Local partners

Global core, local fit.

Every Accadema deployment is landed by a partner who knows the jurisdiction — the copyright rules, the data-protection nuances, the accreditation reporting, the language and the time zone. The ecosystem is global; the conversation is local.

Why partners

Research infrastructure does not live in a vacuum.

Every country has its own copyright regime, its own GDPR addenda, its own deposit law and its own accreditation reporting. A research-infrastructure platform that does not respect those is a platform the institution cannot adopt — regardless of how good the product is on its own.

Accadema ships a global core and lands it locally through vetted partners. Each partner is in-country, speaks the language, and knows the legislation. The partner handles needs assessment, proposal, onboarding, training and first-line support. Accadema engineering stands behind them.

What "local" actually covers

Jurisdiction is a list, not a vibe.

A platform that ships globally has to land somewhere specific. The same six categories of local rules apply almost everywhere — what differs is the content under each heading.

Who owns what, who has to deposit it.

National copyright regimes diverge on first-sale doctrine, library exceptions, and statutory deposit obligations. The local partner maps these onto the institution's deposit workflows so the researcher does not have to read the act.

The EU base, plus what your country added.

GDPR is the EU floor. Every member state added its own data-protection act on top — retention periods, special-category processing, breach-notification routes, supervisory authority practice. Each varies. Each affects what the platform is allowed to store and for how long.

REF, ERA, AKKR, ANVUR — one of them is yours.

Every higher-education jurisdiction has its own assessment exercise. Reporting cycles, output classifications, departmental rollups and impact case studies are defined by it. The platform's reports speak the local framework.

UI, support, and the records themselves.

The interface in the patron's language. Support in the librarian's language. Cataloguing rules that match the national standard. Search that handles diacritics, declensions and transliteration the way the readers expect.

From the national research council outward.

Coalition S signatory or not. Diamond OA expectations. APC funding routes. Disciplinary preprint policies. The platform routes deposits and tracks compliance against the funder list the institution actually applies to.

The consortia and registries that already exist.

National library consortium, national CRIS, national research-data infrastructure, national identifier scheme for researchers and institutions. The local partner connects the institution's deployment to the networks the country already operates.

Sample jurisdiction packs

What a local partner brings, country by country.

Pick a country from the list to see the main grant agencies, the national research register, the HE evaluation framework, the Open Access posture and the data-protection authority for that jurisdiction. Data marked “under verification” is being confirmed with a local partner before the pack ships.

AT

Austria

Main grant agencies
FWF — Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austrian Science Fund, principal public funder); FFG — Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (industrial / applied research); ÖAW programmes (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
National research register
Forschungsportal of the federal Ministry; institutional CRISes
HE evaluation
Quality assurance under the UG (Universitätsgesetz); AQ Austria — Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria
Open Access
AT2OA — Austrian Transition to Open Access; FWF is a cOAlition S signatory (Plan S aligned)
Data protection authority
DSB — Datenschutzbehörde (Austrian Data Protection Authority)
Language
German (de-AT)
BE

Belgium

Main grant agencies
FWO — Research Foundation Flanders (Flemish-speaking community, principal public funder); F.R.S.-FNRS — Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (French-speaking community); VLAIO (Flanders, industrial research)
National research register
FRIS Research Portal (Flanders); under verification for Wallonia-side aggregation
HE evaluation
HE evaluation organised by community-level agencies (under verification for exact agency names)
Open Access
FWO and F.R.S.-FNRS are cOAlition S signatories (Plan S aligned)
Data protection authority
APD / GBA — Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit)
Language
Dutch (Flanders), French (Wallonia), German (East Cantons)
BG

Bulgaria

Main grant agencies
NSF — Bulgarian National Science Fund (principal public funder for basic research); operational programmes via the Ministry of Education and Science
National research register
NACID — National Centre for Information and Documentation (maintains national R&D records); institutional repositories
HE evaluation
NEAA — National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (HE quality assurance)
Open Access
Under verification: national OA strategy aligned with EU programmes; OpenAIRE network member
Data protection authority
CPDP — Commission for Personal Data Protection of Bulgaria
Language
Bulgarian
HR

Croatia

Main grant agencies
HRZZ — Hrvatska zaklada za znanost (Croatian Science Foundation, principal public funder); operational programmes via the Ministry of Science and Education
National research register
CROSBI — Croatian Scientific Bibliography; Hrčak — central portal of open scientific journals of Croatia
HE evaluation
ASHE — Agency for Science and Higher Education (HE quality assurance)
Open Access
Under verification: 2012 National Recommendation on OA; OpenAIRE participant
Data protection authority
AZOP — Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka)
Language
Croatian
CY

