The Innovative

PARP’s role
Will PARP cooperate with e.g. the Institute of
Industrial Design (IWP) in the scope of the implementation
of this measure?
In general they are complementary measures with
IWP’s own project which will be realized by the Institute
of Industrial Design within the fifth OP IE priority
axis. IWP’s project is to prepare entrepreneurs
for the cooperation with consultants in the scope of
industrial design. Measure 4.2 is to be such a closure
of entrepreneurs’ participation in IWP’s own
project. The Institute will provide both trainings and
consultations for such enterprises that potentially
may be interested in design. It will present benefits
of employing designers or introducing industrial
design. IWP’s project is directed to the increase of
entrepreneurs’ awareness and teaching them how
to cooperate with a designer, what to require, what
to pay attention to during the realization of a new
design project.
A natural consequence for the participants of IWP’s
own project may be elaborating of a design project
and gaining a subsidy for the investment or consultative
part within measure 4.2.
Let’s go back to measures 1.4 and 4.1. If a company
works on a new solution using a subsidy
from measure 1.4 and if it turns out that there
are no market chances or it may be unprofitable,
will the entrepreneur receive a subsidy to
cover project expenses?
Yes, it is already included in the programme documentation.
Of course, during assessment we will
try to select such projects that promise well. However,
we are not able to foresee research results. It
may turn out that research results are good and a
solution may be introduced but from the economic
point of view its implementation will be unprofitable.
In this case the money will not have to be
returned. So when it comes to this issue, entrepreneurs
should not be afraid to enter into such enterprises.
They should not be afraid that they will bear
costs and then it may turn out that they will have to
return the obtained means. In the case of failure in
the achievement of planned results or when it will
not be profitable to implement a tested solution, a
subsidy will not have to be returned.
From measure 4.1 one can also subsidize
projects that have been elaborated within the
Technological Rod (the programme Technological
Initiative I.)
Yes, it is an exception. In the instrument 1.4-4.1one
can apply for a subsidy for the whole process –
from the research to the investment connected with
the implementation. However, there is an exception
for those entrepreneurs who have obtained a
subsidy for the research within the Technological
Rod – they will be able to apply for a subsidy only
for the implementation part.
Some of such projects financed by the Ministry
of Science and Higher Education have already
been realized or are being realized. Will
the intake for them to 4.1 be launched in this
situation?
In such a situation the „rod” project will be treated
somewhat differently. An entrepreneur will be able
to apply to 4.1 anytime after the launch of application
intake, i.e. during the realization of the research
part or after it is finished. However the investment
part related to research results’ implementation
must not start at this point. It is connected with requirements
relating to public aid for investments
– an enterprise cannot be launched before obtaining
information from a body granting aid about
the fact that the project is qualified for a subsidy
on principle. If entrepreneurs who have used the
Technological Rod want to obtain a subsidy for an
implementation from the OP IE, they cannot at the
time start investment activities.
Will PARP cooperate with the Regional Financing
Institutions (RIF) on the implementation of
the OP IE measures?
We project that we will use RIF’s assistance in the
scope of stationary control of projects subsidized
within measure 4.2. We do not however project
RIF’s participation in earlier stages, i.e. with application
intake, application assessment, signing
of agreements or settlement. Broad cooperation
with RIFs, together with their participation in the
intake, payments and control, is projected within
measure 4.4.
Cooperation with a promoter is
not mandatory. We project it within
measures 4.2 and 4.4.
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