We are pleased to have had the opportunity to participate in such an important event. The conference was the culmination of the NCRD's 15th anniversary celebrations and provided an excellent opportunity to share the best practises of innovation support from Poland and abroad and to present the impact of the projects implemented under the wings of the NCRD, including the activities carried out under the European funds available to the Centre.

The National Centre for Research and Development was established in July 2007 as the first government agency entrusted with the implementation of tasks related to the scientific, scientific-technical and innovation policy of the state. Today, the NCBR initiates and implements projects that contribute to the civilizational development of the country - no longer alone, but within the framework of the NCBR Group, which, in addition to the Centre, includes the following companies: NCBR + sp. z o.o., NCBR Investment Fund ASI S.A., IDEAS NCBR and the latest company, Akces NCBR, which was established last December.

Source: National Centre for Research and Development

Panel: Bilateral cooperation: strengths & weaknesses. Future scenarios vs. wide catalogue of multilateral programmes in Horizon Europe

Pictured are: Hong-Wei Yen, Ph.D., director of Science and Technology division, NSTC, Taiwan

Olga Polotska, executive director of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine

Aleksandra W. Haugstad, Special Adviser, The Research Council of Norway

Umut EGE, Umut EGE, Program Coordinator, International Cooperation Department, TÜBİTAK, Türkiye

Dr. Birgit Ditgens, International Bureau (IB) of the Project Management Agency c/o German Aerospace Centre

Krystyna Maciejko, INNOGLOBO programme coordinator, NCBR

Maciej Jędrzejek, NCBR - moderator

Kinga Stanisławska, Founder of Experior Venture Fund, European Innovation Council Board Member, Mateusz Gaczyński, Deputy Director, Department of Innovation and Development, Ministry of Education and Science

Pictured are Prof. Dorota A. Pawlak, President of the ENSEMBLE³ Centre of Excellence, and Paweł Szydłowski, co-founder and CEO of the TERRA SEED preseed fund

Anna Panagopoulou, Director of the European Research and Innovation Area, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

Ewa Kocińska-Lange, Director of the NCRD Brussels Office

Agnieszka Ratajczak. Director of the Office for International Cooperation, National Centre for Research and Development

Grzegorz Puda, Minister for Funds and Regional Policy

Dr. Paweł Kuch, Acting Director, National Centre for Research and Development