SUWAŁKI REGION

MAIN CITIES:

• SUWAŁKI • OLECKO • EŁK • GRAJEWO • AUGUSTÓW • SEJNY

POPULATION:

• SUWAŁKI 69 316 • OLECKO 22 091 • EŁK 60 103 • GRAJEWO 22 243 • AUGUSTÓW 30 482 • SEJNY 5 640 Data for 31 XII 2014. SUWAŁKI REGION

MAIN BRANCHES:

• SUWAŁKI: wood industry, food industry, tourism • OLECKO: wood industry • EŁK: commerce and reparation, building industry, transport and machinery • GRAJEWO: wood industry, food industry • AUGUSTÓW : shipbuilding industry • SEJNY: wood industry, food industry

ENTITIES OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IN THE REGON REGISTER:

• SUWAŁKI 6 969 • OLECKO 2 397 • EŁK 5 146 • GRAJEWO 1 846 • AUGUSTÓW 2 796 • SEJNY 482 Data for 31 XII 2014.

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65 Ogrodniki / Aradnykai Suwałki Olecko Sejny NEAREST FOREIGN NEIGHBOURS: 8 16 65 • Republic of Lithuania E67 • Kaliningra d Oblas t of th e Russia n Federation Ełk 16 • Republic of Augustów 16 Lipszczany 61 65 BELORUSSIA NEAREST AIRPORTS: Grajewo 8

• Kaunas-Karmelava Airport, Lithuania – 138 km E67 • Airport, Lithuania – 200 km • Warsaw, Poland – 270 km MAIN ADVANTAGES OF INVESTMENT IN SUWAŁKI:

• advantageous geographical location, • serviced industrial plots of the Suwałki Special Economic Zone, • functioning of the Science and Technology Park Poland-East in Suwałki Sp. z o.o., • tax reliefs and exemptions for entrepreneurs, • pro-development policy of the city authorities, open and friendly attitude towards potential investors, • well educated and relatively cheap labour force, • rich educational offer of the local schools. INVESTOR-FRIENDLY CITY

of the urbanized area of the city has 70,66% local land utilization plans.

1500 ha urbanized area

655 1 ha city area

Data for March 2015. SUWAŁKI SUB-ZONE OF THE SUWAŁKI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

27 ha 31 2 805

available land 553 517 378 PLN

numbe r of employed workers number of companies

implemented investment

Data for the end of 2014. PARK OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLAND-EAST SP. Z O.O.

• The strategic objective of the Park is to make Suwałki an attractive place of reciprocal connections between science and business, enabling the transfer of technology and innovative forms of economic activity and investment.

• The complex of the buildings of the Park built at the end of 2012 is composed of: Technology Incubator and a complex of laboratories: Chemical Product Research Laboratory, Medical Laboratory, Renewable Energy Laboratory, Multimedia Labora- tory, Hall of Logistic and Produc- tion Processes, and the Confe- rence Centre. TAX RELIEFS AND BENEFITS OFFERED BY THE CITY OF SUWAŁKI:

• „Programme of Entrepreneurship Development in Suwałki 2014–2020”,

• "De minimis" aid in the form of tax exemption from real estate tax for operators creating new jobs related to initial investment, • Elaborated local land utilization plans mostly covered grounds potentially attractive for investors, • Rent reduction for entities operating at renovated streets, as a compensation for the inconvenience caused by the renovation works at the premises owned by the city of Suwalki. TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF SUWAŁKI

• Power supply network • Heat supply network four 110/20kV stations covers 70% of the city heat demand

• Gas supply network • Water-supply and sewage network currently implemented investment by the Polska Spółka Gazownictwa Sp. providing services to almost 100% of the inhabitants with running water and z o.o. including the construction of ca. 25 km of new pipelines and a LNG 95% as regards the disposal of the communal sewage. Supplementary to regasification station with two pressure reduction and metering stations. the water supply and sewage networks are municipal water intakes, a water In 2012, LNG regasification station was built by private entities in the treatment plant and a modern sewage treatment. Suwalki Special Economic Zone. Moreover, there are ca. 24 km of existing pipelines which are being used to distribute propane-butane for local housing. SUWAŁKI IN STATISTICS are natural persons conducting 76% economic activity

registered businesses 6 969 96,6% private sector

Data for the end of 2014. MAJOR COMPANIES:

• Mispol s.a ., Animex – Animpol SF Sp. z o.o. sp.k., Spółdzielnia Mleczarska „Sudowia”, PPHU Laktopol sp. z o.o. (food processing) • Porta KMI Poland sp. z o.o., PadmaArt (wood processing and woodwork) • Malow sp. z o.o., Gastech sp. z o.o. (metal industry) • Atlas sp. z o.o. (building materials) • Aquael sp. z o.o. (precisio n machiner y, aquaris t equipment) • Wires and CablesF actoryELPAR II sp. z o.o. (electric industry) • Salag sp. z o.o.s.k. (plastics industry) • Pr i bo sp. z o.o. (construction industry) • F abryka Mebli FORTE s.a. (furniture production) Pre-working age 13,4 thousand DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL

Employable age At the end of 2014, Suwałki had 45,7 thousand 69 316 INHABITANTS Senior citizens 10,2 thousand Population density of Suwałki:

1 057 PERSONS/KM 2

19,3% 66,0% 14,7%

Source: Authors’ elaboration based on the data of the Central Statistical Office LABOUR MARKET AND SALARIES

Structure of unemployment by age • The rate of unemployment in April 2015 (9,7%) (3d quarter 2014) lower than the Poland’s unemployment rate (11.2%) or the unemployment rate for the Podlaskie Region 18–24 age 12,4% (13,0%). Average unemployment rate for EU 28 (9,8%). The number of unemployed – 3 479. 60–64 age 25–34 age 6,3% 26,0%

• Average monthly gross salary in Suwałki 3,125.48 55–59 age 35–44 age 15,2% 18,5% PLN and equalled 86% of the average monthly salary

in Poland. 45–54 age 21,6%

Education (3d quarter 2014)

Universities Post-secondary 15,8% and secondary vocational 22,2%

Lower secondary Upper general and below secondary 28,1% 11,5%

Basic vocational 22,4% EDUCATION

The State Higher Vocational School in Suwałki develops systematically and currently has 2100 students studying in 13 fields:

• Finance andAccounting • Economics • Agriculture • Transport • English - Russian Philology • Production Engineering and Management

• Architecture and Urban Planning • Construction • Pedagogics • Nursing • Emergency Medical Care • Cosmetology • Internal Security SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Suwałki technical and vocational schools educate skilled workers ada- pting their offer to the needs of the labour market.

Popular technical studies offer the degree of technician in: mechanics, electronics, construction electricity, mechatronics, ICT, sanitation, wood technology, logistics, economy, trade, environment, and tourist services, as well as trade skills training, e.g. in fitting and construction finishing works, machinery and equipment operation, fitting of installations and sanitary systems. SUWAŁKI – A CITY WORTH VISITING Suwałki Blues Festival

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