified. This will enable the applicant to strengthen its market position and increase the share of custom-made furniture in its turnover while securing a good part of their total supply of semi-finished products in the future.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)CSR will be anchored in the project through ISO and FSC certification. Additionally, the joint venture will implement the MVO-manifest from the Dutch branch organisation for furniture and the CSR policy of the applicant.Impact•	Employment and working conditionsThe joint venture will employ 30 people, 8 of whom on medium-/high-level. Six of the new employees will be women. Two women will be hired on medium-/high-level positions. The salaries will be at least 20% above minimum wages. Fringe benefits will include health care insurance, pension, holiday fee, working clothes and shoes and food tickets.•	Innovation/Transfer of knowledgeProduction of high quality design furniture is new for Bosnia and Herzegovina: the products itself, and the technology of high quality veneering and lacquering. Bosnia and Herzegovina has several workshops where veneering is being done, but it is done at a very basic level and low quality produce. There are no facilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina where all proposed activities are integrated: veneering, lacquering and production of (semi-)finished furniture, leave alone at the proposed high quality level. Most of the production will be exported, but 10% will be targeted to the local market, where all high quality design furniture is imported.•	Chain effectsLocal suppliers include saw mills for timber and small workshops that are sub-contracted to provide specific parts of furniture.Availability of pressed boards is beneficially for the furniture sector. In addition, the availability of high quality design furniture from Bosnia and Herzegovina may be cheaper than imported high quality furniture.•	EnvironmentAn Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will be executed. Recycling of heat will increase energy efficiency.•	Position of womenSlightly positive impact: 6 out of 30 employees will be female, 2 of them at medium-/high-level. To establish a professional, multi-disciplinary and flexible FSC and ISO certified facility producing high quality (semi-)finished custom made design furniture for the EU and local markets.