Innovation Council officially inaugurated

Poland has inaugurated the workings of the Innovation Council, an interministerial body whose main focus will be to support innovation in Poland. The event was attended by deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński, Minister of Development Mateusz Morawiecki, Minister of State Treasury Dawid Jackiewicz and Minister of Digitization Anna Streżyńska. "The state has a very serious role to play in supporting innovation, that is why we want to be an investor in in innovative projects," said Morawiecki. "We are on the cusp of the history of our economy and we need to break out of this trap of lack of innovation, of the middle income trap. Innovation is the key here," he added. He added that various companies will be invited to participate in the program. "The invitation will not be a theoretical one. We want innovative companies to implement their ideas in the real economy. And it means, we want to help them." Morawiecki concluded.