The South Bohemian Science and Technology Park (JVTP) was established by the South Bohemian Region in 2008 to support entrepreneurship in the region. JVTP offers equipped facilities such as laboratories, offices, seminar rooms or technology halls. Services offered to entrepreneurs include preparation of business plans and studies, assistance with preparation of research, developmental projects or financial plans, consultancy of grants, monitoring of new research findings and technology trends, facilitation to academia-business cooperation and intellectual property rights protection assistance.