Foundation for MSME Clusters

FMC was promoted as a Registered Trust with the technical support of a then UNIDO Cluster Development Programme, in June 2005. In India, FMC has worked/working with around 200 MSME clusters, done/got done studies/research in another 150 MSME clusters and worked with 250 Business Membership Organizations (BMOs). FMC and its experts have also provided training, handholding and research on cluster development in 16 other countries across the globe. FMC has 25 publications on cluster and related areas. FMC published cluster development methodology (CDM) in the year 2005 and have subsequently come up with cluster development methodologies for poverty alleviation, sustainable development and innovation (https://fmc.org.in/publications). FMC and its experts have also conducted over 50 training programmes on CDM for various national organizations including Ministry of Rural Development, KVIC, Coir Board, Governments of West Bengal and Karnataka, NABARD, UNIDO, etc..