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More Than a Billion Euros on Vocational Schooling INVEST PARK THE WAŁBRZYCH SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE “INVEST-PARK” MAGAZINE ISSN 2353-7523 IPIMarch 2015 • nr 1/6 INFO JOANNA KLUZIK-ROSTKOWSKA, MINISTER OF NATIONAL EDUCATION MORE THAN A BILLION EUROS ON VOCATIONAL SCHOOLING 10–11 YAGI POLAND VASCO-TECH KŁODZKO LAND www.invest-park.com.pl TEN YEARS BUSINESS SWEETER BUSINESS, LEISURE NEW IN ŻARÓW THAN SUGAR AND A PLACE TO LIVE QUALITY 14–16 19–2122–25 28–29 IN THIS ISSUE Contents 4–5 Barbara Kaśnikowska: Doomed to innovation Let’s get to know 6–7 WHAT’S GOING ON IN ECONOMY? 10–11 CALENDAR each other… 4–5 January–March 2015 A MINISTER’S PERSPECTIVE With the coming of spring, – , Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik we hear good forecasts concerning Deputy Minister of Economy: not only the weather, but also A personal list of damage doers the economy. Higher salaries, rising 8–9 Made in Poland exports, an upturn in the economy Made in the WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” 8–9 – these are some of the experts’ 10–11 Conversation with predictions for this year. Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, Minister of National Education More than a billion euros on vocational schooling ccording to the Ministry of Labor, the unem- 12–13 12–13 “Join the Best”, ployment rate stood at 12% in February, and or News from firms in the zone we can expect further drops in the next 14–16 14–16 Yagi Poland Factory A Ten years in Żarów 17 A subjective guide to the attractions 19–21 of south-western Poland 18 Investment-reinvestment New companies in the WSEZ 19–21 If you care about health and fitness, and you can’t or don’t want to eat sugar, stevia may be the right alternative for you Business sweeter than sugar OVERVIEW OF 28–29 22–25 Province in brief Kłodzko Land – business, leisure and a place to live EVENTS 26–27 Preferences and exemptions Different sources of project AND DEADLINES financing – how to combine them? 22–25 28–29 www.invest-park.com.pl New quality 30–31 What’s new in the zone Overview of events New permits granted Another ceremony of granting the new permits to conduct The IPI magazine available business activity in the WSEZ on the iPad! by President BARBARA / KAŚNIKOWSKA will take Don’t < place in May. This form of presenting miss! < wersja polska / the permits is intended / English version to reassure the investors of our < readiness to support them at the subsequent stages of implementing the investment projects, and to enable them to meet each other and establish contact. New quality www.invest-park.com.pl Entrepreneurs can already use our new internet portal, including its Cooperation Platform. We describe the new functionalities in details on pp. 28–29. 2 INVEST-PARK INFO 1/6/2015 FROM THE EDITOR @ [email protected] months. “If economic growth holds at the Entrepreneurs are also exhibiting the ferent sources of project financing (pp. level of 3%, then at end of 2015 we will highest levels of optimism in the last six 26–27). Nothing drives economic growth approach a single-digit level of unemploy- years: every third company is planning to as much as well-skilled workers – Minister ment,” Labor Minister WŁADYSŁAW KOSI- take on new employees and raise salaries of National Education JOANNA KLUZIK- NIAK-KAMYSZ said. during the next six months (according to ROSTKOWSKA talks about “The Year of It seems that the minister’s expectations surveys by Randstat and TNS). The Wał- Professionals” on p. 10. may well come true. According to the brzych Special Economic Zone joins the Enjoy the read as well as the sunny National Bank of Poland, Poland’s GDP is optimistic trend: according to our forecasts, weather! expected to grow by 3.4% this year while almost 1,500 jobs are about to be created. MO NI KA KO RZE WICZ, the average gross salary – by 3.6% Eco- Five companies have decided to launch Managing Editor nomic growth will be driven by rising new investment projects since the begin- exports (by 4.4%), with products manufac- ning of the year (we write about it on p. 18). The author has graduated in Journalism, and she has also tured in our Zone accounting for a signifi- In the spring, the natural world wakes finished postgraduate studies at the Academy of National cant portion of it. We describe some of the up, but this is also the best time to plan Defense in Warsaw. She has worked in local and central most successful products “Made in new investments. Thus we recommend government institutions. She is a specialist at the WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” Department of Communication. Poland” on pp. 8–9. reading our article on how to combine dif- “First of all, innovation; second of all, innovation; third of all, innovation – this is the only way to sustain Poland’s competitiveness, INVEST-PARK INFO (IPI) the competitiveness of the Polish economy in a world that is doomed to