About us:

Polish Chamber of Commerce

„Role of Chambers of Commerce in

Poland”

CeBIT 2013

Hanover, 6th March 2013

Poland - BigPicture

In 1988, he worked in Poland 572 000 small private companies, including:Þ 388 000 - craft,Þ 123 000 - taxi drivers and other private carriersÞ 53 000 - traders and restaurants,Þ 7000 - service companies

Þ Only in Hungary at the end of the 80 years functioned like a group of private companies (about 300 000 subjects).

Þ Czech Republic-10, 000, Slovakia - 2 000 private entrepreneurs.Þ The German Democratic Republic - private companies were not

entitled to freely operate in the market, their activities are centrally managed.

Þ In the countries of the former USSR private enterprise had no legal basis, to work in the "gray zone".

Poland – Before transformation

Poland - Key Facts (2012)

Area: 312 700 sq km – 6th in European Union

Population: 38,54 million – 6th in European Union

Currency: Polish Zloty (1 EUR ~ 4.1 PLN)

GDP: + 2,0%

Nominal wage: ~ 909 EUR (3728 PLN)

Inflation 3,7%

Membership: EU, NATO, OECD, WTO, Schengen Zone

Competitive Advantages

Location & economic fundamentals Þ strategic location in continental EuropeÞ part of trans-European transportation corridorÞ country with positive GDP growth in 2012Þ 38 million consumers

Labor force Þ young, well-educated work force Þ ca 11% of university students in the EUÞ 455 universities & high education schoolsÞ language proficiency Þ increasing labour productivity

1000 km radius

250 mn people

2000 km radius

550 mn people

Population per 1 sq km by districts

0 50 100 150 200 250 500 1000 3000 5000

Warszawa

Gdansk

Poznan

Wroclaw

Katowice

Krakow

Lodz

Poland – 38 million people

Apart from large cities such as Warsaw, Poznan, Krakow, Lodz, Wroclaw and Tri-city Poland offers a pool of smaller cities.

ICT

Finances, B&A

Science

Engineering

Students of:

Tri-City

93 000

Lodz

127 000

Warsaw

285 000

Poznan

141 000

Krakow

184 000

Wroclaw

144 000Katowice

138 000

Bydgoszcz-Torun77 000

Academic centers

Special Economic Zones

Þ Designated area in which manufacturing or distribution activities can be conducted on preferential terms

Þ Total area of all SEZ – 20 000 hectares Þ SEZ will operate until 2020 (possibility till 2030)Þ Minimum investment: EUR 100,000Þ Realized in 146 citiesÞ 1242 companiesÞ Over 250 000 employeesÞ 85 bln PLN of investments

Benefits from obtaining a permit to conduct activities in SEZ :

Þ eligibility for income tax exemption – a form of regional aidÞ plot of land prepared for an investment project, available at a competitive priceÞ free assistance in dealing with formalities relating to the investment project

SSC and IT centres in Poland (examples)

TRI-CITY

WARSZAWA

WROCLAW

KRAKOW

ABN AMROAccentureAVONCiti GroupDimarEuroconex / NOVAHewlett-PackardSitelPage ComputersTchiboCTM Teleperformance

SAPThomsonTNT ExpressTranscom

ACSBayerElectroluxHewitt HCL TechIBMLufthansaCapgeminiCommunication Factory

Philip MorrisMotorolaShellGoogleState Street BankAmwayAccounting PlazaUBSIntelenet

Franklin TempletonArvato ServicesGlaxoSmithKlineMicrosoft InnovationMAN Accounting CenterCarlsbergRocheCiber

Thomson-ReutersZensar, AcxiomKainos, IBM, Fineos, Geoban, SONY

HPVolvoGoogleCredit SuisseUPSGE/GenpactKPIT CumminsQADTietoEnatorIBM

KATOWICECapgeminiKrollSteriaPwC

LODZ

POZNAN

SZCZECINUniCreditTietoEnator

JP Morgan ChaseLucent TechnologiesAtos Origin

Crisil

McKinsey

Nokia Siemens

Wipro

Geoban

Capgemini

BYDGOSZCZ

AccentureCiti GroupGeneral ElectricTransition TechnologiesInfosysSouth Western CompanySAPFujitsu

