Małopolska Electrical engineering industry, machine industry and metal industry Małopolska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A., Krakowski Park Technologiczny sp. z o.o. Contents and “Kraków – Nowa Huta Przyszłości” S.A. jointly implement a project titled: “POWER UP YOUR BUSINESS IN MAŁOPOLSKA”, co-financed I.. MAŁoPoLsKA:.between.tradition. by the Regional Operational Programme for and.modernity................................................. .3 the Małopolska Region for 2014–2020 (RPO WM) . Basic.Data.about.Małopolska.[map]........ .3 I.1. under Priority Axis 3: “Entrepreneurial Małopolska”, I.2.. Małopolska.2014–2020........................... .4 measure: “The Internationalisation of Małopolska I.3.. support.for. Economy”, sub-measure “The Economic entrepreneurship........................................5 Promotion of Małopolska”. I.4.. export.Directions.and.tendencies. in.Małopolska........................................... .5 The objective of the project is to directly promote the economic potential of Małopolska II.. MAŁoPoLsKA.–.eLeCtRICAL. on the international scene, improve enGIneeRInG.InDUstRY.AnD.MACHINE the competitiveness of regional companies on InDUstRY...................................................... .7 foreign markets and support foreign investments in Małopolska. II.1..What.Małopolska.specialises.in…............ .7 II.2..Characteristics.of.the.electrical. The measures of the “Power up...” project include and.machine.industry.and.metal.industry. participating in foreign fairs, organising trade in.the.region.............................................. .7 missions and regional workshops, issuing II.3..Małopolska.experience. publications and creating a modern information and.achievements.................................... .9 system for the entrepreneurs of Małopolska. II.4..tendencies.in.the.growth.of.industry. in.Małopolska........................................... 11 We combine the potential of our institutions: Małopolska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego S.A. (1993): the largest regional business institution III.. eLeCtRICAL.enGIneeRInG,.MACHINE implementing entrepreneurial support AnD.MetAL.PRoDUCtIon........................... 12 programmes and EU projects, offering financial instruments to implement business projects, providing services for investors and conducting international promotion activities. www.marr.pl Krakowski Park Technologiczny sp. z o.o., managing the Special Economic Zone in Małopolska, creating modern aid systems (incubator, seed capital, clustering, etc.), primarily for ICT companies. www.kpt.krakow.pl “Kraków – Nowa Huta Przyszłości” S.A., managing the largest investment area in Kraków, acting in the area of logistics projects, new technologies, recreation and leisure, urban planning and development of post-industrial areas. www.knhp.com.pl 1 I.. MAŁoPoLsKA:. I.1. Basic Data between. about tradition. Małopolska [map] and.modernity. Basic data of the Małopolska are as follows: The Małopolska (Lesser Poland) Region, together with the historical capital of Poland, Population (12.2014): 3,368,336 Kraków, is one of the best recognizable regions Surface: 15,108 km2 in Europe. Exceptional wealth of the natural Population density: 222 people per km2 environment, monuments and historical heritage known around the world, i.e. Kraków’s Old Entrepreneurship City and the Jewish district of Kazimierz, Salt Number of companies: 356.8 thousand Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia, the Auschwitz · private companies 97.7% concentration camp, attract 10–12 million guests · micro-enterprises (<10 employees) 95.5% every year. · industrial companies 8830 This is also an academic and scientific hub. · companies with foreign capital 810 Every year, approx. 200,000 young people GDP per capita (2013) PLN 38,157.00 study at Małopolska universities; research work (approx. EUR 9600.00) is conducted in over 100 R&D institutes, in Average gross salary in the business PLN 3876.00 domestic and foreign companies. sector (approx. EUR 880) Share in Polish GDP 7.7% It is also in Małopolska that innovation, rooted Share in Polish export 4.8% in the best tradition of Polish entrepreneurship, makes the broadly defined electrical Share in Polish import 5% and machine industry one of the strongest assets Unemployment rate (August 2016): Kraków 4%, of the regional economy, and products “made Małopolska 6.9%, Poland 8.5% in Małopolska” gain recognition on the most Economic activity rate according 51.5% (Poland: 51.9) demanding markets around the globe. to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Employment rate according to LFS 7.2% (Poland: 7.5) We invite you to read on and contact the Business in Małopolska Centre. Małopolska and the historical city of Kraków are also one of the most important university and science centres in Poland. Over 180,000 people study at 32 universities in Małopolska (2015). Kraków’s universities: the Jagiellonian University, the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology, the Cracow University of Economics and the Agricultural University of Kraków are among the best tertiary education units in Poland and in Europe. 