PARP supported 1000 start-ups in 2007-13

In the years 2007-2013, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) supported 1000 start-ups in Poland, its president Bożena Lublińska-Kasprzak reported. "Poland may become, and our research indicates that it will, a sort of a start-up center in Central Eastern Europe," Lublińska-Kasprzak pointed out. She said that there are lots of young people in the country, who want to run their own businesses, however they face difficulties in the initial stages due to the lack of professional knowledge. According to Lublińska-Kasprzak, the agency will implement five supporting programs and have at its disposal some €573.3 million.