R&D Centres in Poland (examples)

SZCZECIN

TRI-CITY

WARSZAWA

BYDGOSZCZ

POZNAN

KATOWICE

KRAKOW

LODZ

WROCLAW

IntelCompuwareHumax

GE Engineering Design CenterHumaxOracleSamsung ElectronicsSAS InstituteTopGaNCederroth3MFaureciaPratt&WhitneyGE Energy

GSKMicrosoftRoche

Bosch – SiemensEricpolMicrosoftTransition TechnologiesBank Handlowy

SiemensAlstomVolvoCapgeminiRemy Int.TietoEnatorOpera Software Ontrack

Mentor GraphicsBombardierRockwell Autom.

ABB AprisoCH2m Hill DelphiGoogle IBM Lurgi MotorolaPliva SabreWoodward

Sector: BPOEmployment : 200

Secotr: BPO (SSC)Employment : 1400

Sector: BPO (IT center)Employment: 2000

Sector: BPO/ITOEmployment : 2100/1400

Sector: KPOEmployment: 100

Sector: BPOEmployment: 1000 Sector: BPO

Employment: 1400

Sector: BPO (SSC)Employment: 250

Success stories

Sector: BPO (SSC)Employment: 150

WARSZAWA

TRI-CITY

KRAKOW

WROCLAW

LODZ

KATOWICE

Sector: KPOEmployment: 100

BYDGOSZCZ

Sector: SSCEmployment: 450

Polish Chamber of Commerce

Þ Polish Chamber of Commerce (PCC) founded in 1990 is the largest economic self-government institution in Poland.

Þ Group above 160 business organizationsÞ Regional ChambersÞ Bilateral ChambersÞ Sector Chambers

Þ Operating activities is divided between areas (dedicated departments):Þ Office of Communications and State AffairsÞ Office of International RelationsÞ Office of Economic InnovationÞ Secretariat of the CommitteeÞ Legalisation Office, Certification and ATA CarnetsÞ Office of FinanceÞ Quality Awards Office, Counseling and TrainingÞ Centre for Information and Legal ServicesÞ Arbitration Court

Polish Chamber of Commerce

Þ Expert activities Chamber of Commerce is focused in 20 committees. Chairmen and members of committees are outstanding practitioners of economic life, academics, social activists and local government.

Þ Civil engineering CommitteeÞ Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility CommitteeÞ Trade CommitteeÞ Real Estate CommitteeÞ Education and vocational education CommitteeÞ Energy and climate policy CommitteeÞ Committee for Cooperation with the Arab countriesÞ Security, enterprise solutions and negotiations CommitteeÞ e-economy CommitteeÞ Municipal CommitteeÞ Economic infrastructure CommitteeÞ Quality and standardization CommitteeÞ Small and medium-sized enterprises CommitteeÞ Environmental CommitteeÞ Agriculture and the agricultural marketing CommitteeÞ Urban Transport CommitteeÞ Tourism CommitteeÞ Cooperation between science and business CommitteeÞ Health CommitteeÞ Polish-Turkish Business Council

PCC Committees

Þ Organizes national exhibitions (EXPO – Hannover, Aichi), Þ Organizes for polish entrepreneurs international trade, fairs,

trade missions, economic forums, multi and bilateral business meetings and other forms of foreign trade promotion.

Þ Help foreign companies with finding business partners on the Polish market.

Member of EUROCHAMBRES, Association of the European Chambers of Industry and Commerce

Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.

Co-operate with DIHK (EU Service Directive)

International activities

PCC

– main activities

Innovative Economy Congress

One of the most important events in Poland devoted to innovation. It is a Platform of exchanging ideas associated with the development of innovative economy, involving leading representatives of science, politics, business and media from Poland and abroad. Key speekers – are TOP worldwide innovation scientists, businessmen and politician

forum where young entrepreneurs will have the constant opportunity to express their opinion on the legal, financial, economic and social, in which they operate

Young Innovators Forum

Other PCC events

"Polish Quality Award” – aims to show business based on the EFQM Model Celebrities (European Foundation for Quality Management). This meets criteria of modern, global enterprise management concept - Total Quality Managament (TQM).

