AGENCIJA ZA MOBILNOST I PROGRAME EUROPSKE UNIJE

Their core work

AMEUP is Croatia's national agency responsible for managing EU education, training, and research mobility programmes. In Horizon 2020, they served as Croatia's National Contact Point (NCP) across virtually all programme pillars — advising applicants, organizing brokerage events, and building proposal-writing capacity. Their core function is helping Croatian researchers and institutions access EU funding by providing training, networking, and support services across energy, security, ICT, social sciences, environment, and researcher mobility topics.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2014–2018, AMEUP focused heavily on foundational NCP capacity building — training, networking, and onboarding newcomers across multiple H2020 pillars. Their early projects emphasised establishing Croatia's NCP infrastructure and building best-practice sharing mechanisms. From 2019 onward, their focus shifted toward gender, researcher career development, EURAXESS talent hubs, and bridging the transition from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe (Bridge2HE), suggesting a maturing from basic NCP operations toward more specialized support services.

AMEUP is evolving from a broad NCP support node toward specialized researcher mobility services and programme transition support, positioning itself as Croatia's gateway for Horizon Europe participation.

How they like to work

AMEUP operates exclusively as a participant — never leading consortia but joining virtually every pan-European NCP network available. With 126 unique partners across 50 countries, they function as a highly connected network node rather than a project driver. This makes them an ideal partner when you need guaranteed reach into Croatian research communities or need a reliable, experienced NCP to fill a national slot in a pan-European support action.

Exceptionally wide network spanning 126 partners across 50 countries, built through systematic participation in NCP networks covering nearly every H2020 thematic area. Their geographic reach is truly pan-European with connections extending to associated countries and international cooperation partners.

What sets them apart

AMEUP is one of the few organisations that participated in NCP networks across almost every H2020 pillar — from energy and security to ICT and social sciences — giving them unmatched cross-thematic knowledge of EU funding programmes within Croatia. For consortium builders, they offer a single entry point to the entire Croatian research and innovation landscape. Their dual strength in programme advisory services and researcher mobility (EURAXESS) makes them particularly useful for projects needing dissemination, training, or widening participation components in Southeast Europe.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EURAXESS TOP III
  Largest single grant (EUR 129,293) — focused on researcher mobility and career development services, representing AMEUP's deepest investment in any single project.
• Bridge2HE
  Strategic transition project bridging Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe NCP structures, signalling AMEUP's forward-looking positioning for the next programme generation.
• EURAXESS Hubs
  One of their final H2020 projects, piloting talent hub concepts that represent the evolution of researcher support from information services to active talent management.