ZACHODNIOPOMORSKIE STOWARZYSZENIE ROZWOJU GOSPODARCZEGO - SZCZECINSKIE CENTRUM PRZEDSIEBIORCZOSCI

Their core work

ZSRG-SCP is a business development association based in Szczecin, West Poland, that operates as an Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) partner delivering innovation management support to SMEs. Their core work involves Key Account Management (KAM) services — assigning dedicated innovation experts to coach SMEs through the EU's SME Instrument and broader Horizon 2020 opportunities. They help small companies in the West Poland region identify innovation gaps, build capacity, and access EU funding and technology partnerships. In practical terms, they are the regional bridge between EU innovation programs and local businesses that lack the internal expertise to engage with them.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ZSRG-SCP's focus has remained highly consistent across 2015-2021, centered on Key Account Management for SME innovation. However, a subtle but meaningful shift is visible: early projects (2015-2018) emphasized structured capacity building and the EEN framework, while later projects (2019-2021) expanded to include mentoring, coaching, and the EIMC (European Innovation Management Capacity) methodology. This suggests a maturation from delivering standardized KAM services to offering more personalized, hands-on innovation support.

ZSRG-SCP is deepening its innovation support from structured program delivery toward individualized mentoring and coaching, suggesting growing expertise in tailored SME innovation advisory.

How they like to work

ZSRG-SCP participates exclusively as a partner, never as a coordinator — consistent with their role as a regional EEN delivery node within larger pan-European support actions. With only 8 unique consortium partners across a single country collaboration, they operate within a tight, recurring network. This suggests a reliable, low-maintenance partner for Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) rather than an organization that builds diverse international consortia.

ZSRG-SCP has worked with 8 distinct partners but within only 1 country collaboration context, indicating a predominantly domestic or narrowly regional network. Their partnerships are likely with other Polish EEN nodes and innovation agencies rather than cross-border research institutions.

What sets them apart

ZSRG-SCP offers deep regional knowledge of the West Poland SME landscape combined with six years of continuous KAM delivery experience — a track record few regional agencies can match. For anyone building a CSA or innovation support action that needs reach into the Szczecin / West Pomerania region, they are one of very few organizations with proven EEN delivery infrastructure there. Their value is not in research expertise but in on-the-ground access to SMEs and practical experience translating EU innovation programs into local business outcomes.

Highlights from their portfolio

• KAM2WestPoland
  The founding project (2015-2016) that established ZSRG-SCP's role as a KAM innovation support provider in the West Poland region.
• KAM2WP_2020_2021
  The most recent and evolved iteration, expanding from basic KAM to include mentoring, coaching, and the EIMC methodology — showing the organization's growth in service sophistication.