FUNDUSZ GORNOSLASKI SPOLKA AKCYJNA

Their core work

Fundusz Górnośląski (Upper Silesian Fund) is a Polish regional development agency based in Katowice that provides innovation management coaching and business support services to SMEs in the Silesia region. As part of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), they deliver Key Account Management services to beneficiaries of EU innovation instruments (SME Instrument, FTI, FET-Open, EIC Pilot), helping small companies navigate EU funding and scale their innovations. More recently, they have expanded into advanced manufacturing transformation support for SMEs through the ADMA TranS4MErs initiative.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

From 2014 to 2019, the organization focused almost exclusively on SME Instrument coaching and innovation management capacity building through the KAM2SouthPL series — a pure EEN support role. Starting around 2019-2020, the scope broadened to include FTI, FET-Open, and EIC Pilot beneficiaries, reflecting the EU's evolving innovation funding landscape. The most significant shift came in 2021 with ADMA TranS4MErs, marking a move into hands-on manufacturing transformation support — their first project outside the KAM framework and their largest single grant (€74,850).

Moving from pure innovation advisory into sector-specific industrial transformation support, particularly for manufacturing SMEs — expect continued focus on Industry 4.0 and digital transition services.

How they like to work

Fundusz Górnośląski operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with their role as a regional EEN node executing locally within pan-European coordination structures. With 49 unique partners across 28 countries, they maintain a very broad but shallow network typical of EEN members who share a common framework rather than deep bilateral relationships. This makes them easy to work with in large support-action consortia but they are not a partner you'd recruit to lead technical research.

Extensive pan-European network spanning 49 partners across 28 countries, built through EEN membership rather than individual project-level relationships. Geographic reach covers most EU member states with natural strength in Central and Eastern Europe.

What sets them apart

As a regional development fund (not a chamber of commerce or university), Fundusz Górnośląski brings a distinctive financial and investment perspective to SME innovation support — they understand both the business growth and the funding mechanics side. Their location in Katowice, the heart of Poland's industrial Silesia region, gives them direct access to a dense manufacturing SME ecosystem undergoing significant transformation. For consortium builders, they offer a reliable implementation partner for CSA activities in Southern Poland with strong ties to the local business community.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ADMA TranS4MErs
  Their largest grant (€74,850) and a strategic pivot from pure advisory into hands-on advanced manufacturing transformation for SMEs — signals new capabilities.
• KAM2SouthPL2 (2020-2021)
  Final iteration of their flagship KAM series, expanded to cover EIC Pilot beneficiaries, showing adaptation to the EU's evolving innovation support landscape.