KRAKOWSKI PARK TECHNOLOGICZNY SP ZOO

Their core work

Krakow Technology Park is a technology park and innovation hub based in southern Poland that supports digital transformation of regional businesses and industries. They facilitate co-design and co-creation processes connecting research with industry, and operate as part of European Digital Innovation Hub networks helping SMEs adopt new technologies. More recently, they have expanded into digital publishing and immersive media, participating in cross-sector initiatives around the future of the book industry.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 involvement (2018) centered on co-design methodologies and participatory innovation for STI policy making through SISCODE. By 2020-2021, their focus shifted decisively toward digital ecosystem building — operating within Digital Innovation Hub networks (BOWI) and exploring immersive digital content in publishing (Mobius). The trajectory shows a move from process-oriented innovation facilitation toward concrete digital transformation support roles.

They are positioning as a regional DIH node connecting Polish SMEs to European digital transformation networks, with growing interest in creative and cultural industries digitization.

How they like to work

Krakow Technology Park has never coordinated an H2020 project, always joining as a participant or third party — typical for technology parks that provide regional infrastructure and access rather than leading research. With 42 unique partners across 20 countries from just 3 projects, they operate in large, diverse European consortia. This broad but shallow network suggests they are a regional access point that European projects include for Polish market reach and SME engagement.

Despite only 3 projects, they have touched 42 partners across 20 countries — a remarkably wide network reflecting the large consortium sizes typical of Innovation Actions. Their geographic reach spans most of the EU, with no visible concentration beyond their home base in Poland.

What sets them apart

As one of Poland's established technology parks located in Krakow — a major tech and academic hub — they offer direct access to the Polish SME ecosystem and a gateway for European projects seeking widening-country partners. Their combination of DIH network membership and experience in both policy-oriented co-design and creative industries digitization is unusual for a technology park. For consortium builders needing a credible Polish partner with innovation facilitation capacity, they are a practical choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SISCODE
  Their largest funded project (EUR 153,125), exploring co-creation ecosystems for innovation policy — an unusual topic for a technology park that signals ambition beyond standard business support.
• BOWI
  Directly aligned with their core mission as a Digital Innovation Hub, this project embedded them in the European DIH network infrastructure (I4MS, SAE).