Enterprise Europe Network Hellas is an integrated business support network consisting of industrial associations, research and technology institutions, chambers of commerce and industry and renowned institutions in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship. The network includes 16 organisations spread throughout the Greek territory, which are active in the fields of innovation, technology transfer and international cooperation.
Coordinator:
PRAXI Network
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Achilleas Barlas AITCG, 4, El. Venizelou, 382 21 Volos |
The HELP-FORWARD Network (Hellenic Project FOR Wider Application of R&D) provides services for SMEs, research laboratories and public bodies on technology transfer, innovation and research cooperation. The PRAXI Network operates as an autonomous unit under the Central Directorate of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). It was established in 1991 as a joint initiative of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas and SEV, and later of SBE. The mission of the PRAXI Network is to enhance the competitiveness of Greek enterprises and laboratories through the linking of research with production, the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as international cooperation.
Consortium:
National Documentation Centre
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Angelos Angelidis
56, Zefyrou str., 175 64 Paleo Faliro |
The National Documentation Centre (EKT) is a public organisation that promotes knowledge, research, innovation and digital transformation. It is the only organisation in Greece that combines the institutional role of collecting, organising and making available open content research results with expertise in the field of entrepreneurship, including advisory services for SMEs and Research and Technology organisations. Since 1980, it has been building up expertise, processing data and developing infrastructures to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge. It is organically linked to the academic and research community, the business world, and policy makers. Since 2012, it has been part of the European Statistical System, documenting scientific, research and development activity, producing indicators and statistics, and contributing to the design and evaluation of policies to improve the country's innovation system.
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Eleni Foti, Director of International Commercial Relations 7, Academias str., 106 71 Athens |
The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry - ACCI. is a Legal Entity of Public Law, founded on December 15, 1919 and is today the largest Chamber in Greece, with 105,000 active businesses as its members. Its purpose is: ‘The protection and development of Trade and Industry in its region, in the context of the interests of the national economy and, in general, of the economic progress of the same’. It is the statutory advisor to the State on matters of development policy. It monitors the current challenges and developments in the economic and business world and intervenes with the appropriate organisation in order to achieve dynamic and balanced development of the sectors of business activity in its region.
Athens Chamber of Small and Medium Industries
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Mina Peleki 18, Academias str., 106 71 Athens |
The ACSMI, with 45,000 registered members in the Athens area, represents about 800 craft trades. The members of the ACSMI are enterprises with up to 50 employees (small enterprises), enterprises with up to 10 employees (micro enterprises), family enterprises, self-employed persons and traders. Examples include: clothing and footwear manufacturing, machine shops, car repair shops, toy manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, computer programming, film production, glass manufacturing, furriers, bakeries, hairdressers, dry cleaners, confectioners, food and beverage production and printing. The ACSMI is one of the 57 Chambers of Commerce in the country and one of the three purely craft chambers (Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki). It has been operating since 1940 and its operation is governed by the relevant Chamber legislation.
Association of Industries in Thessaly and Central Greece
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Georgia Fragkou 4, El. Venizelou, 382 21, Volos |
SBTSE represents almost all small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing sector of Thessaly and Central Greece. Its activities include monitoring, study, research and promotion of business initiative issues among enterprises, cooperation with public authorities and worker organisations to strengthen social dialogue, encouraging participation in national or international committees, councils, conferences, exhibitions and events, through which economic objectives are pursued, as well as the development of initiatives aimed at and contributing to the promotion of the general interests of the national economy.
ANKO Westen Macedonia S.A. - Organisation for Local Development
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Liana Papapetrou
1-3, Von Karagianni str., 501 00 Kozani |
The Development Corporation of Western Macedonia SA was created by the bodies of the local authorities, the State, the agricultural cooperatives of the rural area and the Chambers of Commerce in the region and is a pioneering mechanism in the promotion of local and regional development. The aim of the company is to promote integrated regional development for the emergence of Western Macedonia as a region of healthy- living - both safe and sustainable- and sustainable development. Its activities include the study, promotion, management and evaluation of development programmes/projects in cooperation with local government bodies and other public/private entities. It provides continuous information for citizens, contributes to the formulation of development strategies and coordinates the implementation of innovative development programmes.
Chamber of Arcadia
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Evgenia Tzannetopoulou
21, Panos & 25th March str., 221 00 Tripoli |
The Chamber of Arcadia, as the official representative of all businesses, traders and professionals of the Prefecture, provides its members with various services that contribute to their economic development and inform them about all economic, business and investment issues. Members of the Chamber are all businesses established in the Prefecture of Arcadia that have commercial - professional - productive activity and are natural or legal persons. The priority of the Chamber is to serve the entrepreneur, trader and professional by creating e-Chamber services, business information services, free business promotion etc with the help of new technologies.
Chamber of Ioannina
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Giannis Daskalopoulos
14, Poutetsi str., 453 33 Ioannina |
The Chamber of Ioannina aims to protect and develop trade, industry, crafts, trades, services and exports, in accordance with the interests and objectives of the national economy. In addition, part of its responsibilities is to provide the State and the members of the Chamber with advice on any economic issue, including the relevant bills, always with a view to the economic development of the Prefecture of Ioannina and the service of the general interest of the national economy.
