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Their core work

EKPIZO (Quality of Life Consumers Association) is a Greek non-profit that advocates for consumer rights and promotes sustainable living among the general public. In H2020, they contribute as a citizen-facing gateway: they help research projects reach ordinary consumers through awareness campaigns, dissemination activities, and engagement with retailers, manufacturers, and procurement bodies. More recently, they shifted toward co-creation — working with citizens to design data-driven tools that help people understand and reduce their daily carbon footprint. Their core value to any consortium is direct access to an engaged Greek consumer base and experience translating complex research into actionable public messaging.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their earliest H2020 involvement (BELT, 2019–2022), EKPIZO operated primarily as a communication and dissemination channel — getting EU energy label messages to consumers, retailers, and procurement officers. By the time PSLifestyle began (2021–2025), their role deepened substantially: the focus moved from informing citizens to co-creating tools with them, using living labs, citizen science methods, and data-driven carbon footprint tracking. The trajectory is clear — from broadcaster to co-designer, and from energy labelling to whole-lifestyle sustainability.

EKPIZO is moving from one-way consumer information toward participatory co-design of sustainability tools, positioning them for projects that need genuine citizen involvement rather than just public outreach.

How they like to work

EKPIZO has never coordinated an H2020 project — they join as a participant or third party, contributing consumer access rather than scientific leadership. Despite only two projects, they reached 31 consortium partners across 14 countries, which suggests they are placed in large, multi-stakeholder consortia where a credible consumer voice is needed. Working with them means gaining a direct channel to Greek consumers and an organization experienced in translating research findings into public-facing content.

EKPIZO has engaged with 31 unique partners across 14 countries through just two projects, reflecting large pan-European consortia rather than a tight recurring network. Their collaborations span the energy, climate, and sustainable consumption space across multiple EU member states.

What sets them apart

Among the very few Greek consumer associations with H2020 experience, EKPIZO is a rare bridge between academic research and the everyday Greek and broader European consumer. What distinguishes them is the combination of established public trust (as a consumer advocacy body) and growing methodological capability in citizen co-creation — a combination that pure research institutes or communication agencies cannot easily replicate. Consortia targeting behavior change, climate action, or sustainable consumption that need credible, non-commercial citizen engagement should consider them for the end-user engagement work package.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PSLifestyle
  Their most substantive H2020 role to date — a full participant position with EUR 149,631 in funding, using living labs and citizen science to co-create a data-driven sustainable lifestyle tool with European citizens (2021–2025).
• BELT
  Entry into H2020 as a third-party contributor focused on boosting EU energy label adoption among consumers, retailers, and public procurement bodies — a practical policy-implementation role rather than research.