it’s worth investing here
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IT’S WORTH INVESTING HERE
KATOWICE, December 2013
WHY SILESIA? WHY KATOWICE?
The centre of the largest Polish Metropolis –
2 M inhabitants (Silesia: 4,6 M inhabitants)
Convenient and easy access via air, roads and rail
Well developed telecommunication network
Presence of foreign investors
Healthy economy & growing market – Fitch Rating „A-”
for liabilities in foreign currency
Support from helpful local and regional authorities
Professionally skilled human resources and unique work
ethics – 170,000 students in Silesia
Strong academic centre – 45 institutions of higher
education
Good place to live – 45% of green areas
EASY ACCESS AND
WELL DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION
ATTRACTIVE LOCATION
Within short distance to main European cities
The Province of Silesia is one of the smallest but
most populated region of Poland
80% of region’s population live in cities and
towns
Every third big city in Poland is in the Province
of Silesia
THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA
SILESIA METROPOLIS Largest in Central Europe
9th largest in Europe
THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND
Well developed road network - the highest road density in Poland
The lowest traffic congestion among Polish biggest cities
3 international airports in a close distance from Katowice
Dense network of telecom infrastructure
THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND
Q Q QDomestic flights
THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND
3 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN A CLOSE DISTANCE OF 100 KM
Katowice Airport: ca. 30
European destinations, 30 km
distant, ca. 30 minute car ride
Kraków Airport: ca. 50
European destinations, 67 km
distant, ca. 40 minute car ride
Ostrava Airport: ca. 15
European destinations, 100 km
distant, ca. 1h 20 minute car
ride
Overseas flights European flights
FLIGHT CONNECTIONS: EUROPE
FOREIGN INVESTORS IN KATOWICE & SILESIA METROPOLIS
BPO/ITO/SSC/R&D IN METROPOLIS
Rockwell Automation, Unilever, Capgemini, PWC, IBM, Steria, Grant
Thornton, Proximetry, Ernst & Young, Timken, Mentor Graphics, IT4Q,
Pregis, Kroll Ontrack, Wipro, Cyclad, Display Link, Ista, Alba, Tauron Polska
Energia, UPC, Asseco Poland, Ing Services Polska, Ruch, KHW, Orange,
Żywiec, Comarch, Barona, ArcelorMittal, TELE-FONIKA Kable
MAIN SPECIALIZATIONS IN SILESIA METROPOLIS:
IT services
Customer service
HR
NEW PLAYER IN KATOWICE
Global Services Delivery Center in Katowice
Creating up to 2,000 jobs!
IT services, including server operating systems management;
security and safety systems;
services for end-customers, including maintenance and monitoring of IT hardware
and software systems
fDi MAGAZINE RANKING
According to fDi Magazine Katowice is the best City of Central and Eastern Europe
regarding the foreign direct investment promotion strategy
KATOWICE - winner
awarded in one of 17
categories - Poland
Outsourcing and Shared
Services Awards Gala
WINNER: KATOWICE
„Newcomer City of the year”
Poland Outsourcing & Shared Services Awards
Katowice City won in the category
“Investor-friendly City”
Katowice City won in the category “Investor-
friendly City”: for the actions of local
authorities in the battle for developers and
investors, which change the perception of
Silesia Region as the location dominated by
heavy industry
Katowice winner awarded during Prime Property Prize
2013
SUPPORT FOR INVESTORS
KATOWICE CITY HALL ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
MARKETING SUPPORT – outdoor advertising: billboards, on-line advertising, social
network advertising, press advertising
TRAINING FACILITIES – in early phase of investment to make recruitment process as
smooth as possible Katowice City Hall with District Labor Office offers special facilities
where recruitment team could interview candidates or run intensive trainings
ASSISTANCE IN COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTIONS – universities, Academic Career
Centers, chambers of commerce
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADJUSTMENT - public transport network (bus stops or new
bus lines) can be adjusted to satisfy needs of investor, so that easy, fast and efficient
transport communication for future employees can be secured
POVIAT (LOCAL) LABOUR OFFICEATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
INTERNSHIP AT THE EMPLOYER’S SEAT
acquiring practical skills to work by a jobless person through performing a task at the workplace
without establishing an employment relationship with the employer
cannot exceed amount of 120% dole - PLN 988,40 - paid by the Labour Office
SUBSIDIZED JOBS
engaging a jobless person by an employer as a result of a contract concluded by the Labour Office
