Innovation Centres

Innovation Centers are entities involved in the transfer of technology and the provision of pro-innovation services as well as cooperation with business. The assumed effect of their activity is the development of innovation in terms of products and processes in the operations of enterprises (including cluster members).The status of Innovation Centre is granted by the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology on request after meeting the formal criteria. The application process is ongoing with no time limit and is addressed to entities providing specialised pro-innovation services.The beneficiaries of the measure are research and development organisations and entrepreneurs (including cluster members).The main success factor: the result of the service is the implementation of a technological innovation for the entrepreneur understood as a product or process innovation developed on the basis of or with the use of technology. Technological innovation should concern its introduction to the market or actual use in the entrepreneur's activity.