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INVEST PARK THE WAŁBRZYCH SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE “INVEST-PARK” MAGAZINE ISSN 2353-7523 IPISeptember 2014 • issue 3/4 INFO ANITA STASIAK-BEŁZ, BAMA EUROPA TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS DARIUSZ KACPRZYK MIGAPOL INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ON A REGION DEVELOPMENT WILL THEY FENCE VEHICLES FROM THRIVING BANK IN THE GREAT WALL? POLAND CONQUER OPOLSKIE 10–11 14–15THE WORLD 18–19 24–27 IN THIS ISSUE Contents 4–5 Barbara Kaśnikowska: We are the dark horse Let’s get to know of the economy 10–11 6–7 WHAT’S GOING ON IN ECONOMY? each other… CALENDAR July–September 2014 There is a new government in Poland, A MINISTER'S PERSPECTIVE in Europe we have new commissions – Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik, and a new parliament, and there are Deputy Minister of Economy: new conflicts, wars and sanctions in The last chance different parts of the world. New chal- 8–9 New rules of public aid in fall lenges must be faced by economies emerging from the Changes explained crisis. This is the macro scale. 12–13 10–11 Interview with DARIUSZ KACPRZYK, President of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK): t the micro level, here, in south-western Poland, Development Bank where the Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone func- 12–13 “Join the best”, or News from firms tions, there are new factors, too. New investors, new in the zone rules of granting public aid, new tasks and new 14–15 MIGAPOL: Will they fence ideas. Whatever perspective we assume, we live in in the Great Wall? Aa time of constant changes and… considerable uncertainty. 16–17 MAXPRO: From Wałbrzych to the UK by rickshaw 14–15 18–19 On Mars, in London, Berlin, and Koluszki Vehicles from Poland conquer the world 16–17 20–21 Investment-reinvestment New companies in the WSEZ OVERVIEW OF 22–23 22–23 Profile: Anita Stasiak-Bełz: Take the bull by the horns Let’s get to know each other EVENTS Personalities in the zone 24–27 The smallest province accelerates AND DEADLINES economically 24–27 Not only family businesses thrive in Opolskie 28–29 News from “INVEST-PARK” Choose the economy! subzones 30–31 News from the zone On 16 November, local elections candidates for mayors, commune Overview of events will be held in Poland. heads, starosts, and local MPs In the Wałbrzych Special who understand what 28–29 Economic Zone “INVEST- entrepreneurs need and know that PARK”, we cooperate with you can’t make bricks without 30–31 self-government members straw. from 44 gminas and counties The IPI magazine available on the iPad! across four provinces on a daily 27 basis. This is why we keep our fingers crossed for those / wersja polska < English version Don’t HR Club miss! < / The HR Managers’ Club of / the zone companies will hold two < more meetings this year. At the beginning of October, there will be an opportunity to discuss with experts the formal, legal, and practical aspects of If you haven’t joined the club yet, please contact us at trade unions functioning @ in companies. [email protected] 2 INVEST-PARK INFO 3/4/2014 FROM THE EDITOR @ [email protected] receiving an apple to go with their meals. This idea was suggest- ed by Mieczysław Król, Director of the Structures Department. In Dzierżoniów, in the entrance to the SKC Haas plant, there are also boxes of apples and anybody can have one, as reported by Małgorzata Kwiecień, HR Director, who tirelessly promotes inte- grative actions. Perhaps this eating of apples will not significant- ly affect the Polish and European fruit farmers’ bottom line, while they are suffering because of the embargo on exporting to Rus- sia, but it is nice to feel solidarity. Especially when it is so healthy! Enjoy the reading while crunching a Golden Delicious or a McIntosh! JO LAN TA CIAN CIA RA, Managing Editor Jolanta Cianciara has held numerous positions in journalism, from field reporter to In this issue of “INVEST-PARK INFO” you will meet many peo- programming director and managing director. She has taught Public Relations, ple and see many events that prove that it is impossible to put Protocol and Etiquette, and Journalism at universities and in various training an embargo on useful actions and good deeds. institutions. She has also worked in business (creating and implementing marketing Fortunately! And we have our answer to the embargo: since strategies) and self-government administration (managing human resources, supervising EU programs). Currently she is Director of the Communications Department in WSEZ. August, every employee of Faurecia in Wałbrzych has been I am the happiest man in the world. INVEST-PARK INFO (IPI) Economic quarterly of the Wałbrzych STEPHANE ANTIGA, coach of Poland men's national volleyball team, Special Economic Zone after winning the title of World Champions 2014 “INVEST-PARK” Right now, I am a happy president of a happy country. EDITORIAL TEAM: BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI after the Polish volleyball team won the World Championship Managing Editor Jolanta Cianciara EDITORIAL OFFICE: e-mail: [email protected] Let’s play! Strong women now tel.: 74 664 91 53 The editor does not return unsolicited The following companies entered their We participate in many initiatives for women and by women, material as well as reserves the right teams for the 1st WSEZ Indoor so it is only natural for us to attend the Forum for Women to cut and revise the submissions, and publish them at a later time. Football Competition: NSK Steering Entrepreneurs in Dzierżoniów on 4 October. Systems Europe (Polska), Toyota The rights to use the materials included The situation of women in business will be discussed by, among in “INVEST-PARK INFO” belong Motor Manufacturing Poland, PZ others, Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik, Deputy Minister of Economy, to WSSE “INVEST-PARK” sp. z o.o. 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SEPTEMBER 2014 3 FEATURED ARTICLE WE ARE THE DARK HORSE OF THE ECONOMY BARBARA KAŚNIKOWSKA, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF WSEZ “INVEST-PARK” Women are underappreciated by employers. According to experts, it is one of the barriers to growth in Europe. More and more people are talking about it in Poland, both in large cities and in small towns. In Wałbrzych, the regional Congress of Women has just been held for the first time. Its motto was: “A Women-friendly Region.” uch initiatives are important because they eral hundred meters under the ground. Let’s admit it for lead to awakening women’s awareness. practical reasons – we are simply physically weaker. And this is the first step to changes. Making There are few of us in the construction business, and it is local authorities and employers sensitive to hardly surprising (although I have recently read an inter- women’s problems can potentially result in view with a female engineer from Poland who success- Sactions that will improve the current situation. The status fully coordinates the construction of huge projects in of women in Poland is far from ideal in many spheres of Saudi Arabia – but she was sent there by her Spanish, life. It is particularly evident in the job market. Among the not Polish employer). A king’s ransom to whoever can EU countries, Poland is ranked on the distant 20th place explain why employers are unwilling to take on women with reference to the percentage of women in work. in the automated industrial processing (barely 1/3 of the Unfortunately, statistics do not lie – more than half of all workforce), or in the “information and communication” women above the age of 15 do not work.