During the visit of J. Miezainis, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Economics (EM), to Poland, a meeting took place with Krzysztof Gulda, Acting President of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP).
During the discussion, we not only gained an understanding of the agency’s areas of activity but also discussed how to expand the cooperation initiated this year with the Latvian Commercialization Reactor into concrete collaborative projects.
As K. Gulda noted, the agency’s main areas of activity include innovation, which receives the largest share of the budget and programs; support for start-ups and ecosystem development; green and digital transformation; development of human capital skills and knowledge, identifying sectoral needs and creating training programs; as well as supporting ministries in policy-making.
During the discussion, J. Miezainis emphasized that active work has begun in Europe on planning funding for the next period. It is already clear that the funding available to enhance competitiveness will require exploring new ways of collaboration to jointly create project partnerships. Both in Latvia and Poland, start-up ecosystems are developing rapidly, demonstrating excellence in various deep-tech fields, which could attract cooperation partners and benefit Europe as a whole. This is a shared opportunity to leverage for national economic growth.
Representatives of Polish universities and industry are invited to participate in the Deep Tech Atelier, which will take place in Riga on 14–15 May 2026, to continue the discussions in a more practical setting.