Podlaska Regional Development Foundation (PRDF) (formerly Białystok Voivodship Development Foundation) was established in September 1994 by the following institutional founding bodies:

• Białystok Voivode
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Białystok
• Solidarity Trade Union, Białystok Region
• Podlasko-Mazurskie Trade Union Association

Podlaska Regional Development Foundation is involved in a number of activities with the aim to bridge the gaps in the present infrastructure of business support. These include the following initiatives:

• Creating of a network of business incubators.
• Supporting a network of institutions involved in business advisory services.
• Co-operating with local authorities and the regional representations of the central government with regard to the construction and execution of the regional development strategy.
• Free of charge training and counselling services responding to the needs posed by economic transformation of the region.
• Supporting marketing initiatives, organising active forms of promoting the economy and private business.
• Supporting the development of small and medium size enterprises.
• Co-operating with foreign entities with the aim of executing statutory objectives.
• Ensuring access to information about the European Union.