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CHAMBER OF ITALIAN-CZECH COMMERCE E INDUSTRY Cermakova 7, 120 00 PragUE 2, Czech Republic tel: +420 222 015 300 email: info@camic.cz www.camic.cz. Prague- on 28 of March 2008. The Country. The CAMIC. Structural funds incentives. Czech Republic. Area 78.867 km ²
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CHAMBER OF ITALIAN-CZECH COMMERCE E INDUSTRY Cermakova 7, 120 00 PragUE 2, Czech Republic tel: +420 222 015 300 email: info@camic.cz www.camic.cz
Prague- on 28 of March 2008 The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Czech Republic Area 78.867 km² Population 10,3 millions Capitale Prague (1,2 mln ab) Main cities Brno (366 680); Ostrava (337 197); Pilsen (178 812); Olomouc (229 171) Countries bordering Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Poland Administrative subdivision 13 Regions + Prague Capital 77 Districts 6.249 Municipalities The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Prague • Capital • Region Status • Population: 1,2 mln The Country Economia 0,6% del territorio 11% della population 22% del PIL Tax of employment 1,5% The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Europe 12° richer region of Europe PIL procapite: 160% average UE-27 Before Italian Bolzano: 136% Turism European tourist capital 4 million tourists a year 500 thousand Italians a year
Czech Republic and European Union 1° january 1993 Division of Czechoslovakia and constitution of the Czech Republic 1° may 2004 Entry in the European Union 21 december 2007 Entry Schengen area Euro - At the beginning foreseen in 2010 - At the moment Postponed indefinitely The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
The political situation Republic President Vaclav Klaus The Country Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) The CAMIC Vaclav Havel Father of the Republic Structural funds incentives Elections 2006:parliamentary situation of perfect equilibrium among the coalitions Government Opposition ODS– Civicdemocratics 35,38% KDU-ČSL –Cristiandemocratics 7,22% SZ – Verdi 6.29% KSCM – Communist 12.81% CSSD – Socialdemocratics 32.32%
Key Factors Strategic geographical position Positive trend of the economy Industrial tradition The Country Specialized work force High quality of life High school level The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Certainty of the right Market real estate developed competitive infrastructural Apparatus Incentive to the investments
Czech Republic In an ideal ray of 1000 kms are entirely included: Germany, Poland, Austria Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia Switzerland, North Italy Milan is more closer to Prague than to a lot of places of the South Italy: indicatively Milan is far from Prague as from Bari The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Macroeconomic Profile PIL 2007: 128 mld euro (+6,6%) 1999-2007: +43% 2008: +4,7% 2009: +5,1% The Country The Camic Unemployment: 4,9% anno 2006: 7,1% anno 2005: 7,9% Industrial Production: +8,2% anno 2006: +9,7% anno 2005: +8,1% Structural funds incentives Remunerations 2007: 21.692 CZK +7,3% nominal +4,6% real Inflation rate (Feb): 3,9% 2007: 2,8% 2006: 2,5% Relationship CZK/EUR: 25,07 Media 2007: 27,76 Media 2006: 28,4
Main Fees The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Composition of Pil 2007 • Industry 28,8%, of which manufacturing sector 25,8% • Commerce, hotel, restoration and transports 14,7% • Financial Intermediation and services to the enterprises 15,7% • Constructions 5,8% • Agriculture, silviculture and fishing 2,5% The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Foreign commerce: commercial balance Settle year 2007: 3,097 mld/€s Exports: 88,920 mld/€s Importations: 85,823 mld/€s Main imported products: machineries and crafts of transport (45,0%), manufacturing products of first workmanship (17,7%), mineral fuel , lubricant and similar (10%), several manufactured articles (9,8%), chemical products and similar (9,7%) Main exported products: machineries and a means of transport (56,5%), produced manufacturing products of first workmanship (18,2%), several manufactured articles (9,9%), chemical products and similar (5,5%), mineral fuel, lubricant and similar (3,6%) The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Foreign commerce: Main Partners COUNTRIES CLIENTS Germany (31%), Slovakia (8,9%), Poland (6%), France (5,4%), Italy (4,8%), Austria (4,7%), Low Countries (3,5%), Belgium (2,8%), United Kingdom (2,7%) COUNTRIES SUPPLIERS Germany (28%), China (7,8%), Poland (5,7%), Slovakia (5,3%), Italy (4,7%), Russia (4,7%), France (4,6%), Low Countries (3,9%), Austria (3,8%), Japan (3,2%) The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives ITALY 5° Client 5° Supplier
