Project title: Development of Regional Innovation Strategy of Lubelskie Voivodship
Acronym: RIS LUBELSKIE
Project co-financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme of EU
Coordinator: Lublin University of Technology
Representative of IA PAS: dr Andrzej STĘPNIEWSKI
Project implementation: 01.06.2005 – 31.01.2008
The purpose of employing this project is to complete the preconditions necessary to implement the innovation strategy for the Lubelskie Voivodeship. Within individual stages assignments will be carried out meaning to increase the collaboration of the most important regional institutions- that are active and experienced in areas pertaining to the transfer and innovation of technology, including the heads of the Lubelski Regional Government, scientific research institutions, business organizations, industry representatives etc. Its effect will be to create essential analyses assessing the needs and capabilities of innovation companies representing areas of the economy vital to the development of the Lubelskie Voivodeship. The expected analyses will allow for an evaluation, as to what sorts of solutions innovative firms expect, as well as the sorts of problems they run into, what kind of innovational solutions they implement and to what extent innovation is applied within these firms. Analysis of the companies demands for technology will correlate with the evaluation of the capabilities (supply) of the scientific research institutions. The results of the research and the SWOT analysis of the region will transfer onto the definition and development a s well as implementation of the Strategy and future regional endeavors. These endeavors will pursue the improvement of framework conditions for the creation and utilization of innovation in the region, thereby, taking full advantage of available methods as well as the existing and future developmental potential of the Lubelskie Voivodeship.