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The authors examine the areas open to the implementation of innovation in public institutions offering financial support from the European Union funds. It seems that wage systems are a promising field for the implementation of changes. The analysis is based on the results of a pilot survey, con¬ducted in 2011 among 79 employees of the Entrepreneur Service Centre in Łódź, regarding the assessment of the effectiveness of the wage system and its influence on the level of satis¬faction and motivation of em¬ployees. The aim of the paper is to assess the role that the wage system plays in the analysed public institu¬tion responsible for the implementation of one of the priorities of the Regional Operational Programme for Łódzkie Voivodeship for the years 2007-2013.