Kavala Chamber of Commerce
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Souzi Mavrommati
50, Omonoias str., 653 02 Kavala |
The Chamber is governed by elected representatives of small and large businesses in the Prefecture of Kavala. Its services include studies on Industry, Trade, Crafts, statistical monitoring of commercial and industrial traffic, market research and study of problems arising from trade and industry. With regard to the strengthening and support of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Chamber acts as an advisory and consultative body to the State and as a body for the development and promotion of the professions and crafts of Trade and Industry. The Chamber also organises exhibition events at home and abroad.
Heraklion Chamber of Commerce
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Panagiotis Kalianis 14, Koronaiou str., 712 02 Heraklion |
The Heraklion Chamber of Commerce also functions as a Business Support Office, offering its member companies a range of general and specialised services. The Chamber provides information on financing programmes/competitions, product offers/searches, while organising and participating in trade fairs and business missions to find partners, both in Greece and abroad.
Hellenic Development Bank of Investments (HDBI, formerly ΤΑΝΕΟ)
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Katerina Katsiou Merlin 3, 106 71 Athens |
The Hellenic Development Bank of Investments S.A. (Hellenic Development Bank of Investments S.A.) is Greece's venture capital investment fund. Its mottos #WeInvestForGrowth and #FinancingInnovation reflect the company's activities and the values it embodies. HDBI's main activity is to manage government and/or European funds and invest them in Venture Capital Funds / Private Equity Funds, companies or other schemes, together with other investors. These investment vehicles (funds) are managed by private sector entities on a private-economic basis and invest in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that have an establishment in the Greek territory at the time of the investment.
Metallurgical Industrial Research & Technology Centre MIRTEC S.A. (ΕΒΕΤΑΜ S.A.)
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Alexandra Gkika, Nikos Kanatsoulis
M. Merkouri 76, Ag. Dimitrios 173 42 Athens |
EBETAM SA is the Greek multidisciplinary multi-technology centre for laboratory testing and certification of industrial and consumer products, materials, facilities and management systems. EBETAM is the only Greek Certification Organisation with proprietary laboratories for measurement and analysis of materials and products, which provide it with the ability to offer integrated solutions. The Company has significant and systematic collaborations with industrial enterprises both in Greece and abroad, while its parallel research activity is an important advantage.
Federation of Industries of Greece (SBE)
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Dr Katerina Tzitzinou
26th October 21, 546 27 Thessaloniki |
SBE contributes to the economic, social and cultural development of the regions of Greece, promotes their industry and supports the mechanisms for strengthening entrepreneurship and innovation. SBE participates in various organisations/institutions of the European Union, the Balkans, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and other countries, as well as in co-financed programmes of the European Commission aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of enterprises. It offers its members high quality services and contributes to the competitive development of their business activities through timely and accurate information on changes in both the domestic and international environment. Its activities include the systematic study and monitoring of the activity of industry, manufacturing and related business activity in Greece through the gathering of statistical, scientific, information and other data, as well as the preparation of studies.
Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV)
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John Hambas
Xenofontos 5, 105 57 Athens |
SEV's mission is to contribute decisively to the further modernisation and development of modern Greek business, creating a competitive national capital in European and global economic competition. SEV collectively represents its member companies in consultations with other social partners and with the state, actively participates in the formulation of decisions and policies of the European Union, through BUSINESSEUROPE and other European Union bodies, and recommends the positions of its members to the competent institutional bodies and the State. In addition, it encourages cooperation both between its members and with companies abroad, making use of the global network of contacts and connections it has developed. It fosters the spirit of entrepreneurship among young people through specific actions in the field of education and the encouragement of entrepreneurial activities.
Federation of Enterprises and Industries of Peloponnese and Western Greece (SEVPDE)
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Nikolaos Kotsonis Votsi 2, 262 21 Patra |
The Federation of Enterprises and Industries of the Peloponnese & Western Greece (SEVPE&DE) has been a representative reference point for the issues of Manufacturing and Industry in general for over a century, supporting and strengthening the mechanisms of entrepreneurship and innovation, cooperating with all the institutional bodies of the State and the National Economy. Today, SEVPE&DE, representing almost all the manufacturing Units in the region of Peloponnese, Western Greece, Epirus and the Ionian Islands, offers its members high quality services, as it contributes and supports the development of their business activities in being more competitive. It provides timely and reliable information on changes in both the national and international economic environment and creates links between academia-research and industry-research which can be transformed into business and economy friendly technology.
Small Enterprises Institute – IME GSEVEE
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Ilias Georgopoulos Aristotelous 46, 104 33 Athens |
The Institute of Small Enterprises of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (IME GSEVEE) is a non-profit civil company for the implementation of studies and research and is the scientific advisor for the GSEVEE. It provides the GSEVEE with position documentation and studies, evaluates and prepares policy proposals on issues of economic development, business financing, taxation, employment, social security, competition and upgrading the skills of the human resources of small businesses. At the same time, it designs and implements educational and vocational training programmes aimed at enhancing the skills of the human resources of enterprises, as well as business advisory support actions, which not only strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation but also promote the strengthening and development of sustainable and competitive enterprises. IME GSEVEE's headquarters is in Athens, while regional offices operate in Thessaloniki, Larissa, Ioannina, Patras and Heraklion, Crete.