REG LAB

Their core work

REG LAB is a Danish think-tank focused on regional business development and innovation policy. In their H2020 work, they served as a national delivery partner in the Innovation Denmark programs, helping Danish SMEs assess and strengthen their innovation management capabilities using the IMP3rove framework — a structured European tool for diagnosing how well companies manage innovation as a business function. Their field work centered on deploying Key Account Managers (KAMs) who guide SMEs through an Innovation Healthcheck process and build tailored improvement plans. This positions them as a practical bridge between EU innovation support instruments and the actual needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the first INNO DK project (2015–2016), REG LAB's work centered on establishing the foundational framework — building innovation management capacity and supporting SMEs through the SME Instrument channel. By Innovation Denmark II (2017–2018), the language became more operational: the KAM (Key Account Manager) role was explicit, the EIMC (Enhancing Innovation Management Capacity) program was named directly, and the Innovation Healthcheck emerged as a concrete diagnostic tool. The trajectory is from framework-building to systematic delivery — REG LAB moved from setting up the approach to running a defined, repeatable service for Danish SMEs.

REG LAB was evolving toward a structured, role-based delivery model for innovation management support — a direction consistent with a maturing national program rather than new exploratory research.

How they like to work

REG LAB has participated exclusively as a partner, never as project coordinator — consistent with their role as a national delivery body within larger, centrally managed programs. Their consortium is small (10 partners, all Danish), suggesting tight, country-specific collaboration rather than broad European networking. Working with them means engaging a Danish-rooted organization deeply embedded in the national SME support infrastructure, not a broad EU consortium builder.

REG LAB has worked with 10 unique consortium partners, all within Denmark. Their network is geographically focused and nationally bounded, reflecting their role as a domestic SME support intermediary rather than a cross-border research collaborator.

What sets them apart

REG LAB occupies a specific niche: they translate EU-level SME innovation support instruments — IMP3rove, EIMC, the SME Instrument — into on-the-ground delivery for Danish companies. This makes them valuable in any EU project that needs a credible Danish intermediary with established relationships in the national SME ecosystem. Their think-tank background gives them analytical depth that pure delivery agencies lack, combining policy understanding with practical program management.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INNO DK
  The founding Innovation Denmark project introduced the IMP3rove-based innovation capacity assessment model that REG LAB helped operationalize for Danish SMEs at scale.
• INNO DK (II)
  The successor program formalized the Key Account Manager model and the EIMC framework, representing the mature, repeatable version of REG LAB's national SME support delivery approach.