Foreign Commerce: Interchange with Italy Settle year 2007:0,213 mld/€ Main voices of the Italian export Machines and mechanical instruments, boilers (21,3%), cars, motorcycles, tractors and other vehicles (9,3%), cars and electric instruments (8,8%), cast iron, iron and steel (7,7%), plastic subjects and products of such subjects (6,5%), produced of cast iron, iron and steel (6,0%), pharmaceutical products (2,5%), furniture, instruments for the illumination (2,3%), rubber products(2,1%), wool, hides, yarns and tissue in horsehair (1,6%) The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Main voices of the Italian export Machines and mechanical instruments, boilers (23,2%), automobiles, motorcycles, tractors and other vehicles (23,1%), cars and electric instruments (10,9%), cast iron, iron and steel (5,8%), produced in cast iron, iron and steel (4,0%)
Foreign investment Czechinvest1993-31.03.2007 815 mediate projects Total value: 19.455 mln USD 161.957 new workplace created Year 2007:6,7 mld EUR Year 2006:4,7 mld EUR Year 2005:8,8 mld EUR The Country The CAMIC Italia:year 2007: 0,069 mld/€year 2006: - 0,140 mld/€ Structural funds incentives Year 2007 Low Countries (28,8%)Luxemburg (12,8%)Austria (11,7%) France (10,7%)Germany (8,3%)Switzerland (5,4%)South Korea (4,2%)
Principali investimenti italiani CANDY electronic CROMODORA WHEELS products for car industry FIAMM cars GRAZIANO TRASMISSIONI products for car industryTESSILE MONTI GROUP textile ITS CERAMICHE building materials IVG COLBACHINI mechanics LEAPLAST plastic materials MEYSTER cars NOVA MOSILANA textile RADICI textile SIAD CZECH chemist VIROPLASTIK plastic products The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Enterprises and Credit Institute Important active firms in the market MERLONI DE LONGHI ARDO FIAT IVECO IMBE - Karlovarské minerální vody FERRERO FIDENZA VETROARREDO – VITRABLOCK The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Credit Institutes UNICREDIT BANCO POPOLARE INTESA SANPAOLO
Ital-Czech Chamber of Commerce Profile Born in 2001 Recognition MINCOMES (ex MAP) in 2003 Recognition Industry and Czech in 2003 Member of Assocamerestero: network in 48 countries, 173 CCIEs 200 associates The Country The CAMIC Statutory organs Administration Council College of the Auditors of the Accounts General secretary Staff 1 Resp. Communication, Enterprises Assistance and European Counter 2 Project Manager 1 Administration and Front Office Interns Structural funds incentives
Services –Assistence Area to the Enterprises • The Camic sustains the activities of internazionalization of the PMI and promotion of the Made in Italy, facilitating the access of the Italian firms and their products in the local market. • Promotion and internazionalization activities • Sectorial or multisettorial collective missions • Individual mission • Workshop and presentation-tasting of products • Search and selection potential partners • Organization of contemplated meetings (B2B) • Fairs share and other demonstrations The country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Services – Informative Area • The Camic communicates the useful information to the internazionalization activities of the PMI favouring the knowledge of the local economic reality and the possibilities of intervention. • Tools of communication and information • Czech Republic Plan, monthly bilingual magazine • CamicNews, monthly bilingual electronic magazine • Newsletter UE, monthly bilingual of the European Counter • Bilingual website www.camic.cz • Business Atlas • Country Guide • Country Presentation The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Services –European Counter Information National planning Monitoring Proclamations Monitoring Elaboration of cards in Italian language of the single measures of financing for the PMI Newsletter Ue The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Support to the Firms Orientation and pre-consultation First analysis of financiability of the investment projects Network of experienced advisors in Deep Ue and government incentives South East Desk CCIE Networkof New Europe for the Ue Funds www.italiandesk.info sportello.europeo@camic.cz
