This project involves the upgrading/expansion and adaptation of existing research infrastructures, observatories, and flagship actions/projects of EKKE. The goal of the project is for EKKE to establish its position within the ecosystem of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), improving the documentation and consultancy services provided to the SMEs with which it already collaborates. It also aims to enhance the mechanisms for utilizing research data and results, directly benefiting the SMEs (both existing and new) that wish to strengthen their innovative activities through the use of social research and innovation outcomes produced at EKKE. Specifically, EKKE seeks to consolidate its existing outreach to the private sector and enhance the added value and social impact of some of its key research infrastructures, through the further development of material and intangible mechanisms for connecting and collaborating with private sector businesses operating geographically and entrepreneurially in the Attica Region.