The partnership between the Croatian Wood Cluster and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) over the past years has led to a greater use of financial resources from the HBOR portfolio, and the wood processing industry is also the traditional user of many export tools of national development bank. On the other hand, international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, recognize the importance of traditional industries, for example forest-based industries, and in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy and CIRAZ deeply analyze the capacities of domestic forest-based industries and develop new strategic documents, which will be presented at the conference.