Pomerania Development Agency Co. (Agencja Rozwoju Pomorza) is one of the pioneering agencies of regional development in Poland, established in 1992, as an initiative of the voivodeship authorities. Agency’s mission is acting to the benefit of harmonious growth of Pomerania through supporting businesses and authorities in the region, as well as initiating and giving assistance to economic ventures of local importance. ARP is also an institution which defines standards of help for entrepreneurship in Pomerania, as well as an important partner for self-government units in terms of regional development approach creation. Agency’s representatives are officially engaged, as an active party, in the preparation of regional development strategies and economic policy.