3 Scientific, research and development activities KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY are pursued by over 100 scientific institutions, DIGITAL MAŁOPOLSKA workshops and laboratories. Małopolska is also ENTREPRENEURIAL MAŁOPOLSKA the seat of such institutions as the National REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY Research Institute of Animal Production, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION the Foundry Research Institute, the Institute REGIONAL HERITAGE of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE the Institute for Chemical Technologies LABOUR MARKET for Environmental Protection, the Institute SOCIALLY COHESIVE REGION of Urban Development, Life Science Cluster KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES and many others. REVITALISATION OF REGIONAL SPACE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Vital transport routes of Central Europe intersect in Małopolska. The most important of them Under the RPO WM programme for 2014–2020, is the Pan-European Transport Corridor TINA III SME companies may receive co-financing (Berlin – Kiev) and second largest international for projects related to deep energy retrofit, airport Kraków-Balice. A good network of road projects related to electricity generation connections with Małopolska’s neighbours, from renewable sources and development i.e. Slovakia in the south (approx. 80 km), of energy-efficient and passive construction the Podkarpackie Region and Ukraine in the east (Priority Axis 4: REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY, (approx. 250 km), the Śląsk (Silesia) Region (70 km) Measure 4.2: ENERGY-EFFICIENT ENTERPRISES). and Germany (approx. 400 km) in the west, the Świętokrzystkie Region (60 km) and Warsaw “R&D projects of enterprises” (Priority (270 km) in the north make the region a good Axis 1, “Knowledge economy”, Measure 1.2, place for logistic, warehouse and service “Research and innovations in enterprises”, investments. sub-measure 1.2.1), in turn, is the programme designed to support undertakings aimed at implementing R&D projects, developing R&D infrastructure, improving the cooperation of micro-enterprises, small enterprises I.2. Małopolska and medium enterprises with the R&D sector in small-scale projects supported with innovation 2014–2020 vouchers. EUR 100 million have been allocated to this measure. As part of the Regional Operational Programme for Małopolska for Years 2014–2020, the region Also, there is the “International activity may count upon EUR 2.776 billion from of Małopolska SMEs” programme that the European Union budget. It should co-finances product promotion on foreign increase the province’s GDP by approx. 1.04% markets, participation in foreign fairs and trade (in comparison to the base scenario) missions and preparation and implementation and enhance investment outlays by approx. 4.3% of export strategies; the amount of the funds (almost PLN 10 billion) is EUR 10 million until 2020. (Priority Axis 3, “Entrepreneurial Małopolska”, measure: Under RPO WM (http://www.rpo.malopolska.pl/), “Internationalisation of Małopolska Economy”, the following priority axes are supported with sub-measure 3.3.2 of the RPO WM 2014–2020 EU funds: programme). I.3. Support for entrepreneurship As part of support for entrepreneurship, multiple business environment organisations operate in Małopolska: Local development agencies and institutions: Theatre in Zakopane; museums: National Małopolska Regional Development Agency Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Archaeological www.marr.pl Museum, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art Western Małopolska Development Agency and the Museum of Japanese Art and Technology. www.armz.pl The region is famous for important cultural Tarnów Regional Development Agency events: Sacrum Profanum festival, International www.tarr.tarnow.pl Book Fair, Screen & Sound festival, Digital Dragons Nowy Sącz Regional Development Agency video game festival, film festivals, plastic arts www.sarr.com.pl festivals, musical festivals, multimedia festivals, etc. Rabka Regional Development Foundation www.frrr.pl The following projects critical to the development Myślenice Economic Development Agency of Małopolska are going to be implemented www.marg.myslenice.pl in the next few years: ¢ renewal and expansion of the S7 route Industrial chambers, economic associations: (northern direction), The Cracow Chamber of Commerce and Industry ¢ continued expansion of the Kraków-Zakopane www.iph.krakow.pl route (southern direction, towards the border Małopolska Agricultural Advisory Centre with Slovakia),