HEALTHY AGEING CAMPUS BV

Their core work

Healthy Ageing Campus BV is a regional innovation support organization based in Groningen that operates as a partner in the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) for Northern Netherlands. Their core work is coaching and mentoring SMEs to strengthen their innovation capacity, helping small companies access EU funding instruments like the H2020 SME Instrument. Despite the name suggesting a health focus, their H2020 portfolio is entirely dedicated to SME innovation support services — acting as an intermediary between EU programmes and local businesses seeking to innovate.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), the focus was on broad innovation management — coaching, mentoring, and guiding SMEs through the H2020 SME Instrument application process. From 2019 onward, the language shifted toward more structured service delivery with terms like KAM (Key Account Management), IHC, and EIMC, suggesting the EEN programme matured into a more formalized support model. The evolution is modest: this is the same core activity refined over successive grant periods rather than a fundamental shift in direction.

Moving from general innovation mentoring toward formalized, account-managed SME support services within the EEN framework.

How they like to work

Healthy Ageing Campus BV is exclusively a participant — never a coordinator — working within the same EEN Northern Netherlands consortium across all four projects. With only 5 unique partners all in one country, they operate as a loyal, stable member of a fixed regional consortium rather than building diverse European networks. This makes them a reliable local delivery partner but not a connector to broader European research communities.

Extremely narrow network: 5 partners, all within the Netherlands, all within the same EEN Northern Netherlands consortium. No international collaboration footprint through H2020.

What sets them apart

Their value lies in deep local roots in the Northern Netherlands innovation ecosystem, specifically Groningen. As part of the Healthy Ageing Campus — a well-known Groningen-based innovation cluster — they can connect EU-oriented SME support with a regional network focused on ageing and health. For consortium builders, they are useful if you need a partner with on-the-ground SME engagement capacity in Northern Netherlands, though their H2020 track record is limited to EEN delivery.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EEN Northern NL (2015-2016)
  The first EEN Northern NL grant period, establishing Healthy Ageing Campus as part of the regional innovation support network with a focus on SME Instrument coaching.
• H2020 SGA4 (2020-2021)
  The most recent and final EEN grant period, showing continuity and sustained commitment to SME innovation support across the full H2020 programme lifecycle.