Entrepreneurs, universities, public institutions and local governments from the Subcarpathian Voivodeship brought together by the Rzeszow Regional Development Agency have concluded an agreement on cooperation for the benefit of Ukrainian businesses.

The agreement, aiming to create a unique incubator to support Ukrainian entrepreneurs, was signed by more than a dozen bodies from the Subcarpathian region – local governments, universities, business-related institutions, including: Industrial Development Agency, Rzeszów Regional Development Agency, Rzeszów University of Technology, University of Rzeszów, HUGETECH, Krosno Technology Incubator KRINTECH, MARR Regional Development Agency, Tarnobrzeg Regional Development Agency, Inventur company, Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and the cities of Rzeszów, Przemyśl, Jasło and Lubaczów.

The idea of setting up an open incubator emerged from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Władysław Ortyl, as a form of support for Ukrainian companies whose activities have been hampered or interrupted by the ongoing war. The meeting was also attended by Małgorzata Jarosińska-Jedynak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy.

“A distributed incubator for SMEs from Ukraine” will be an initiative bringing together a professional team of incubation subjects with business infrastructure facilities and advisory and investment experience from the Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

Support for Ukrainian entrepreneurs will consist primarily in providing them with access to infrastructure, e.g. work space, support in the form of expert assistance and specialist infrastructure, e.g. laboratories. It will also include advice on possible state aid, support in contacts with the administration – local and central. The terms of use will be agreed separately between the owner of the infrastructure in question and the Ukrainian entrepreneur.

Adrian Andrzejewski