Cyprus

Main grant agencies
RIF — Research and Innovation Foundation (principal public funder)
National research register
Under verification: institutional CRISes at UCY, CUT and the Cyprus Institute; OpenAIRE-aligned aggregation
HE evaluation
CYQAA — Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education
Open Access
Plan S alignment via RIF (signatory of cOAlition S)
Data protection authority
Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (Cyprus)
Language
Greek, English (academic working language)
CZ

Czech Republic

Main grant agencies
GA ČR — Czech Science Foundation (Grantová agentura ČR, principal funder for basic research); TA ČR — Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (applied research)
National research register
RIV — Register of Information about R&D Results (national, mandatory for evaluation); ASEP for the Czech Academy of Sciences
HE evaluation
M17+ methodology for evaluation of research organisations; NAU — National Accreditation Bureau for HE
Open Access
2017 National OA Policy; Charles University signed Plan S; EOSC participant
Data protection authority
ÚOOÚ — Office for Personal Data Protection (Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů)
Language
Czech (Slovak interoperable in academic context)
DK

Denmark

Main grant agencies
DFF — Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (Independent Research Fund Denmark, principal basic-research funder); DNRF — Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (Danish National Research Foundation, centres of excellence); Innovation Fund Denmark (applied)
National research register
Pure-based institutional CRISes; national aggregation via OpenAIRE
HE evaluation
Institutional self-evaluation under the University Act; under verification: current HE accreditation agency
Open Access
2018 National OA Strategy; Plan S alignment via DFF (cOAlition S signatory); Royal Danish Library coordinates national licensing
Data protection authority
Datatilsynet — Danish Data Protection Agency
Language
Danish
EE

Estonia

Main grant agencies
ETAg — Estonian Research Council (Eesti Teadusagentuur, principal public funder)
National research register
ETIS — Estonian Research Information System (national CRIS; one of the more mature national CRIS deployments in Europe)
HE evaluation
HAKA — Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education; ETAg evaluates research performance
Open Access
2016 Estonian OA Policy; ETAg supports Plan S alignment; OpenAIRE participant
Data protection authority
AKI — Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon)
Language
Estonian
FI

Finland

Main grant agencies
Academy of Finland — Suomen Akatemia (principal basic-research funder); Business Finland (applied / innovation)
National research register
JUULI — Universities Finland publication portal; VIRTA — national research information service
HE evaluation
JUFO — Publication Forum (publication-level rating 0–3); FINEEC — Finnish Education Evaluation Centre
Open Access
National OA Policy line of work; Academy of Finland is a cOAlition S signatory; FinELib transformative agreements
Data protection authority
Tietosuojavaltuutettu — Data Protection Ombudsman
Language
Finnish, Swedish
FR

France

Main grant agencies
ANR — Agence nationale de la recherche (principal competitive funder for basic and applied research); large research organisations as funders + employers: CNRS, INSERM, INRAE, INRIA, CEA
National research register
HAL — multidisciplinary national OA repository (mature national infrastructure); Couperin consortium for licensing; ScanR research observatory
HE evaluation
HCERES — High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education; CNU disciplinary sections for academic careers
Open Access
2018 + 2021 National OA Plans; ANR is a cOAlition S signatory; HAL deposit policy applied across the system
Data protection authority
CNIL — Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
Language
French
DE

Germany

Main grant agencies
DFG — Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (principal autonomous research funder, Excellence Strategy, Sonderforschungsbereich, individual grants); BMBF programmes (Federal Ministry of Education and Research); the four large non-university organisations (Max-Planck, Helmholtz, Leibniz, Fraunhofer) are also funders and employers
National research register
KDSF — Kerndatensatz Forschung (Research Core Dataset, mandatory CRIS reporting standard); institutional CRISes (DSpace-CRIS, VIVO, commercial)
HE evaluation
Wissenschaftsrat — German Council of Science and Humanities (advisory); Akkreditierungsrat for HE programmes
Open Access
DEAL — national transformative agreements (Wiley, Springer Nature, Elsevier); DFG is a cOAlition S signatory; Berlin OA Strategy at federal level
Data protection authority
BfDI (Federal Commissioner) plus 16 Landesdatenschutzbeauftragte (state-level data protection officers)
Language
German
GR

