In Poland, a number of government-funded programmes are focused on strengthening the capacity of business-support institutions to provide innovation and R&D-related services to SMEs. These partners focus on building links between R&D institutes, SMEs, and people who can be encouraged to start businesses to commercialise their knowledge, and systems that connect incubators, technology transfer offices, and technology parks. Further detail on specific programme measures is provided in Box 3.6 at the end of this chapter. Financial assistance is offered to cover the costs of consultancy services to develop a development strategy for the innovation centre, consultancy and promotion resulting from the centre’s strategy (e.g. databases, coaching, matching partners, estimating costs of the implementation of a given project for production by client entrepreneurs, the assessment of the market value of the R&D results), implementing expansion or modernisation of existing technical infrastructure, and promotional activities resulting from the centre’s strategy.