EMETRIS SYMVOULOI ANAPTYXIS ORGANOSIS KAI PLIROFORIKIS AE

Their core work

EMETRIS is a Greek management and technology consultancy based in Thessaloniki that specializes in organizational development, R&I policy analysis, and strategic foresight. In H2020, they contributed to large international consortia bridging European and Chinese research ecosystems — first through policy and framework collaboration on EU-China R&I, then through applied urban sustainability and food security work in smart city contexts. Their value in a consortium is not technical research but project management capacity, policy interpretation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-cultural facilitation between European and Asian partners. As an SME consultancy, they bring agility and practical implementation experience rather than laboratory or industrial infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2015–2018), EMETRIS worked squarely at the macro policy level — EU-China R&I diplomacy, foresight methodologies, and future scenario planning. Their second project (2018–2022) shifted decisively toward applied urban and food system challenges: smart cities, resource efficiency, food literacy, and social inclusion, while retaining the EU-China geographic axis. The trajectory suggests a move from high-level policy analysis toward on-the-ground implementation support in sustainability and urban food systems, broadening their relevance beyond bilateral policy circles.

EMETRIS appears to be deepening into applied urban sustainability and food system resilience while keeping EU-China cooperation as a differentiating geographic lens — a profile that fits well with post-2020 Green Deal and global partnership agendas.

How they like to work

EMETRIS has never led a project as coordinator — they join as partners in large, internationally distributed consortia. With 34 unique partners across 14 countries drawn from just two projects, they consistently operate inside broad multi-stakeholder collaborations rather than tight bilateral partnerships. This pattern is typical of consultancies that add value through coordination, communication, and policy translation rather than through proprietary research outputs.

Their network of 34 partners across 14 countries — built from only two projects — reflects participation in large, geographically diverse consortia with a notable East-West dimension, spanning European countries and China. This gives them unusually broad international exposure for an SME of their size.

What sets them apart

EMETRIS is one of the few Greek private SMEs in H2020 with a consistent EU-China cooperation track record across multiple projects and funding schemes (both IA and CSA), which is rare for an organisation at this funding scale. Their combination of management consultancy expertise, policy foresight capability, and Sino-European network sets them apart from typical Greek research participants who tend to focus on domestic or pan-European contexts. For a consortium needing a credible Greek SME with Asian partnership experience and policy-to-practice translation skills, they fill a specific and hard-to-replace slot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SiEUGreen
  Their largest funded project (€196,350) and most thematically ambitious — combining smart city design, food security, and social inclusion in a Sino-European comparative framework, landing in the Food & Agriculture pillar despite an urban planning focus.
• DRAGON-STAR Plus
  An EU-China R&I policy coordination project focused on foresight and future scenario planning — an unusual specialisation that demonstrates EMETRIS's strategic consultancy identity rather than technical research capacity.