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– 6.4 billion euro to be provided by private entities.
One of the National Cohesion Strategy (NSS) priorities is “Improving the
competitiveness and innovative capacity of enterprises, including in particular
the manufacturing sector with high added value and development of the service
sector” 57 . The Strategy projects that improvement in the innovative capacity
of the economy is possible through support for innovation in enterprises, especially
the SME sector, for which approximately 75% of available resources under
the sectoral and regional programmes have been allocated.
Innovation assistance will be provided mainly by the “Operational Programme
Innovative Economy” (POIG) under which financing 58 of innovation
undertakings 59 consistent with specific POIG objectives will be possible. These
include:
– boosting innovative capacity of enterprises;
– increasing competitiveness of Polish science;
– increasing the significance of science in economic development;
– increasing the share of innovative products of Polish economy in international
markets;
– creating sustainable, better jobs;
– increasing the application of information and communication technologies
in the economy 60 .
To improve innovativeness of Polish economy in the years 2007-2013, other
operational programmes must be performed such as: “Human Capital”, Infrastructure
and the Environment,” and “Development of Eastern Poland Programme”
61 . Referring to Fig. 10, which presents correlations of programme
documents for the years 2007-2013 with national and EU strategies, we can say
that the key document underlying individual strategies is the “National Development
Strategy 2007–2013” (SRK) 62 . One of the six strategic priorities of the
SRK is “Increasing economic competitiveness and innovation” 63 , which is reflected
in the priorities and objectives of other strategic documents.
Another important program affecting innovation policy for the years
2007-2013 is the document “Strategy for Increasing Innovative Capacity of the
Economy in 2007-2013,” which is a continuation of the governmental pro-
57 National Strategic Reference Framework..., op. cit., p. 61.
58 Allocation of approx. 8.3 bn euro.
59 Only innovation products of national or global scale. Regional scale innovation projects will be
supported by the 16 Regional Operational Programmes (RPOs).
60 More in Operational Programme Innovative Economy,2007-2013, Ministry of Regional Development,
Warsaw, 22 January 2007, p. 61.
61 For example, the allocated funds for RPO in Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship (RPO WZ)
amounts to 835.42 billion euro.
62 Document adopted by Polish Council of Ministers on 29 November 2006.
63 More in National Development Strategy 2007-2013, Ministry of Regional Development, Warsaw,
November 2006 , p. 31.
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