EU funds to promote industrial design in Eastern Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Jo Harper
24.08.2015 07:33
PLN 576 million from the EU will be available in the coming years to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in industrial design in the provinces of Eastern Poland.
Володимир Прядко
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Development said applications for grants in the first "Design Competition in Eastern Poland 2014-2020” will be submitted from 20 October to 30 December 2015 to the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP).
The programme is directed to the Warmia-Mazury, Podlasie, Podkarpackie, Lublin provinces.
The aim of the project is to encourage innovative solutions. Money for implementation - consulting services related to design, market research, purchase of machinery and equipment – will be part of a second stage.
"What is important is that companies applying for support must first choose a contractor for their design and enter into a conditional agreement,” the ministry said in a statement.
Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and development Iwona Wendel told the Polish press agency PAP that many companies in Poland need support in the development of industrial design. "Only a small number of mature businesses operating today in Poland actually consciously use industrial design," Wendel said. (jh/rk)