cannot exceed the amount of a dole i.e. the average amount of PLN 971,84 along with pension, annuity and
accident contributions, and it is paid by the Labour Office
COST REIMBURSEMENT OF FULL/PARTIAL EQUIMPENT OF A WORK STAND
the employer who has incurred costs of full or partial equipment of a work-stand for an appointed jobless person,
can apply for the reimbursement of the incurred costs up to the amount that does not exceed 600% of an average
remuneration - the amount of PLN 21.675,06
INDIVIDUAL TRAININGS
trainings for jobless persons and job - seekers to rise their own vocational and other qualifications, increasing
their chance for gaining or maintaining employment or other gainful employment - the cost of the training per
capita cannot exceed 300% of an average remuneration - PLN 10.837,53
the training scholarship will be set at the level of 120% of a dole i.e. PLN 988,40
KATOWICE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY
HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY
2 M people in Silesia Metropolis
4,6 M people in Silesia Province
170,000 students in Silesia Province,
including 123,000 in Silesia Metropolis
9 M people in the range of 100 km Excellent language skills
29 UNIVERSITIES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS
HUMAN RESOURCES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS
PROFESSIONALLY SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES
HIGH adaptivity, flexibility, unique work ethics
UNDERSTANDING the importance of both hard & quality driven work and cooperation as the
source of welfare
WORK as an integral part of existence, a high level of understanding of the family in the case of
shift work
WORK COMMITMENT: lower market saturation in SSC/BPO/ITO/R&D causes a limited labour
turnover opportunity
RAPIDLY GROWING PROPERTY MARKET
EXISTING & UNDER CONSTRUCTION
OFFICE BUILDINGS
The major office hub in Silesia Metropolis
300,000 sqm of modern office space
PRIORITY PROJECTS
THE CITY OF FUTURE - YOUR CITY
NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN
KATOWICE
International Congress Centre
National Polish Radio
Symphony Orchestra
New seat of Silesian Museum
Roundabout-Marketsquare
Railway station
redevelopment
Scientific Information Centre
and Academic Library
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTRE
Project value: ca. PLN 306 M, including:
European Regional Development Fund ca. PLN 152,8 M
Contribution of Katowice City (including funds from European Investment Bank ca. PLN 151,7 M)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WORKS FINISHED: 1Q 2015
SEAT OF THE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA
The Symphonic Orchestra seat: project value amounts to PLN 265 M, including PLN 122 M from
the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment
UNDER CONSTRUCTION GRAND OPENING: October 2014
NEW SEAT OF SILESIAN MUSEUM
Investment of Marshall of Silesian Voivodship
on the list of the priority investments of Silesian Voivodship
value: PLN 360 M - 85% covered by the EU
UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WORKS ALREADY FINISHED
RAILWAY STATION, UNDERGOROUND BUS STATION,
SHOPPING CENTRE GALERIA KATOWICKA
OPENED
OPENED OPENED
HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE
QUALITY OF LIFE
„...THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CULTURE”
„...THE BEST CITY IN POLAND TO LIVE IN”
THE CITY OF GREAT EVENTS GREEN CITY
45%
QUALITY OF LIFE – RANKING OF POLISH CITIES 2013
Source: „Social Diagnosis 2013” – Council for Social Monitoring in cooperation with Central Statistical Office.
"Polish cities were analyzed in terms of quality of life, the level of salary, the availability of education
And what about their cities think their inhabitants?
Answer to this question can be found in the recent Social Diagnosis”
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
International school
Nursery
Primary school
Lower-secondary school
Secondary school
High quality health care and research facilities
specializing in heart surgery, oncology and burn
treatment
Developed network of private healthcare
institutions
HISTORY & CULTURE IN SILESIA
INDUSTRIAL MONUMENTS ROUTE
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YKATOWICE - THE CITY OF GREAT EVENTS
THE CULTURAL METROPOLIS - NEW CHALLENGES
CANDIDATE FOR CREATIVE CITY
OF MUSIC UNESCO Katowice passed to the final
round in the contest for the
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF
CULTURE 2016
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Contact for investors
Mateusz Skowroński
Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for Strategic Investors
Katowice City Hall
4 Warszawska Street, room 237
40-006 Katowice
Tel. +48 32 25 93 823
fax +48 32 259 78 12
e-mail: [email protected]
www.invest.katowice.eu