”Teraz Polska” – promoting, products and services, characterized by the highest quality and strengthening confidence in Polish as an economic partner and shaping a positive image of Polish in the world.

”Fair Play” - promoting ethics in business, understood as a set of standards of conduct in their relations with business partners, customers, employees, partners and local communities, local authorities and the state.

"IP Hermes” – aims to show entrepreneurs and business managers the benefits of proper management of the intellectual property protection.

"A friendly e-Administration” – implementing the Services Directive - EU legal act, establishes a general legal framework, which aims to facilitate the provision of services and the use of services in the European Union by business companies. PCC provides Help Desk for entrepreneurs, that want to provide services in Poland

"KIGMED” - incubator of innovative technologies for e-medicine. It aims to create new, innovative companies, providing them with consulting, infrastructure and financial sources.

PCC projects

PCC portals and applications

”e-Chamber” – aims to open Chambers in Poland to start providing services on Internet.

innowacje.biz – application platform for SME. On-line services: invoices, projects, e-registration etc.

inwestorzy.biz – Internet platform connecting investors with companies, includes e-books, video e-learning, bilangual (USA-PL) etc.

USA investors

Attracting investors

interested in investing in

Poland

Acquisition of Polish companies interested in entering the U.S. capital markets and the global

output

Polish companies

- Legal services in capital input process- Supervision (legal, financial)- Tax services- Financial services- Legal support of ongoing cooperation- Services in capital exit process

Investment services

- Consulting (business, law, etc.)- Training and workshops - Support Book- Support IT, PR, administrative- Insurance- Support for HR- Banking services- Networking

Servicess and support

PL – USA cooperation

Þ Creating a bridge between investors from the United States of Polish companies looking for funding and expansion

Þ Provide comprehensive support to carry out the investment process for investors and companies

Þ Implementation of an effective process of investing in Polish companiesÞ Maximizing the effects of actions by combining the potential USPTC (Polish

American Chamber of Commerce) and PCC

Innovation manual

Þ Dedicated, innovative educational program for SMEs based on:Þ Abductive and deductive thinkingÞ Innovation processÞ Strategy mapsÞ Business model

Þ Opens new way of thinking and managing business, two main courses:Þ entrepreneurship engineering Þ inventive engineering

Open Innovation

Þ Co-operation with E&Y in order to promote companies opening to NGO, Chambers of Commerce, Universities

Þ Building new model of companies business-eco-systems consisting of: clusters, techno parks, innovation centres, investment hubs

E-inclusion

Þ Carried out by the Chamber of Commerce Foundation (LEM Foundation) together with local government units

Þ The purpose of action is to increase opportunities for access to the Internet, in particular local communities

Þ As part of the project is provided for families at risk of digital exclusion: access to the Internet, computers, training, customer support, service

Polish Chamber of Digital Economy

Þ 8’th of November 2012 a new Chamber was set up – Polish Chamber of Digital Economy

Þ It is dedicated to companies involved in the digital market and prosumer economy

Þ It’s main target is specified as:Þ e-healthÞ e-commerceÞ Start UpÞ ProsumersÞ e-financeÞ e-administrationÞ Gaming, gamificationÞ e-education

PCC–DigiCom projects

”Trovarit co-operation” – aims to implement on Polish market idea (IT-matchmaking) developed in Trovarit – German company, spin-off of of the Research Institute for Operations Management at RWTH Aachen University.

”Financed in Poland” – initiative promoting products and services that were financed in Poland (by banks, investors etc.).

”Built in Poland” – initiative promoting companies that were established and grew up in Poland

PCC–Ministry of Administration and Digitization co-operation plans

Cloud Computing – aims to implement cloud computing solutions for companies, that will help companies to use e-administration services.

IT cost calculation – aims to provide calculations and stardardization of IT labor costs and ways of valuation it.

Wokulski - knowledge building program for entrepreneurs - creating a new approach to e-administration services.

Thank you for your attention

Jacek CzechDeputy Secretary General

www.kig.pl