ICONS is an Italian foundation with over 20 years of experience in European-funded Research & Innovation projects, during which it has partnered in more than 100 projects, spanning domains such as energy efficiency, smart cities, bioeconomy, health and renewables.

Specialised in science communication, social and business innovation, ICONS designs and implements communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategies, while measuring their impact through innovative indicators. ICONS is also a strategic partner of the Horizon Results Booster, the EU flagship initiative supporting dissemination and exploitation of R&I results.

According to its expertise, ICONS is responsible for communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategies in ANIPH. It is responsible for designing targeted tools and messages to maximise the visibility of the project to the general public and engage key audiences, such as the scientific community, policymakers and industries. In addition, ICONS carries out stakeholder mapping and applies a KER-centric (Key Exploitable Results) approach to support the uptake of key results, monitored and analysed with various methods all along the project, and support partners in developing post-project commercial plans.