Greece

Main grant agencies
ELIDEK — Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (principal public funder); GSRI — General Secretariat for Research and Innovation operational programmes
National research register
openHELLAS aggregator; EKT — National Documentation Centre (operates national OA infrastructure)
HE evaluation
ETHAAE — Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (HE quality assurance)
Open Access
Under verification: national OA policy lines; ELIDEK aligns with Plan S; EKT runs the national OA portal
Data protection authority
HDPA — Hellenic Data Protection Authority
Language
Greek
HU

Hungary

Main grant agencies
NKFIH — National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal, principal public funder); HUN-REN research network
National research register
MTMT — Hungarian Scientific Bibliography (Magyar Tudományos Mûvek Tára, mandatory national publication database)
HE evaluation
MAB — Hungarian Accreditation Committee
Open Access
Under verification: national OA strategy; OpenAIRE participant
Data protection authority
NAIH — Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Language
Hungarian
IE

Ireland

Main grant agencies
SFI — Science Foundation Ireland (principal funder for STEM research); IRC — Irish Research Council (humanities, social sciences, postgraduate); Taighde Éireann (Research Ireland) is the recently merged successor entity (under verification on operational details)
National research register
Institutional CRISes (Pure, Symplectic widely deployed); RIAN-based national aggregation
HE evaluation
HEA — Higher Education Authority; QQI — Quality and Qualifications Ireland
Open Access
National OA Action Plan; SFI and IRC are cOAlition S signatories; IReL consortium for licensing
Data protection authority
DPC — Data Protection Commission (Ireland)
Language
English, Irish (Gaeilge)
IT

Italy

Main grant agencies
PRIN — Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (principal competitive funder for basic research, run by MUR); CNR — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (national research council); discipline-specific organisations (INFN, INGV, etc.)
National research register
IRIS — institutional CRIS standard coordinated by CINECA; OpenAIRE-aligned aggregation
HE evaluation
ANVUR VQR — Valutazione della Qualità della Ricerca (periodic national research-quality assessment)
Open Access
National OA Policy; CRUI rectors’ conference signed Plan S commitments
Data protection authority
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Language
Italian
LV

Latvia

Main grant agencies
LZP — Latvian Council of Science (principal funder for basic research); VIAA — State Education Development Agency (operational programmes)
National research register
Under verification: national research information system; institutional repositories
HE evaluation
AIKA — Academic Information Centre / Higher Education Quality Agency
Open Access
Under verification: national OA policy lines; OpenAIRE participant
Data protection authority
DVI — Data State Inspectorate of Latvia (Datu valsts inspekcija)
Language
Latvian
LT

Lithuania

Main grant agencies
LMT — Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba, principal public funder)
National research register
eLABa — Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (national aggregator)
HE evaluation
SKVC — Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education
Open Access
Under verification: national OA policy lines; LMT aligned with Plan S
Data protection authority
VDAI — State Data Protection Inspectorate of Lithuania
Language
Lithuanian
LU

Luxembourg

Main grant agencies
FNR — Fonds National de la Recherche (national research fund, principal public funder)
National research register
ORBilu — institutional repository of the Université du Luxembourg; under verification on cross-institutional aggregation
HE evaluation
Under verification: current HE evaluation agency
Open Access
Plan S alignment via FNR (cOAlition S signatory); institutional OA mandate at UniLu
Data protection authority
CNPD — Commission nationale pour la protection des données
Language
French, German, Luxembourgish, English
MT

Malta

Main grant agencies
Xjenza Malta (national research funding) succeeded MCST in operational research-funding role; under verification on the current programme catalogue
National research register
Under verification: institutional repository at the University of Malta; OpenAIRE-aligned
HE evaluation
MFHEA — Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
Open Access
Under verification: national OA policy; OpenAIRE participant
Data protection authority
IDPC — Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Language
Maltese, English
NL

Netherlands

Main grant agencies
NWO — Dutch Research Council (principal basic-research funder); ZonMW (health and care research); KNAW (academy programmes)
National research register
Institutional Pure-based CRISes; NARCIS was retired in 2021, succeeded by OpenAIRE/OpenAlex for national aggregation
HE evaluation
SEP — Strategy Evaluation Protocol (six-year cycle, coordinated by KNAW + NWO + UNL)
Open Access
National OA Policy; UNL signatory of Plan S; OAPEN and DOAB hosted in NL; UKB consortium operates transformative agreements
Data protection authority
AP — Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Language
Dutch
PL

