The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an EU body and an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The Institute supports dynamic pan-European partnerships, EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, among leading companies, research labs and universities. Currently ten EIT Knowledge & Innovation Communities are supported: Climate KIC (formerly EIT Climate-KIC), 28DIGITAL (formerly EIT Digital), InnoEnergy (formerly EIT InnoEnergy), EIT Health, EIT RawMaterials, EIT Food, EIT Manufacturing, EIT Urban Mobility, EIT Culture & Creativity and EIT Water. Together with its leading partners, the EIT Community offers a wide range of innovation and entrepreneurship activities across Europe: entrepreneurial education courses, business creation and acceleration services and innovation driven research projects

SocialTech Lab is a non-profit organisation based in Cyprus working at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. It supports the development of inclusive and resilient ecosystems by empowering local change-makers and enabling solutions to social, environmental, and economic challenges.

Through its platforms and initiatives, including CyprusInno and The Base by CyprusInno, SocialTech Lab provides digital tools, structured programmes, and physical spaces that support entrepreneurs and early-stage innovators in developing and scaling their ideas. Its work focuses on fostering collaboration, strengthening entrepreneurial capacity, and enabling knowledge exchange across sectors and communities.

SocialTech Lab works across key thematic areas including sustainable agriculture, social cohesion, urban innovation, culture and creativity, and health and wellbeing. These focus areas guide the design and delivery of programmes that support innovation-driven solutions and ecosystem development. Through this work, the organisation has contributed to strengthening the agrifood innovation ecosystem in Cyprus by fostering collaboration and supporting access to capacity building, mentoring, and entrepreneurial development opportunities through its initiatives such as Ground2Scale and Agrifood Digital Transition & Sustainability Bootcamp. These activities have contributed to skills development, knowledge exchange and collaboration within the agrifood ecosystem.