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Bio & Green Technologies in Poland

Bio & Green Technologies in Poland. Pawe ł Pietrasieński Minister Counselor Trade & Investment Section Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC. Poland in numbers. Area : 312 700 sq km – 6 th in European Union Population: 38 , 1 2 million – 6 th in European Union

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Bio & Green Technologies in Poland

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  1. Bio & Green Technologies in Poland Paweł PietrasieńskiMinister Counselor Trade & Investment SectionEmbassy of Poland in Washington, DC www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  2. Poland in numbers Area: 312700 sq km – 6th in European Union Population: 38,12 million – 6th in European Union Currency:Polish Zloty (1 USD ~ 2,8 PLN) GDP: USD 717,5billion (PPP, 2010) GDP per capita: USD 18,800 (PPP, 2010) GDP growth: 5% (2008), 1,8% (2009), 3,8% (2010), 4.0% (2011) Membership: EU, NATO, OECD, WTO, Schengen Zone

  3. Economic Benefits of Joining the EU • Part of the single market of 500 million people • Free movement of goods, services, capital and labor • Rise in production volume • Increase in FDIin Poland by 97 Bln USD between 2004-2010 • Transparent legal system • Financial shareof Poland in the EU funds in 2007-2013 87.5 Bln USD www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  4. 2009 – worldwide economic slowdown EU27: 4.2% USA: 2.4% Japan: 5.2% www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  5. Poland - US Trade (in bln $) Poland’s export to the US has been steadily growing for the past years In 2010/2009: Exportsgrew by 45% Importsgrew by 29,5% www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  6. American investors in Poland • over EUR 8.4 bn of American investment in Poland • EUR 965 m in 2009 • 751 enterpriseswith American shareholding (as of the end of 2009) • over 190 000 direct employment created

  7. EU FUNDSIn the years 2007-2013entrepreneurs can obtain support under the following Operational Programs (OP): OP Infrastructure and Environment 27.9 16 RegionalOperationalPrograms 16.6 OP Human Capital 9.7 In bln € OP Innovativeeconomy 8.3 OP DevelopmentofEasternPoland 2.3 OP European Territorial Co-operation 0.7 OP Technical assistance 0.5 www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  8. R&DCenters in Poland Gdańsk Bydgoszcz Warszawa Poznań ZielonaGóra Wrocław Kraków Source: PAIiIZ www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  9. Shared Service Centers Transactions services Systems integration, IT services outsourcing University Business Center Olsztyn i Human Resources Bydgoszcz Outsourcing of IT services, Finance, Accounting IT Service Center Warszawa Poznań Global e-Business Operations Łódź Human Resources Wrocław Accounting, Payments, Taxes Kraków Human Resources Accounting, Finance Outsourcing of IT services, Finance, Accounting Accounting, IT,Taxes, salaries, Legal division Outsourcing of IT services www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  10. Green&Biotech Industry Clusters Eco-energy Green technologies, biomass, bioenergy, energy from algea Renewables Biotech, biomed Green cars Energy saving technologies Clean coal technologies www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  11. Renewables in Poland Poland has to produce at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 Poland’s green energy comes mainly from wind and biomass The most important advantages of Poland are good natural conditions for the development of wind energy, especially on the mainland, and ambitious government`s plans. Investors in Poland can count on attractive conditions of governmental aid for the renewable power plant engineering. www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  12. Top Destination Countries forBio-Pharma in 2010 Poland was the success story of Bio-Pharma in 2010, attracting 14 Bio-Pharma investments compared to only 1 in 2009 Source: www.fdimarkets.com from the Financial Times Ltd

  13. Venture Capital – Lifeblood of Biotech Source: www.fdibenchmark.com from the Financial Times Ltd

  14. POLISH BIOTECHNOLOGY Education • Approximately 2mln students in Poland • More than 100 state universities and ca. 300 private higher education schools • 21 POLISH UNIVERSITIES teach annually 2200 MSc. students in biotechnology (approximately 1700 graduates per year) • 9 universities • 6 agricultural universities • 2 medical universities • 4 technical universities www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  15. Polish Biotech Industry • EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT • R&D Company • Production and Trade • Diagnostic Company • 52 biotechcompanieshiringover 4300 employees • TOTAL INCOME PER YEAR: 200 mln $ • MOST IMPORTANT: • HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS • FERMENTATIONS • PRODUCTS FOR AGRICULTURE (plant protectingagents, veterinary products, transgenicplants and animals) www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  16. Writtenabout Poland recently: The newest report of fDi Intelligence (part of the Financial Times group) says that only in China and USA production investments are more profitable than in Poland. Ernst & Young experts created measure of countries` attractiveness for the development of renewable energy. In the world rankings Poland was 12th. Poland overtakes South Korea, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. According to “The Economist” weekly Poland has handled crisis best in Europe. www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  17. Why Poland? www.washington.trade.gov.pl

  18. Feel More Welcome in Poland www.washington.trade.gov.pl

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