Poland

Main grant agencies
NCN — Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre, basic research, principal funder); NCBR — Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (applied research)
National research register
POL-on — integrated national HE & R&D database; PBN — Polska Bibliografia Naukowa (Polish Scholarly Bibliography); institutional CRISes
HE evaluation
Ministry-managed parametric evaluation of scientific units (category A+/A/B+/B/C); PKA — Polish Accreditation Committee
Open Access
2015 Polish Open Science Roadmap; NCN is a cOAlition S signatory; OPI PIB operates national infrastructure
Data protection authority
UODO — President of the Personal Data Protection Office (Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych)
Language
Polish
PT

Portugal

Main grant agencies
FCT — Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (principal public funder for basic and applied research)
National research register
RCAAP — Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (national OA aggregator); CIÊNCIAVITAE — researcher CV system
HE evaluation
A3ES — Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education
Open Access
2014 National OA Policy; FCT is a cOAlition S signatory; B-on consortium for national licensing
Data protection authority
CNPD — Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados
Language
Portuguese
RO

Romania

Main grant agencies
UEFISCDI — Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (principal funder body)
National research register
Under verification: Brain Map national portal; institutional repositories; BDI indexed-journals registers
HE evaluation
ARACIS — Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Open Access
Under verification: national OA strategy; Anelis Plus consortium for licensing and OA
Data protection authority
ANSPDCP — National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing
Language
Romanian
SK

Slovakia

Main grant agencies
APVV — Slovak Research and Development Agency (Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja, principal national grant agency, basic and applied); VEGA — Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (basic-research grants); KEGA — Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education (HE pedagogy projects)
National research register
CREPČ — Central Register of Publication Activities; CREUČ — Central Register of Artistic Output; both run by CVTI SR
HE evaluation
SAAVŠ — Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education
Open Access
National OA Strategy; CVTI SR operates national OA infrastructure; Plan S alignment growing
Data protection authority
ÚOOÚ — Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov)
Language
Slovak (Czech interoperable in academic context)
SI

Slovenia

Main grant agencies
ARIS — Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost RS, principal public funder; formerly ARRS)
National research register
SICRIS — Slovenian Current Research Information System (national CRIS); openscience.si aggregator
HE evaluation
NAKVIS — Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Open Access
2015 National OA Strategy; ARIS is a cOAlition S signatory; CTK consortium for licensing
Data protection authority
IP-RS — Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia
Language
Slovenian
ES

Spain

Main grant agencies
AEI — Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish State Research Agency, principal competitive funder); CDTI — Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (applied / industry); discipline programmes via the ministry
National research register
RECOLECTA — national OA aggregator (FECYT); Dialnet aggregator; institutional CRISes
HE evaluation
ANECA — National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation; CNEAI evaluates research careers (sexenios)
Open Access
2022 Ley de la Ciencia mandates OA; AEI is a cOAlition S signatory; CRUE consortia for licensing
Data protection authority
AEPD — Agencia Española de Protección de Datos
Language
Spanish (Castilian), plus Catalan, Basque, Galician (regional)
SE

Sweden

Main grant agencies
VR — Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, principal basic-research funder); Vinnova (innovation); FORTE — health, working life, welfare; Formas — sustainable development
National research register
SwePub — national publication database; Bibsam — licensing consortium
HE evaluation
UKÄ — Universitetskanslersämbetet (Swedish Higher Education Authority quality assurance)
Open Access
National goal of full OA by 2026; VR is a cOAlition S signatory; transformative agreements via Bibsam
Data protection authority
IMY — Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection)
Language
Swedish
GB

United Kingdom

Main grant agencies
UKRI — UK Research and Innovation (umbrella covering AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC, Research England, Innovate UK); Wellcome (independent charitable funder)
National research register
Institutional CRISes (Pure, Symplectic widely deployed); Jisc Publications Router for OA routing
HE evaluation
REF — Research Excellence Framework (next cycle: REF 2029); OfS — Office for Students (HE quality)
Open Access
UKRI OA Policy 2021+; UKRI is a cOAlition S signatory; Jisc transformative agreements at national scale
Data protection authority
ICO — Information Commissioner’s Office
Language
English (plus Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish in respective nations)
NO

