ETAIREIA DIOIKISEOS EPICHEIRISEON KAI ERGON AE

Their core work

BPM SA is a Greek management consultancy that helps local and regional public authorities design, implement, and institutionalize sustainable energy strategies. Their core work is not technical research but governance architecture: building the institutional capacity, training, and multilevel coordination frameworks that allow municipalities and regions to turn energy commitments into actionable plans. Both of their EU projects are Coordination and Support Actions (CSA), which means they specialize in process design, stakeholder training, and knowledge transfer rather than laboratory or engineering work. In practical terms, they help cities and regional bodies move from policy ambition to structured, monitorable Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs).

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (INTENSSS-PA, 2016–2018), BPM SA focused on training and awareness — equipping public authority staff with the knowledge to think about energy, spatial planning, and socioeconomic factors in an integrated way. By their second project (2ISECAP, 2021–2024), the focus had clearly moved from training individuals to institutionalizing systems: SECAPs, governance structures, local energy coalitions, and multilevel coordination frameworks. The trajectory suggests a deliberate deepening from capacity building (teaching people) toward institutional design (building durable governance processes that outlast any single project).

BPM SA is moving toward embedding energy governance into formal institutional structures at the local level — future collaborations will likely involve policy design, SECAP rollout, and coalition-building for Covenant of Mayors commitments.

How they like to work

BPM SA consistently takes the coordinator role — they have led both of their H2020 projects, never participating as a junior partner. With 26 unique consortium partners across 9 countries from just two projects, they clearly favour building wide, multi-country coalitions rather than tight bilateral arrangements. This profile suggests they are experienced at orchestrating diverse teams and managing EU project administration, which is a real asset for consortia that need a reliable coordinating hub.

BPM SA has built a network of 26 unique partners across 9 countries through only 2 projects — roughly 13 partners per project — suggesting they actively recruit broad, geographically diverse consortia. Their partnerships likely span municipal authorities, regional energy agencies, universities, and NGOs given the governance-focused nature of their work.

What sets them apart

BPM SA occupies a rare niche in EU energy projects: a private management company (not a university or public agency) that coordinates governance and institutional capacity projects for local authorities. Most energy transition projects are led by research institutes or technology companies; BPM SA brings project management expertise and public administration know-how instead. For consortium builders needing a coordinator with experience navigating multilevel governance across Southern and Eastern Europe, they represent an unusual and useful option.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 2ISECAP
  Their most recent and largest project (€163,125, 2021–2024) targets the institutionalization of integrated Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans — directly aligned with the EU Covenant of Mayors and national energy and climate plans, making it highly policy-relevant.
• INTENSSS-PA
  Their first EU coordination project (2016–2018) established their identity as a training and capacity-building coordinator for public authorities on integrated energy-spatial-socioeconomic planning — a thematically ambitious combination rare at that time.