2016 Mr. Dariusz Wojtaszek Economic Promotion Department Polish Agency for Enterprise Development PARP - delivering growth policy for SME sector in Poland. Creating opportunities for business cooperation Taipei, 21 October 2016
Mission of PARP Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) is a governmental agency supervised by Ministry of Economy. The primary objective of our activity is to develop the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland. To support entrepreneurs, PARP uses the funds from the State budget and European Funds. One of the key tasks of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development is to support export, including strengthening of the competitive position of Polish enterprises on foreign markets and making it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises to get in touch with foreign companies in their business. To that end, PARP offers Polish SMEs an opportunity to participate in economic missions organized around the world, cooperative exchanges and fair events. Enterprise Europe Network operating under PARP provides an opportunity for the entrepreneurs seeking foreign partners to publish their company profile in the Cooperation Offers Database accessible by approximately 600 network units in Europe and around the world. Moreover, Enterprise Europe Network offers comprehensive services covering information, training and counselling measures mainly in the field of European Union law and policies, business activity in Poland and abroad, access to sources of financing, internationalisation of enterprises, transfer of technologies and participation in EU framework programmes. Contact: een@parp.gov.pl
SME Sector in Poland basic figures 1,7 million of SME s SMEs share in GDP: 48,5% SMEs create 70% of work places 4th place in EU according to the number of young companies (no more than 2 years on the market)
BUDGET FOR 2015-2020 Total allocation of European Cohesion Policy Funds 2014-2020 (mln Euro) POLAND 77,57 KMIL EUR ± 77 BLN USD
Allocation of funds in the year 2014 2020 Financial perspective for the years 2014-2020 is going to be implemented in Poland through 6 nationwide Operational Programmes (OP) and 16 Regional Operational Programmes. Poland is going to invest most of the money from the EU funds into transport infrastructure, but the largest increase in spending EU funds will occur in the area of innovativenes and entrepreneurship support. + 16 Regional Operational Programmes 31,3 BLN EURO Regional Programmes aims to suport the development of all regions. Those funds are manager by regional authorities.
PARP Share in European Funds 2014-2020 PARP s budget allocated for the 2014-2020 perspective accounts for 3,6 billion EURO, which is spread in 3 national programmes: OP Smart Growth - 1,94 bln euro OP Eastern Poland 1,64 bln euro OP Knowledge Education Development 100 mln euro
Nationwide Operational Programmes (OP) OP Smart growth Innovation, research and development support OP Digital Poland Fast web development, e-administration European Territorial Cooperation Programmes Cooperation between regions and countries OP Infrastructure and Environment Support of environment friendly infrastructure projects OP Eastern Poland Innovation, entrepreneurship and infrastructure suport in Eastern Poland Rural Areas Development Programme Development of rural areas PO Knowledge Education Development Development of higher education, social innovations, international cooperation PO Technical Assistance Implementation of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 Fishing and Sea Programme Fishery support Information about current calls and deadlines are available at: www.parp.gov.pl and funduszeeuropejskie.gov.pl
Internationalization schemes GO TO BRAND Support for SMEs with high export potential based on innovative products and services Objective of the project: to disseminate the message about innovative nature and the high quality of Polish products/services from areas covered by the National Smart Specialisations and to continue actions contributing to building the positive image of Poland and the Polish economy in foreign market. Building the image of the Polish Economy Brand at the level of: selected product brands the sector as the section of the economy the country as a whole
Internationalization schemes EXPO 2017 Astana Promoting polish contribution in the field of energy (traditional and renewable), as well as energy efficiency in the areas of clean coal technologies, capturing, storage ant utilization of CO2, renewable energy sources (technologies related to biomass and production of energy from biological wastes with animal or plant origin), construction and revitalization of industrial areas. IT/ICT Programme Promoting polish companies from IT/ICT sector Presenting Poland s experience and achievements in IT/ICT sector worldwide (including stratetig markters ) promotion programme realized between 2016-2019
PARP activities supporting internationalization During the cooperation events and trade missions In 2016 we organized : 35 brokerage events & company missions - more than 1000 meetings of Polish companies with foreign partners 470 meetings of the Polish companies organized during international trade international trade fairs and brokerage events. Online by providing offers of international cooperation in one of the world's largest business cooperation database created by Enterprise Europe Network by disseminating offers of Polish companies in almost 60 countries in the world 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 601 785 474 440 Number of participants 15031764 1184 Number of b2b meetings 3273 2012 2013 2014 2015
PARP and Taiwan activities in 2016 Brokerage event during AMPA Fair in Taipei (06/04/2016) Taiwan Company Mission to Poland (20/04/2016) 2016 Taiwan Fasteners Trade Mission to Poland (26/09/2016) Taiwan IT/ICT Mission to Poland (20/09/2016)
Poland s investment climate
Poland s investment climate Location & economic stability strategic location in Europe part of trans-european transportation corridor stable economic situation rapidly growing internal market Mature business environment variety of manufacturing sectors dense network of suppliers and subcontractors thriving business services sector Availability of clusters, industrial and technology parks well developed R&D infrastructure Attractive labor market young,well-educated workforce ca 10% of university students in the EU language proficiency increasing labor productivity strong work ethics Investment Support Ecosystem CIT exemptions in 14 Special Economic Zones local tax reliefs government grants EU grants for R&D Polish Development Fund PAIiIZ
Selected indicators for Poland Source: data.oecd.org
Climbing the rankings Taking into consideration three biggest economies (in terms of GDP) in the CEE region, only Poland recorded a steady growth in the last four years reaching an all time record in the World Bank annual report Doing Business 0 10 The ease of doing business 2012-2015 20 30 32 40 45 40 50 60 51 62 54 65 55 54 44 70 80 64 2012 2013 2014 2015 Poland Hungary Czech Rep. 75
Netherlands Germany Luxembourg France Spain Italy Cyprus Austria United States United Kingdom Sweden Belgium Switzerland Denmark Portugal Ireland Finland Norway Japan Korea, Republic of Malta Hungary Russian Federation Slovakia Lithuania Canada HongKong Israel Czech Republic South Africa China USD bilon FDI stock in Poland at the end of 2014 40 35 30 25 20 36.0 34.0 24.8 24.2 Total stock: USD 208.6 bn Country Positiom from Asia Total position FDI stock Japan 1 19 1 057.8 Korea, Republic of 2 20 912.3 Hong Kong 3 27 263.5 China 4 31 179.3 Taiwan 8 17.4 15 13.2 11.3 10 8.5 7.7 7.6 7.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 5 3.6 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Top 10 Top 20 top 30. 16 Source: PAIiIZ, 2016
Investment projects examples Daimler AG to invest about 500 milion euros in new engine production in Jawor The Daimler s high-tech factory will produce four-cylinder engines for Mercedes- Benz passenger cars. The investor will employ several hundred people. Implementation of the project will be supported with public aid from the Polish government. LG Chem starts constructing EV battery plant in Poland LG Chem company, has just started the construction of the first plant in Europe producing batteries for electric cars. The investment, located near Wrocław, in Kobierzyce subzone of Tarnobrzeg SEZ, will create more than 700 new jobs.
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