The West Pomeranian Regional Development Agency (ZARR) has been operating since 1994 as executive body of regional government. The mission of the Agency is to stimulate and support development of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in accordance with goals of the Region's Development Strategy through cooperation with local self-governments, institutions and enterprises.

Cooperating with

• Regional self-government
• Ministries and other national-level institutions in Poland
• Local self-government units in the region
• Institutions in neighbouring regions in Poland and other countries
• Enterprises
• Development-related institutions (universities, regional development agencies, consulting firms, innovation centres)

Implementing national and regional operational programmes

• implementation of Phare pre-accession programme 2003-2006 and selected actions of the national sectoral operational programmes 2004-2006
• implementation of 3 actions/measures of the integrated operational programme of regional development
• promotion of support programmes for SMEs
• cooperation with Polish Agency for Enterprise Development in above areas

Advisory and training

• Free of charge information services within running economic activity, forms of support and support programmes for Polish SME:
  • law, marketing, finance, taxes etc.
  • available support programmes
  • external commercial and non-commercial financing sources available on market

Representing region in multinational projects regarding different aspects of innovation and co-financed within

• 5th and 6th Framework Programme EU
• INTERREG IIIB and IIIC
• phare pre-accession programme
• national operational programmes within Structural Funds

Business services:

• feasibility studies, business plans, strategies (business, municipalities, branch)
• partner search and market analysis
• organization of the brokerage events, seminars, trainings and workshops
• research and analyses

Contact information:

West Pomeranian Regional Developement Agency (Zachodniopomorska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego SA)
Stoisława Str. 2, PL 70-223 Szczecin
Phone +48 91 488 24 88
Fax +48 91 48 82 626
zarzad@zarr.com.pl

Project and Studies Department
Stoisława Str. 2, PL 70-223 Szczecin
Phone +48 91 432 93 03
Fax +48 91 488 26 26
bps@zarr.com.pl

More information about ZARR and above mentioned Department you will find here.