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id: ch9-consortium
type: spine
title: "Twenty beneficiaries, thirteen countries: who delivers PoliRural+"
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core: true
teaser: "Nine regional pilot leads, their technical partners, and five partners with no pilot of their own: how the consortium is put together."
voice: universal
diagram: diagram-consortium-map
recallQ: "How is the PoliRural+ consortium put together, and how does it connect to the nine pilots?"
recallA: "The consortium has 20 beneficiaries in 13 countries, coordinated by CVUT (Czech Technical University in Prague). Each of the nine pilots has a lead partner from its own region, usually paired with a technical or business partner. Five partners (CVUT, CCSS, Asplan Viak, PSNC, CKA) hold no pilot role."
highlights:
  - "20 beneficiaries from 13 countries; no affiliated entities, no associated partners"
  - "Every pilot has a regional lead partner; Plan4All leads the Czech-Bavarian pilot and also supports the Spanish one"
  - "Type mix in the Grant Agreement: 8 BUS, 5 NFP, 4 RIA, 3 PUB"
  - "Five partners each lead one audience group of the communication plan (D7.1)"
status: accepted
concept: consortium
conceptTitle: "The PoliRural+ consortium"
parents: polirural-plus-project
lang: en
lens: generic
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formalism: none
visuality: balanced
lengthBand: deep
genre: explainer
state: core
carriers: prose|table|diagram
---

[PoliRural+](#c/polirural-plus-project) (Grant Agreement 101136910, a Horizon Europe Innovation Action running from 2024 to 2026) is delivered by **20 beneficiaries from 13 countries**. The Grant Agreement lists no affiliated entities and no associated partners, so every organisation in the table is a full beneficiary. The coordinator is **CVUT, the Czech Technical University in Prague**.

## Built around the pilots

The consortium is organised around the [nine pilot regions](#c/pilot-network). Each pilot has a **lead partner based in the region**. Most leads are paired with a partner that adds technical or business capacity: MID with MAC in Monaghan, SUA with the Rural Youth Parliament (SRY) in Slovakia, AUA with GAIA and Neuropublic in Greece, MYA with Smart & Lean Hub in Mallusjoki, and Plan4All with TH Deggendorf on the Czech-Bavarian border. Plan4All also supports the Spanish pilot led by SocialInnoLabs. Apulia, Vidzeme and Malta each have a single partner. Five partners have **no pilot role**: CVUT, CCSS, Asplan Viak, PSNC and CKA.

| No. | Partner | Legal name (as in the GA) | Country | Type | Pilot role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CVUT | Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke v Praze | CZ | RIA | Coordinator |
| 2 | MID | Monaghan Integrated Development CLG | IE | NFP | Lead, RP1 Monaghan |
| 3 | MAC | The National Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd | IE | BUS | Technical support, RP1 |
| 4 | SUA | Slovenska Polnohospodarska Univerzita v Nitre | SK | PUB | Lead, RP2 Slovakia |
| 5 | SRY | Vidiecky Parlament Mladych na Slovensku | SK | NFP | RP2 |
| 6 | AUA | Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon | EL | PUB | Lead, RP3 Greece |
| 7 | GAIA | Gaia Epicheirein AE Psifiakon Ypiresion | EL | BUS | RP3 |
| 8 | NP | Neuropublic AE Pliroforikis & Epikoinonion | EL | BUS | RP3 (cooperation) |
| 9 | TIN | Tinada Srl | IT | BUS | Lead, RP4 Apulia |
| 10 | MYA | Mallusjoen Nuorisoseura ry | FI | NFP | Lead, RP5 Mallusjoki |
| 11 | SML | Smart & Lean Hub Oy | FI | BUS | RP5 |
| 12 | CCSS | Ceske Centrum pro Vedu a Spolecnost | CZ | RIA | none |
| 13 | P4A | Plan4All zs | CZ | NFP | Lead, RP6 Czech-Bavarian border; support, RP7 |
| 14 | DIT | Technische Hochschule Deggendorf | DE | RIA | RP6 |
| 15 | AV | Asplan Viak AS | NO | BUS | none |
| 16 | PSNC | Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk | PL | RIA | none |
| 17 | SINNO | Fundacion SocialInnoLabs | ES | NFP | Lead, RP7 Cuenca / Segobriga |
| 18 | CKA | Crehan, Kusano & Associates | BE | BUS | none |
| 19 | VPR | Vidzemes Planosanas Regions | LV | PUB | Lead, RP8 Vidzeme |
| 20 | AL | AcrossLimits Ltd | MT | BUS | Lead, RP9 Malta and Gozo |

## Type mix and governance

The Grant Agreement assigns each partner a type code. The consortium counts **8 BUS, 5 NFP, 4 RIA and 3 PUB** partners. The public bodies are two agricultural universities (Nitra, Athens) and a regional planning authority (Vidzeme). Funding rates depend on the type: 100 % for non-profit beneficiaries and 70 % for profit-making ones, plus a 25 % flat rate for indirect costs. Three bodies steer the work: a Project Management Office, a Project Executive Board of work-package leaders, and an Advisory Board.

## Partners as audience leads

The communication handbook (D7.1) gives five partners responsibility for one audience each: **civil society (MID), policymakers (SUA), business (MAC), science (AUA) and the general public (CCSS)**. It also sets targets, such as 20+ policymakers and 300+ bodies and agents engaged overall. The [multi-actor approach](#c/multi-actor-approach) describes how the pilots find and rank these audiences.

Eight of the nine pilots carry on from the H2020 predecessor project PoliRural. The consortium itself stays at 20 members; the [open calls](#c/open-calls) bring in organisations from outside it.

**Sources:**
- Public project fact sheet (Grant Agreement 101136910 facts as on CORDIS): partners, types, pilots, funding rates, governance bodies. Website: [poliruralplus.eu](https://www.poliruralplus.eu/)
- D7.1 Comprehensive handbook, guidelines and materials for communication and dissemination, §4.1 Multi-actor and human-centric Approach (Table 7) — [PDF](https://www.poliruralplus.eu/docs/354/D7.1_Comprehensive_handbook__guidelines_v2.0.pdf)