All four SWENNIS projects (2015-2021) focused on enhancing innovation management capacity of SMEs through the Enterprise Europe Network.
ALMI FORETAGSPARTNER MITT AB
Swedish regional business agency delivering Enterprise Europe Network innovation management services to SMEs in central Sweden.
Their core work
Almi Företagspartner Mitt is a Swedish regional business development agency that helps SMEs grow through innovation advisory services, financing, and business coaching. Within H2020, they served as part of the Swedish Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) consortium (SWENNIS), delivering innovation management capacity-building services to SMEs across central Sweden. Their core work involves innovation health checks, key account management for growth-oriented SMEs, and connecting small businesses with EU support instruments like the SME Instrument.
What they specialise in
Consistent participant in the Swedish EEN consortium across all funding periods from 2015 to 2021.
The 2020-2021 SWENNIS project explicitly included SME Instrument support, EIMC services, innovation health checks, and IDD4SME diagnostics.
Key Account Management appeared as a keyword across the first three SWENNIS iterations (2015-2019), indicating structured follow-up with priority SME clients.
How they've shifted over time
From 2015 to 2019, Almi Mitt focused on general innovation management advisory — key account management and innovation specialist services delivered through the EEN framework. In the 2020-2021 period, their scope expanded to include more structured EU-specific tools: SME Instrument coaching, EIMC (Enhanced Innovation Management Capacity) services, innovation health checks, and IDD4SME diagnostics. This shift suggests a move from broad business advisory toward more formalized, EU-program-aligned innovation support methodologies.
Moving toward structured, program-specific SME coaching (EIMC, IDD4SME), suggesting deeper integration with EU innovation support frameworks beyond general business advice.
How they like to work
Almi Mitt operates exclusively as a participant within the Swedish EEN consortium, never as a coordinator. Their 14 unique partners are all within a single country (Sweden), indicating they are part of a stable national consortium of regional business support agencies. This is typical of EEN structures where regional partners divide geographic coverage — expect them to be a reliable, locally embedded partner rather than a cross-border consortium builder.
Their network consists of 14 Swedish partners within the national EEN consortium (SWENNIS), covering different regions of Sweden. No international partnerships are visible in the H2020 data — their collaboration footprint is entirely domestic.
What sets them apart
Almi Mitt provides on-the-ground SME innovation support in central Sweden (Jämtland/Västernorrland region), an area not typically served by the major innovation hubs in Stockholm, Gothenburg, or Malmö. For consortium builders, their value lies in access to SMEs in northern/central Sweden and practical experience delivering EU innovation services in less urbanized regions. They are part of the broader Almi group, Sweden's government-backed business development system, which lends institutional credibility and regional reach.
Highlights from their portfolio
- Swennis 2020-2021Most mature iteration of the Swedish EEN consortium, with expanded scope covering SME Instrument coaching, EIMC services, and IDD4SME diagnostics.
- SWENNIS2First SWENNIS participation (2015), establishing Almi Mitt's role in the national EEN innovation support network.