On 7 October, representatives of Łukasiewicz – ITECH took part in a meeting of the Sejm Standing Subcommittee on Innovation and Economic Competitiveness, devoted to the assumptions underpinning Poland’s innovation policy. The discussion brought together representatives of public administration and institutions involved in the development and financing of innovation, including the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), and the Łukasiewicz Centre.
Łukasiewicz – ITECH was represented, among others, by Michał Matlak, PhD, Director of the Institute, Katarzyna Jodko-Piórecka, PhD, Sc. Eng. Deputy Director for Research, and Szymon Wiktorowicz, PhD, Head of the Technology Analysis and Development Center. During the meeting, the results of research and analyses conducted by the Technology Analysis and Development Center were presented, focusing on the effectiveness of innovation support instruments, commercialisation, and directions for their further development.
Natalia Ziemińska, PhD Sc. Eng. She outlined the existing funding pathways and the challenges SMEs face in navigating the wide range of available support instruments. She also emphasised the need to develop complementary information systems and to direct a greater share of funding towards commercialisation.
Dawid Romek, PhD Sc. Eng. He presented the concept of the Commercialisation Compass and the findings of analyses comparing companies that received public funding with those that did not. He highlighted, among other things, a significant improvement in the financial performance of supported companies and the need to develop better standards for measuring the impact of public support instruments.
The findings presented by Łukasiewicz – ITECH were very well received by participants in the meeting. In their comments, attendees highlighted the substantive quality of the data-driven material, while the discussion demonstrated strong interest in further knowledge exchange between public administration, funding institutions and the research community. At the close of the meeting, participants expressed their intention to continue this format and return to the discussion at a follow-up meeting in the first half of next year.
Would you like to learn more about the Commercialisation Compass? We invite you to read our policy paper on evaluating the public funding system for innovation.