Economic quarterly of the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone competitiveness.” “INVEST-PARK” President of the Republic of Poland BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI during the debate “Innovation in economy EDITORIAL TEAM: as an opportunity for young people”, held at Rzeszów University. On the same day, President Komorowski Managing Editor signed and sent to the Sejm the draft legislation intended to increase the innovativeness of the Polish economy Monika Korzewicz EDITORIAL OFFICE: e-mail: [email protected] tel.: 74 664 91 53 The Zone supports sport and education! Become a Job Creator The editor does not return unsolicited material as well as reserves the right We have received 60 applications for sponsorship, The competition organized by the Ministry of to cut and revise the submissions, and the WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” Board of Directors Labor and Social Policy is intended to award and publish them at a later time. have selected 32 initiatives that will be financially the employees who create new jobs The rights to use the materials included supported by the Zone. and employed the highest numbers of workers in “INVEST-PARK INFO” belong We mostly sponsor educational projects that contribute in 2014. The awards will be presented in five to the WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” sp. z o.o. to increasing young people’s chances on the job market as categories: small, medium-sized and large Use of the materials by third parties requires prior written permission well as sporting events activating children and teenagers. companies, large manufacturing companies, of the editorial team. This year, we are going to purchase the subassemblies and large service providing companies. The editorial team is not responsible necessary to build an unmanned airship by The key factor is the increase of workforce at for the content of the advertisements the “ENERGETYK” Polytechnic School Complex and the company. Additional points will published herein. Secondary School no. 2 in Wałbrzych; we will also buy be awarded for hiring young employees PRODUCTION: equipment for the mechatronics lab at School Complex (under the age of 30), employees from the BLUE-AB no. 1 in Dzierżoniów, and chemical equipment for Lower e-mail: [email protected] 50+ age group, and disabled people. Secondary School no. 6 in Wałbrzych. Moreover, tel.: +48 609 17 99 06 The judges will also check if the employees we are going to support the professional-vocational PUBLISHER: signed employment contracts. workshops at the Youth Social Center in Wałbrzych Wałbrzyska Specjalna and the Science and Technology Park in Opole. Strefa Ekonomiczna Competition entries can be sent “INVEST-PARK” sp. z o.o. Among the sports that we have decided to support are: @ by email ([email protected]), ul. Uczniowska 16 boxing, football, volleyball, handball, karate, judo, post, or submitted in person at the seat 58-306 Wałbrzych, Poland running, cycling and swimming. We will also build of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy CONTACT WITH THE PUBLISHER: an open-air gym and send sports teams on competitions e-mail: [email protected] (1/3/5 Nowogrodzka St., 00-513 Warsaw, and camps. tel.: +48 74 664 91 64 with the annotation CREATOR Please remember that the next deadline for submitting COMPETITION) by 29 May. sponsorship applications is 31 July, 2015. You can find the detailed regulations and specimen More information can be found at documents on our website: www.mpips.gov.pl/konkurs www.invest-park.com.pl MARCH 2015 3 FEATURED ARTICLE DOOMED TO INNOVATION BARBARA KAŚNIKOWSKA, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” For many years now, the Polish economy has been lagging behind in all rankings of innovation. The 2014 edition of the European Commission’s report “Innovation Union Scoreboard” ranks Poland fourth to last, with the innovation indicator of just 0.28. The EU average is 0.55, and the so-called innovation leaders – Germany and the Scandinavian states – can boast an average score of 0.68–0.75. eanwhile, the world is rushing world. Some of them are still a thing of the future, but ahead. Innovations, inventions, others have already become part of our everyday life. new technologies and new Take mobile internet, which just a few years ago used materials – this is a reality that to be a luxury for the chosen few, and which is today both companies and consu- taken for granted by most of us. The question is, how mers must face. The 2013 has it changed the way companies function, control the MMcKinsey Global Institute report identified twelve tech- production process and supplies? How has it affected nology areas with the potential for radically changing the communication? It is said that the biggest competitor of traditional airlines are not low-cost airlines, but mobi- le internet and all the technologies based on it.
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