Innovative infrastructure of scientific-industrial cluster

Based on the analysis of problems of creation and functioning of innovation infrastructure in Belarus conclusions on the lack of its effectiveness are made. Main focus is given to the analysis of the practice of innovation infrastructure functioning, created on the basis of Polessky State University as a research university in order to perform technological modernization of the economy and the dissemination of effective business practices in Pripyat Polesye region in the form of scientific and industrial cluster. The description of the functioning of the basic elements of the created cluster as a system is made: Science and Technology Park; “Start-up” movement; educational project “Business School” in the “start-up” movement; business event “Invest -Weekend”. Models for created innovative enterprises which are based on the cases of using open innovation, technology transfer through a franchise license agreement and the participation of owners of innovations in the capital of new companies are developed. It is concluded that created scientific-industrial cluster as a institute of innovation economy may provide human capital growth and, consequently, increase the socio-economic level of development of the region through the creation of conditions for opening new innovative companies, modernization and growth of existing innovative companies, and their effective interaction with other economic agents.