Science and Technology Park ‘‘Technopark Gliwice’’ Ltd Company - Technopolis: Best Practices for Science and Technology Cities - page 480

Fig. 1 Incubation and technology transfers in Technopark Gliwice

typical way, applying existed patents or incubation way. We try to apply both
methods.
The accession of Poland to the European Union has opened several new pos-
sibilities of solving difficult restructuring problems. Such a possibility offers the
assistance funds, called the structural funds, for example the framework of sector
operation program: The increase of (SPO-WKP) priority1 ''The Development of
companies' competitive behavior and the increase of innovation through
strengthening the business environment to achieve step 1.3.'' The creation of
favorable conditions for the development of companies'—i.e., provides better
conditions for running the business. It was possible to create technical infra-
structure in close vicinity of the Silesian Technical University. The Technopark
Gliwce is a science and technology park located in the area of 8.631 m 2 (I stage) in
the very center of the Silesian Technical University academic township in Gliwice.
The strategic project objective is to create a modern investment undertaking in line
with the UE standards and meeting the expectation of investors and young people
who graduate from technical studies and decide to start a business in the business
to innovation technology field of innovative technologies. The investment
undertaking enables effective and socially favorable running of business and the
exploitation of immense intellectual potential existing in the Silesian society.
To achieve that objective, the first step to do was site planning of the plot
together with the existing steel structure (skeleton) on which the Technopark
premises is built. The existing steel-structure was a part of the Silesian Technical