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KEY PUBLIC ACTORS IN THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
Hungarian Innovation

Agency

The Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ) plays a key role in supporting Hungary’s
innovation ecosystem, from the conception of ideas to market entry. Its goal is
to enhance innovation capabilities and performance, ensuring that individual
successes translate into economic growth. The Agency evaluates innovation
impact, provides data, knowledge and networking opportunities, and fosters
interdisciplinary collaboration among businesses, higher education institutions
niu.hu/en
and research centres. Through mentoring, it fosters an innovation­driven
mindset among businesses and facilitates market entry. The vision of NIÜ is to develop the innovation ecosystem with

a system­oriented approach, ensuring that creativity, implemented ideas and the exploitation of Hungary’s innovation
potential contribute to economic and social value creation in the long run.

Education Knowledge Corporate
services utilisation services services

Strengthening the next Facilitating the market Validating innovative projects
generation of researchers uptake of research results and startups and facilitating
and entrepreneurs their market entry

International Ecosystem Culture-shaping
market services analysis services services

Supporting innovative Data­driven monitoring Promoting innovation and
companies in entering and analysis of the innovation enhancing the international
foreign markets ecosystem visibility of the domestic
ecosystem

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