Innovations on the Municipal Market in Poland

Abstract

The municipal sector, as other sectors of the economy, has to do with innovation activities at least on the level of product types, process and organization. Leaders in this field in Europe are primarily the Scandinavian countries, Germany and Switzerland. Product innovations, which have been known for a long time, and process innovations regard the following: thermal energy and electricity from solar panels and waste incineration, the use of solid and liquid waste (sewage) for energy production is carried out in the so-called cogeneration sectors: waste, heat and electricity generation. Despite many pro-innovation initiatives, including the use of EU aid, academic activities and initiatives of local governments including Steel Will, Poland is generally seen as outside the mainstream of innovation. Propagation of all the positive initiatives in innovation with the support of companies not sold yet of municipal sectors is one of the opportunities to improve the level of innovation in Poland.