Norway

Main grant agencies
NFR — Forskningsrådet (Research Council of Norway, principal public funder)
National research register
CRIStin — Current Research Information System in Norway (national CRIS, mature production system); operated under Sikt
HE evaluation
NOKUT — Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
Open Access
2017 National Goals and Guidelines for OA; NFR is a cOAlition S signatory; Sikt operates national infrastructure (formed from CRIStin / Uninett / BIBSYS)
Data protection authority
Datatilsynet — Norwegian Data Protection Authority
Language
Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Sami
CH

Switzerland

Main grant agencies
SNF / SNSF — Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation, principal public funder); Innosuisse (innovation)
National research register
Institutional CRISes; swissuniversities-coordinated portals
HE evaluation
AAQ — Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Open Access
2017 National OA Strategy; swissuniversities transformative agreements; SNSF is a cOAlition S signatory
Data protection authority
FDPIC — Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner; plus cantonal data protection commissioners
Language
German, French, Italian, Romansh
How the consultation works

Four stages from first call to first deploy.

A discovery process designed to fit between board meetings, not in place of them. Most institutions move from first call to signed proposal in six to eight weeks.

Stage 01 · 30 min

First call.

A vetted local partner makes contact in your language and your time zone. The call covers what the institution runs today, what is hurting, and what would change if it were not hurting.

  • Pre-call stack review from public sources
  • Output: shared understanding of where you are
Stage 02 · 2–3 wk

Needs assessment.

A structured audit. The partner maps the institution's stack, contracts, compliance obligations and growth blockers against the platform — jurisdiction pack already pre-loaded.

  • Stack & contract audit
  • Compliance gap analysis
  • Output: priority-ranked module shortlist
Stage 03 · 1–2 wk

Proposal.

Module mix, deployment shape, migration plan, jurisdiction overlay, commercial terms — one document. Reviewed at the next board, signed once the institution is ready.

  • Per-module: Accadema-hosted / client-hosted / hybrid
  • Migration plan from current stack
  • Output: signed master agreement & statement of work
Stage 04 · ongoing

Delivery & care.

Partner-led onboarding, in-language training per role, partner-owned first-line support. Accadema engineering escalation is transparent and second-line.

  • Onboarding plan with named owners
  • Role-by-role training matrix in your language
  • Annual re-engagement for next-module mapping
Concrete deliverables

What the consultation produces, in writing.

A consultation that produces only verbal agreement is not a consultation. Each stage above ends with a tangible artefact your governance committee can review.

Compliance gap analysis

A document that maps every relevant local mandate (deposit law, GDPR addenda, accreditation reporting, funder requirements) against where the institution stands today and against where the platform takes it. Reviewable by the DPO and the head librarian.

Deployment plan

Which Accadema products, in which order, hosted how. Migration steps from current systems. Cut-over windows mapped against the academic calendar. Risk register with mitigations.

Training & change matrix

Per-role training plan: who learns what, when, in which language. Internal communication kit for each phase. Sign-off owners for each role group.

Support escalation map

Named partner support contact, SLA per severity, escalation path to Accadema engineering. The librarian on a Friday afternoon knows exactly who to call.

The ecosystem

Different partner shapes for different institutions.

"Local partner" is not a single role. Depending on what the institution already runs and what it needs next, the conversation may be led by one of four partner shapes.

Systems integrators

Full deployment and ongoing maintenance for institutions that prefer one accountable party. Often the right choice when the institution does not run a large IT team internally.

Library consortia

Group purchasing and shared infrastructure for institutions that already buy and run library services collectively. The consortium negotiates once; member institutions adopt at their own pace.

Digital agencies

Front-end customisation, tenant branding, in-language training. The right choice when the institution wants the platform to look and feel like its own.

Research-policy consultancies

Compliance and reporting expertise. Often involved alongside one of the above when the institution faces a new mandate cycle (REF, ERA, ANVUR, VQR) and needs the platform configured against it.

For prospective partners

Become an Accadema partner.

Accadema works through a vetted, jurisdiction-aligned partner ecosystem. We grow it deliberately — one country at a time, one partner shape at a time. If you operate in research-infrastructure consulting, library services, EU open-science integration or accreditation reporting, the conversation usually starts the same way.

What we look for
  • In-country presence — local language, local legal context, local references.
  • Track record in research infrastructure, library systems, or academic IT.
  • Capacity for partner-led onboarding, training and first-line support.
  • Willingness to maintain a jurisdiction pack as legislation evolves.

Find your local partner.

Tell us where you are and what you are running today — we will route you to the right person, in your language and your time zone.