Innovation intermediaries in public procurement in the EU
| Country (EU) | Innovation intermediary as empirical phenomenon | Abbreviation | Focus on procurement | Operator of a digital platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Bundesbeschaffung GmbH | BBG | X | X |
| Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | FFG | X | ||
| IÖB Kontaktstelle Wirtschaft | IÖB | X | X | |
| Österreichische Energieagentur – Austrian Energy Agency | AEA | X | ||
| Belgium | Gov Buys Innovation (Flanders) | X | X | |
| Innoviris Brussels | ||||
| Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship | VLAIO | X | ||
| Programma Innovatieve Overheidsopdrachten | PIO | X | ||
| Wallonie Entreprendre | ||||
| Bulgaria | Public Procurement Portal | PPA | X | |
| Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. | X | X | ||
| Croatia | Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments | HAMAG-BICRO | X | X |
| Republic of Cyprus | Cyprus Research and Innovation Centre | CYRIC | ||
| Research and Innovation Foundation | RIF | |||
| Digital Innovation Hub Cyprus | DiGiNN | |||
| Czech Republic | Technology Agency of the Czech Republic | TACR | X | X |
| Denmark | Gate21 | X | ||
| Center for Offentlig-Privat Innovation | CO-PI | X | ||
| Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science | DAHES | |||
| Estonia | Riigihangete | |||
| Finland | Competence center for Sustainable and Innovative public procurement | KEINO | X | X |
| Motiva Oy | ||||
| Hansel Oy | X | |||
| Technical Research Centre of Finland | VTT | X | ||
| The Finnish Environment Institute | SYKE | X | ||
| Kuntalitto - Association of Finnish Municipalities | AFM | X | ||
| France | EcoLab – Greentech Innovation | X | X | |
| Lyon PactePME | X | X | ||
| Bpifrance | ||||
| Germany | Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung | KOINNO | X | X |
| Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung | KNB | X | ||
| Zenit GmbH | ||||
| Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen | SPRIND | X | ||
| Projektträger Jülich | PtJ | X | ||
| GovTech Group (ehem. GovMind MIRA) | X | X | ||
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Innovation, Transfer und Verwertung) | X | |||
| United Innovations (UI) - Ableger der GFFT e.V. | ||||
| Cyberinnovation Hub Bundeswehr | X | |||
| Venclÿ GmbH | X | X | ||
| Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut für Werk- und Betriebsstoffe | WIWeB | X | ||
| Loesungenfinden.org GbR | X | |||
| Greece | Promitheus | X | X | |
| Thessaloniki Innovation and Technology Center | X | |||
| Center for security studies | KEMEA | X | ||
| interBalkan Environment Center | i-BEC | X | ||
| Hungary | National Research, Development and Innovation Office | X | ||
| Hungarian Innovation Agency | NIÜ | X | ||
| Ireland | Office of Government Procurement | X | ||
| Enterprise Ireland | X | |||
| Procurement Transformation Institute | PTI | X | ||
| (Iceland) | Icelandic Centre for Research | Rannís | X | |
| Italy | Appalti Innovativi | |||
| Open Innovation Lombardy | ||||
| Concessionaria Servizi Informativi Pubblici | Consip S.p.A. | X | ||
| Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale | AgID | X | X | |
| Latvia | Investment and Development Agency of Latvia | LIAA | X | |
| City Innovation Hub | X | |||
| (Liechtenstein and Switzerland) | Swiss Innovation Agency | Innosuisse | X | |
| Luxembourg | Luxinnovation GIE | X | ||
| Malta | Xjenza Malta | X | X | |
| The Netherlands | Professioneel en Innovatief Aanbesteden, Netwerk voor Overheidsopdrachtgevers | PIANOo | X | X |
| Startup in Residence | X | X | ||
| Starthubs | X | X | ||
| Netherlands Enterprise Agency | RVO | X | ||
| (Norway) | Leverandørutviklingsprogrammet Anskaffelser | LUP | X | X |
| StartOff | X | |||
| Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyrings | DFØ | |||
| Innovation Norway | X | |||
| Research Council of Norway | ||||
| Poland | National Centre for Research and Development | NCBR | X | X |
| Uniwersytecki Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości | InQube | X | ||
| Polish Agency for Enterprise Development | PARP | |||
| Portugal | Portuguese Competence Centre for Innovation Public Procurement | Procure+i | X | X |
| Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction | IMPIC | X | ||
| Agência Nacional de Inovação | ANI | X | ||
| Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia | LNEG | X | ||
| Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais | DGAL | |||
| Romania | Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Regională Nord-Est | X | ||
| Slovakia | Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency | SIEA | X | |
| Slovak Environment Agency | SEA | X | ||
| Slovenia | SPIRIT Slovenia | |||
| Spain | Conecta Research and Consulting | X | X | |
| Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya | AQUAS | X | X | |
| Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology | CDTI | X | X | |
| National Institute for Aerospace Technology | INTA | |||
| TICBIOMED | ||||
| Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (Urban Innovative Actions) | EPIU | X | ||
