Report

The project's final deliverable is a report on mapping national and regional financial schemes supporting IP protection in V4 countries, prepared as a result of project activity on identifying "Financial incentives as a tool for improving the V4 innovation ecosystem and enhancing IP protection" by the project consortium.

The report is divided into three main parts. The first part aims to provide general characteristics of the V4 region regarding R&D activities and IP protection. The second part covers national reports (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia) prepared independently by the project partners. Each national report includes an overall description of the national innovation ecosystem and a detailed description of national support schemes, programs and initiatives relevant to R&D support, focusing on financing R&D activities and IP protection, as well as national conclusions and national recommendations. The third part includes joint conclusions and recommendations for improving innovation ecosystems and enhancing technology transfer activities in the V4 region.

Although the goal of the project was not the creation of a financial schemes and incentives database or collection and verification of empirical data regarding existing programmes, by identification and description of financial schemes available in each V4 country, the report should support entities from the region in accessing information important for enhancing the IP protection culture and incentivise IP strategies.

By securing more effective IP protection, regional companies can build a more competitive position and improve their business image and value. Furthermore, the recommendations based on mapping European, national and regional financial schemes, programmes and incentives supporting IP protection should serve as a valuable source of information for policymakers and a basis for establishing new financing schemes and joint IP support programmes within regional V4 cooperation. Improved national and regional innovation and IP policies can help increase the number of applications for IP protection filed at the national and international levels and increase innovation indicators for the V4 countries.

Entities involved in innovation and R&RD activities, universities/technology transfer offices, policymakers, organisations, and entities responsible for setting national and regional innovation policies and IP protection to get familiar with the report.

 

The report is available under the link https://cittru.uj.edu.pl/visegrad/event

 

The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.