PRIVREDNA KOMORA SRBIJE

Their core work

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia is the national business chamber representing Serbian enterprises, with a strong focus on supporting SME innovation and international competitiveness. Within H2020, they operate as a key node of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in Serbia, delivering innovation management services, capacity building, and investment readiness support to Serbian SMEs seeking European markets and technology partnerships. They also participate in cross-border projects on energy management and logistics, connecting Serbian businesses to European value chains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2014–2017), the Chamber focused on foundational SME support: investment readiness, coaching, mentoring, pitching skills, and building cooperation between businesses and scientific institutions. From 2019 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward structured innovation management — assessing innovation capacities of SME beneficiaries, scaling deep tech ventures, and building systematic innovation management capacity. The trajectory shows a maturation from basic entrepreneurship support toward more sophisticated, assessment-driven innovation services.

Moving toward structured innovation assessment tools (IMP³rove, KAM) and cross-border scale-up support, making them increasingly relevant for projects needing systematic SME engagement in the Western Balkans.

How they like to work

They primarily lead their own EEN-related projects (4 coordinated) while joining larger European consortia as a participant when the topic aligns with their SME support mandate. With 91 unique partners across 23 countries, they operate as a well-connected hub — typical for a national chamber acting as a gateway institution. Working with them means gaining access to a broad Serbian SME base and an established EEN network across Europe.

Extensive network of 91 unique partners across 23 countries, reflecting their role as a national gateway institution within the Enterprise Europe Network. Their geographic spread is broad and pan-European rather than concentrated in any single region.

What sets them apart

As Serbia's national chamber of commerce, they are the single most established institutional entry point for any EU project seeking to engage Serbian SMEs at scale. Unlike smaller innovation agencies, they combine regulatory knowledge, business registry access, and direct membership ties to thousands of Serbian companies. For consortium builders targeting Western Balkans expansion or Associated Country participation, they are a natural first-call partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Scaleup4Europe
  Their largest funded project (EUR 173,400), focused on cross-border scale-up labs spanning deep tech, health, agtech, and agile manufacturing — a significant broadening beyond traditional EEN work.
• EUREMnext
  Their most technically focused project (EUR 83,612), applying energy audit recommendations at practitioner level — demonstrates capacity beyond pure business support.
• AEOLIX
  Participation in a major European logistics digitalization architecture project, showing ability to contribute to large-scale transport infrastructure initiatives.