| Sweden | National Agency for Public Procurement | UHM | X | X |
| Kammarkollegiet | X | |||
| Vinnova | X |
| Country ( | Innovation intermediary as empirical phenomenon | Abbreviation | Focus on procurement | Operator of a digital platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Bundesbeschaffung GmbH | X | X | |
| Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft | X | |||
| IÖB Kontaktstelle Wirtschaft | IÖB | X | X | |
| Österreichische Energieagentur – Austrian Energy Agency | X | |||
| Belgium | Gov Buys Innovation (Flanders) | X | X | |
| Innoviris Brussels | ||||
| Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship | X | |||
| Programma Innovatieve Overheidsopdrachten | X | |||
| Wallonie Entreprendre | ||||
| Bulgaria | Public Procurement Portal | X | ||
| Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc. | X | X | ||
| Croatia | Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments | HAMAG-BICRO | X | X |
| Republic of Cyprus | Cyprus Research and Innovation Centre | |||
| Research and Innovation Foundation | ||||
| Digital Innovation Hub Cyprus | DiGiNN | |||
| Czech Republic | Technology Agency of the Czech Republic | X | X | |
| Denmark | Gate21 | X | ||
| Center for Offentlig-Privat Innovation | CO-PI | X | ||
| Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science | ||||
| Estonia | Riigihangete | |||
| Finland | Competence center for Sustainable and Innovative public procurement | X | X | |
| Motiva Oy | ||||
| Hansel Oy | X | |||
| Technical Research Centre of Finland | X | |||
| The Finnish Environment Institute | X | |||
| Kuntalitto - Association of Finnish Municipalities | X | |||
| France | EcoLab – Greentech Innovation | X | X | |
| Lyon PactePME | X | X | ||
| Bpifrance | ||||
| Germany | Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung | X | X | |
| Kompetenzstelle für nachhaltige Beschaffung | X | |||
| Zenit GmbH | ||||
| Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen | X | |||
| Projektträger Jülich | PtJ | X | ||
| GovTech Group (ehem. GovMind | X | X | ||
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Innovation, Transfer und Verwertung) | X | |||
| United Innovations ( | ||||
| Cyberinnovation Hub Bundeswehr | X | |||
| Venclÿ GmbH | X | X | ||
| Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut für Werk- und Betriebsstoffe | WIWeB | X | ||
| Loesungenfinden.org GbR | X | |||
| Greece | Promitheus | X | X | |
| Thessaloniki Innovation and Technology Center | X | |||
| Center for security studies | X | |||
| interBalkan Environment Center | i-BEC | X | ||
| Hungary | National Research, Development and Innovation Office | X | ||
| Hungarian Innovation Agency | NIÜ | X | ||
| Ireland | Office of Government Procurement | X | ||
| Enterprise Ireland | X | |||
| Procurement Transformation Institute | X | |||
| (Iceland) | Icelandic Centre for Research | Rannís | X | |
| Italy | Appalti Innovativi | |||
| Open Innovation Lombardy | ||||
| Concessionaria Servizi Informativi Pubblici | Consip S.p.A. | X | ||
| Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale | AgID | X | X | |
| Latvia | Investment and Development Agency of Latvia | X | ||
| City Innovation Hub | X | |||
| (Liechtenstein and Switzerland) | Swiss Innovation Agency | Innosuisse | X | |
| Luxembourg | Luxinnovation | X | ||
| Malta | Xjenza Malta | X | X | |
| The Netherlands | Professioneel en Innovatief Aanbesteden, Netwerk voor Overheidsopdrachtgevers | PIANOo | X | X |
| Startup in Residence | X | X | ||
| Starthubs | X | X | ||
| Netherlands Enterprise Agency | X | |||
| (Norway) | Leverandørutviklingsprogrammet Anskaffelser | X | X | |
| StartOff | X | |||
| Direktoratet for forvaltning og økonomistyrings | DFØ | |||
| Innovation Norway | X | |||
| Research Council of Norway | ||||
| Poland | National Centre for Research and Development | X | X | |
| Uniwersytecki Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości | InQube | X | ||
| Polish Agency for Enterprise Development | ||||
| Portugal | Portuguese Competence Centre for Innovation Public Procurement | Procure+i | X | X |
| Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction | X | |||
| Agência Nacional de Inovação | X | |||
| Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia | X | |||
| Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais | ||||
| Romania | Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Regională Nord-Est | X | ||
| Slovakia | Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency | X | ||
| Slovak Environment Agency | X | |||
| Slovenia | ||||
| Spain | Conecta Research and Consulting | X | X | |
| Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya | X | X | ||
| Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology | X | X | ||
| National Institute for Aerospace Technology | ||||
| TICBIOMED | ||||
| Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (Urban Innovative Actions) | X | |||
| Sweden | National Agency for Public Procurement | X | X | |
| Kammarkollegiet | X | |||
| Vinnova | X |
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