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Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship
address:
ul. Piotrkowska 86, 90-103 Łódź
tel./fax: +48 (42) 630 36 67/+48 (42) 632 90 89
e-mail/website:
fundacja@frp.lodz.pl/www.frp.lodz.pl
created: 1991
area: 374 m 2
chief executive:
Ewa Sadowska-Kowalska, PhD
contact:
Małgorzata Sikorska, PhD, tel. +48 (42) 630 36 67, e-mail fundacja@frp.lodz.pl
technology
transfer centers
The Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Łódź is a strong advisory, informational, and training
center. It works for the integration of business society, innovation, cooperation between enterprises and R&D
centers, knowledge and technology transfer and the development an economy based on knowledge and European
integration. The Foundation is part of the Domestic Innovation Network, an Enterprise Europe Network center and
a member of the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
As a partner and coordinator, the Foundation has been directing pilot programs for 20 years in fields such as modern
management, export expansion, protection of intellectual property, promotion of science and the achievements of
research teams, social responsibility of enterprises, adaptation of university programs to the needs of the economy,
integration of high risk groups in enterprises and society, and employee mobility in the EU.
It provides an array of specialized consulting services to support innovation, including technology and innovation
audits, establishing business and technology partnerships, as well as international and domestic technology transfer.
The Agency advertises the innovative solutions of Polish companies on the European market. It further offers training
courses for senior and middle management in the fields of strategic planning, innovative entrepreneurship, modern
company management, management of change, and new methods of sales improvement.
As a result of participating in international projects and networks, the Foundation has developed
a wide array of contacts. Since 2007 it has been representing Poland in the IPREG (Innovative Policy
Research for Economic Growth Network, www.ipreg.org), which has been studying the gap between
the potential for economic and scientific innovation and actual practices in European technology,
as well as studying cooperation between politics, science and economics, for many years.
The Foundation has won many awards and honors for its didactic, informative and training activities.
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