Living Lab of Entrepreneurship

“Podkarpackie Region: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity.”

Mission

To create an environment where entrepreneurs can innovate, connect, and grow their businesses, driving economic and social change in the region.

Vision

To build a culture of creativity, collaboration, and development, leveraging partnerships across academia, business, and local authorities.

About the Living Lab

  • Entrepreneurial ecosystem​

Fostering a dynamic regional ecosystem where entrepreneurs can collaborate and grow their businesses. We provide a hands-on environment that combines creativity and real-world challenges to enable individuals and organizations to turn ideas into impactful businesses, driving economic growth and social change in our region.

  • Striving for business excellence

Our LL invests in knowledge and development, striving for business excellence, and thereby increasing the potential and value of LL. We base our activities on cooperation with the academic sector, SMEs and the non-profit sector and local authorities, so as to work for the development of the region. We create a culture of creativity and development.

  • Key challenges

✔ Building a stronger entrepreneurial ecosystem and global market connections.
✔ Tackling high emigration rates and talent retention issues.
✔ Expanding cross-regional and international collaboration.
✔ Strengthening cooperation between academia, business, and government.

Working group: Regional Economic Development

Activities

1. Support for SMEs: The lab provides specialized advisory services and workshops to help local businesses accelerate growth, particularly in the Podkarpackie region.

2. Collaboration and Networking: Entrepreneurs can connect with a diverse range of stakeholders, including public institutions, businesses, academia, and civil society organizations, fostering cross-regional and international partnerships.

3. Access to Resources: With access to a network of business development resources, mentorship, and expertise, entrepreneurs gain the tools to expand and reach global markets.

Find interesting resources, knowledge and connections at Distance LAB hub

Customer Relationship Building tool

Innovation & Networking tools

Strategize & Shape your business tools

Sustainability Developemnt tools

Join us on Howspace!

Focus area

  • Education & Skills Development – Offering specialized advisory and workshops for local entrepreneurs.
  • Regional Economic Development – Providing tools and methodologies to support SMEs in the Podkarpackie region.
  • Social & Community Development – Addressing ESG challenges through innovative solutions.
  • Co-Creation – Developing tailored solutions with local stakeholders.

Stakeholders

Public institutions/governance

  1. Podkarpacki Park Naukowo-Technologiczny AEROPOLIS
    https://aeropolis.com.pl/pl/
  2. URBAN LAB Rzeszow
    https://urbanlab.erzeszow.pl/
  3. Estrada Rzeszowska
    https://estrada.rzeszow.pl/#
  4. Regional Museum in Rzeszów
    https://www.muzeum.rzeszow.pl/pl/

Industry/business

  1. UNIMOS Alliance
    http://unimosalliance.com/
  2. Klaster Doradztwa Gospodarczego
    https://skdg.org/
  3. EPodium Agencja marketingu internetowego
    https://www.epodium.pl/
  4. Regionalna Izba Gospodarcza w Rzeszowie
    https://www.facebook.com/rigrzeszow/?locale=pl_PL
  5. INVEST TIP

Higher education institutions

  1. Rzeszow University of Technology
    https://w.prz.edu.pl/
  2. Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw https://uksw.edu.pl/
  3. University of Information Technology and Management, Rzeszow
    https://en.uitm.edu.eu/

Civil society

  1. Fundacja Aktywny Świat
    https://www.facebook.com/p/Fundacja-Aktywny-%C5%9Awiat-61560458954416/?locale=pl_PL

  2. Rzeszowski Ośrodek Wsparcia Ekonomii Społecznej
    https://wsparcie.es/
  3. Regionalny Ośrodek Polityki Społecznej w Rzeszowie
    https://www.rops.rzeszow.pl/

Connect with Key Networks in Your Region

EEN network:
– European Digital Innovation Hubs Network (https://european-digital-innovation-hubs.ec.europa.eu/home )
– Enterprise Europe Network Polska Południowa (https://een.net.pl/)
– European Network for Rural Development (https://ec.europa.eu/enrd/country/poland_pl.html )

Clusters:
– Stowarzyszenie Grupy Przedsiębiorców Przemysłu Lotniczego “Dolina Lotnicza”
(https://www.dolinalotnicza.pl/en/)
– East Automotive Alliance
(https://tarr.pl/klaster-motoryzacyjny-east-automotive-alliance/#page-content )
– Klaster Technologii Kosmicznych (https://www.klasterkosmiczny.pl/ )

DIHs:
Incubators:
– ESA Business Incubation Centre Poland (https://esabic.pl/ )
– Podkarpacki Inkubator Wspierania Ukraińskich Inicjatyw (https://incubator4ua.rarr.rzeszow.pl/ )
– Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości Krosno (https://ip-krosno.pl/ )

Centres of innovation and excellence:
– Podkarpackie Centrum Innowacji (https://pcinn.org/ )

Networks:
– Izba Przemysłowo-Handlowa w Rzeszowie (https://iph.rzeszow.pl/)

Address of the LL

 Szopena 51, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Contact info, Email

jfranczyk@rarr.rzeszow.pl

Website of organization responsible for LL

https://rarr.rzeszow.pl/

Rzeszow Regional Development Agency