Poland catching-up regions 2 : Podkarpackie Innovation Center - implementation report (Polonais)

This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the World Bank (WB) project to design and establish the Podkarpackie Center for Innovation (PCI) as a regional innovation and entrepreneurship support institution. The PCI represents a novel approach...  Voir la suite This report summarizes the activities and achievements of the World Bank (WB) project to design and establish the Podkarpackie Center for Innovation (PCI) as a regional innovation and entrepreneurship support institution. The PCI represents a novel approach to assist regional universities actualize their third mission by leveraging their economic contributions and transferring their knowledge and technologies to the local private sector and entrepreneurs. The PCI's philosophy is based on pooling key resources and competencies at the regional level, and supporting individual universities and their technology transfer centers (TTCs) with additional resources and skills to raise the level of technology licensing from universities and public research institutions, contract research with private sector enterprises, and foster technology and innovative start-ups. The report articulates the challenges encountered while setting up the PCI as a regional innovation support agency. It outlines where, why, and how the original design needed to be modified to reflect legal and funding practicalities for its launch. It draws conclusions and lessons learned from the implementation process. The main audience of this report is private and public regional stakeholders, especially public authorities, universities, intermediaries, and private sector representatives, and World Bank (WB) and European Commission (EC) staff interested in supporting regional innovation and entrepreneurial activities.  Réduire