The Innovative

Support for companies
Science institutions, research and development institutions, business environment
institutions and enterprises will be supported within the OP IE. This
time we describe measures that can be used directly by companies. Descriptions
are to bring the specifics of given measures closer to beneficiaries and
check whether and in what purpose they can use them. Precise entries including
criteria relating to projects and compilations of qualified.
START-UPs
Measure 3.1 Initiating of innovative activity
has been created in order to increase the number
of companies based on an innovative idea. Support
for the start-up will consist of three components:
consultancy in the scope of the creation of
a new enterprise, opening of infrastructure and
services, and financial support for the new entrepreneur.
However, a single entrepreneur will not apply
for assistance to PARP but institutions that will
grant a double-stage support for new innovative
enterprises. The first stage consists in identifying
innovative solutions and checking their market
potential. How will this be done? The institutions
will conduct research of innovative solutions,
market analysis in a given realm; they will help
to elaborate a business plan and prepare a company
to start business based on the innovative
solution. For this stage the institution will receive
up to 100% of expenses.
Then the other stage of support begins. It consists
in capital investment in a company created
as a result of activities undertaken in the first
stage. The investor is a venture capital fund operating
with or within an entity receiving the support
(up to 50% of shares in the created company).
Capital engagement in the company cannot
be longer than 10 years. The total value of aid
means within stage I and II per one entrepreneur
cannot exceed 200 000 euros and in the case
of entrepreneurs with businesses in road sector
– 100 000 euros.
The other stage is a completely renewable instrument
since the means obtained after leaving
of the investment will be directed to the account
of the business environment institution (venture
capital fund operating with it) for the purpose of
continuing activities in this scope.
Prototype + implementation
PARP will implement an instrument consisting of two
measures: 1.4 Support for goal-oriented projects
and 4.1 Support for implementation of results of
R&D works. They are integral towards each other
and one application template will be assigned for
both measures. The aim of measure 1.4 is to deliver
to entrepreneurs the biggest support that will
enable to gain new innovative tools and products
for the development of their businesses and market
competitive positions. Goal-targeted projects serve
this purpose; R&D works constitute their basic part.
Stage I covers industrial research and development
works conducted by entrepreneurs (on one’s own or
through cooperation with science units) to the moment
of the creation of a prototype.
Qualified expenses in stage I (described in detail
in measure cards) include: remuneration together
with remuneration derivatives of people engaged
in the project realization, the purchase or exploitation
costs of equipment, covering costs of building
amortization, the acquisition of property right or land
perpetual usufruct (everything in the scope and period
in which it is used for the needs of the supported
project), the acquisition of intangible and legal values
on market condition in the form of patents, licenses,
unpatented technical knowledge and the purchase
of research, consultancy services and parallel services
used solely for the needs of a project.
The budget of measure 1.4 amounts to 390 million
euros. At this point the minimal value for project support
has not been defined for most voivodships (only
in the Mazovian and Łódzkie Voivodships the bottom
subsidy point of 400 000 zlotys applies). Maximum
subsidy amounts to 50% for big companies, 60% for
medium-sized companies and 70% for small companies
(depending on the region) and no more than 20
million zlotys. The minimum beneficiary’s own contribution
amounts to 30% for industrial research and
55% for development works.
Stage II supported within measure 4.1 covers the
preparation for implementation and the implementation
of the results of R&D works financed within
measure 1.4 or from Technological Initiative (the
programme realized by the Ministry of Science and
Higher Education) through investments (the purchase
of fixed assets or intangible and legal values).
The condition of project realization at this stage is
the economic legitimacy of the implementation of
R&D works’ results being the effect of the realization
of research part – the results of market research
should indicate profitability of the implementation
and technology commercialization being the subject
to the project (project market potential).
Industrial research aims at
gaining new knowledge and
skills in order to elaborate
new products, processes
and services or implement
significant improvements to the
existing products, processes or
services.
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