Case Studies

Proof that commercial diplomacy works.

European Diplomats helps organisations navigate government, public institutions, business networks, and politically sensitive markets. Our work has supported clients across education, cleantech, fintech, agritech, defence tech, migration, infrastructure, and wider public-private engagement.

European Diplomats business and government engagement in Rome — Commercial diplomacy in practice – government, business, and institutional engagement.

European Diplomats relationship building across Europe — Relationship building across Europe

European Diplomats UK and European stakeholder engagement — UK and EU stakeholder networks

European Diplomats public-private engagement across the EU — Public-private engagement across the EU

European Diplomats Cambridge and European innovation ecosystems — Cambridge, Europe and innovation ecosystems

Sector reach

Specialist work across public-private markets, not just one industry.

The current case studies show deep work in education, migration policy, and cleantech infrastructure. That sits within a broader practice supporting organisations across regulated, innovation-led, and politically sensitive sectors.

Education

Cleantech

Fintech

Agritech

Defence tech

Migration policy

Selected case studies

From access to influence, from intelligence to execution.

These examples show how European Diplomats creates structured routes into government, institutions, public-sector buyers, and sector-specific stakeholder networks, from education and migration policy to cleantech and infrastructure markets.

Cleantech Market Intelligence

UK EV infrastructure

SimpleCharge needed a clearer view of the UK electric vehicle charging market, including competitor positioning, public-sector procurement routes, tender award criteria, funding schemes, and likely future opportunities.

European Diplomats produced a detailed UK competitor analysis focused on Ubitricity’s expansion in the UK, drawing on public-source research and information obtained through Freedom of Information requests to local authorities.

Challenge Understand how a major EV charging competitor was winning UK public-sector tenders and where future procurement opportunities could emerge.

Action Mapped tender wins, evaluation criteria, council procurement decisions, funding mechanisms, partner structures, and future local-authority procurement signals.

Outcome Provided actionable cleantech market intelligence to support SimpleCharge’s UK entry strategy and public-sector positioning.

Comprehensive Advocacy

Italy

The brief was to enable rapid, high-level access to Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Departmental Heads, and senior officials in the Ministry of Education in Rome.

European Diplomats helped form a cross-party contact group and build a coalition around a top-level conference, securing a conference hall in the main Italian Parliament building.

Challenge Create access to senior political and civil-service stakeholders.

Action Built a coalition, designed the conference route, and supported high-level engagement.

Outcome Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial attendance, followed by enduring relationships and further meetings.

Relationship Building

Germany

The brief was to create an environment where language learning and migration experts could meet and network with key decision-makers responsible for policy in the German Federal Chancellery.

European Diplomats designed a series of roundtables at the International Club in the Federal Foreign Ministry, a prestigious venue available through diplomatic and ex-diplomatic credentials.

Challenge Create a credible route to sensitive policy decision-makers.

Action Designed an expert roundtable format and built a relevant contact group.

Outcome The client retained continuing access to decision-makers through the format.

Stakeholder Engagement

Market entry

ETS Global was re-entering the Italian market. It needed recognition from key governmental stakeholders and a stronger institutional position for the TOEFL and TOEIC Family of Assessments.

European Diplomats created a roundtable at the American Embassy in Rome, bringing together industry leaders and senior policy managers from the Ministries of Labour, Economic Development, Education, and Rome City Council.

Challenge Establish credibility with key governmental stakeholders during market re-entry.

Action Built and hosted a targeted roundtable with high-value public-sector and industry participation.

Outcome Improved recognition and positioning with relevant ministries and institutional stakeholders.

Monitoring and Tracking

Europe-wide

Inlingua was looking to develop its business by branching into government sales. European Diplomats was tasked with identifying relevant tendering opportunities across Europe.

We built an automated reader using API-based tracking and filtering across thousands of press and tender publications each day, followed by expert review of the most prudent opportunities.

Challenge Find relevant public-sector opportunities without drowning in tender noise.

Action Built a tracking and filtering system across EU markets with human review.

Outcome Several relevant new business opportunities identified and reported each week.

Beyond education

The method applies wherever organisations need to bridge policy, government, and markets.

Education appears strongly in the existing public case studies because it has been a major strand of client work. But the core European Diplomats model is sector-agnostic: identify the real decision environment, understand the policy logic, build credible access, and support disciplined follow-through.

That same method applies to cleantech, fintech, agritech, defence tech, and other sectors where government, regulation, public funding, procurement, reputation, and stakeholder trust shape commercial outcomes.

European Diplomats political intelligence service image — Political intelligence

European Diplomats advocacy service image — Advocacy

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What clients get

Practical outcomes, not decorative strategy.

The value is not a thick report that gets filed away. It is sharper positioning, better access, cleaner stakeholder sequencing, and fewer wasted conversations.

Access

Routes into ministries, embassies, public institutions, associations, and senior sector networks.

Credibility

Positioning that makes sense to government, business, and policy-facing stakeholders.

Intelligence

Policy, procurement, regulatory, and market signals translated into practical decisions.

Follow-through

Structured engagement that turns introductions into meetings, meetings into relationships, and relationships into opportunities.

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