The Industrial Development Agency (ARP) has signed a contract for the implementation of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centers (ESA BIC). ARP acts as a project leader that joins three regional consortia.

ESA BIC is a network of business incubation centers coordinated and co-financed by the European Space Agency. The purpose of creating incubators is to support startups that are at an early stage of development, whose operation is related to the use of space technologies.

The consortium, led by ARP, also includes three institutions: Blue Dot Solutions Sp. z o.o. – leader of the Regional Consortium Gdańsk – Krakow, Fundacja Przedsiębiorczości Technologicznej – leader of the Regional Consortium Warsaw – Łódź – Wrocław and the Podkarpackie Voivodeship – leader of the Regional Consortium Rzeszów.