Incentives and Structural Funds Statal Incentives 1. Manufacturing Industry L. 72/2000 as last mod. del 2.7. 2007 The Country 2. Research and development centers Centers of services for the enterprises support Decree of the Government 217/2007 The CAMIC Structural funds incentives 3. Incentives for the employment National Strategic balance2007-2013 Structural Funds
Incentives e Structural Funds Maximum Finanziable in comparison to the investment The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives National Map 2007-2013
1. Incentives for the Manufacturing industries The Country The CAMIC Investment Object Structural funds incentives • Establishment new production • Amplification production already active
Incentives for the Manufacturing industries Incentive Tipologies Tax relief for 5 years Exemption IRPEG total in case of new enterprise The Country partial in case of enlargement The CAMIC Incentives for the employment 50.000 CZK for every new place of employment created in the zones to high rate of unemployment- Zone A Structural funds incentives Staff Training 35% of the costs for theemployeetraining Zone A
Categories Supported The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Example of investment The Country the CAMIC Structural funds incentives
2. Centers of Research and Strategic Support • a. Support for entrepeneurial activities Incentive Tipologies b.Staff training The Country • Support for entrepeneurial activities The CAMIC Coverage wage costs for new workers Up to the maximum financiable for zone Structural funds incentives
Centers of Research and Strategic Support • a. support to the entrepreneurial activities: example of financing • Maximum financiable according to the regional map 2007-2013, as% of the calculated costs as A * B • A = middle gross wage ( contributions of the employer included) for new employee for a 2 years period. • B = the number of the new places of employment The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Centers of Research and Strategic Support b.Training staff up to 35% of the costs The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives The government help is decreased of 5% in Prague. For PMI, the government help will be increased of 10%.
3. Support for the creation of new workplace Region with rate of unemployment> 50% to the middle rate of the RC. A – Financial support Up to 50.000 CZKs for dependent. The total amount cannot exceed 50% (65% in the case of PMI) of the financiable costs, equal to 2 annual wages of the staff. The Country The CAMIC B – Support for the staff training Up to the 35% of the training costs in the regions afflicted by high rate of unemployment-until to a maximum of 30 thousand CZKs for each new place of employment created. Structural funds incentives
Structural Funds 2007-2013 Political Cohesion in RC752,7 mld CZK - 26,7 mld € The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Convergence9,04 mln people (88,6%) Regions Střední Čechy, Jihozápad, Severozápad, Moravskoslezsko, Severovýchod, Jihovýchod, Střední Morava Competitiviness e Employment1,16 mln persone (11,4%) Praha Region
CZECH NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN Národní Strategický Rereferenční Rámec ČR 2007-2013 • 14 GENERAL OPERATIVE PLANS • 7 REGIONAL OPERATIVE PLANS (POR) • 5 TRANSFRONTALIER OPERATIVE PLANS • Responsible corporate body: Office for the Regional Development • www.mmr.cz • Disbursement of the financings: Czech Office of the Department of Internal Revenue • www.mfcr.cz • Evaluationplans:CzechInvest www.czechinvest.org The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
CONVERGENCE TARGET Operative Program mln € - % - Fund UE Enterprise and Innovation 3.041,3 - 11,40 % - FESR R&S for the Innovation 2.070,7 - 7,76 % - FESR Human resources and Employment 1.811,8 - 6,80 % - FSE Education for the Competitiveness 1.811,8 - 6,80 % - FSE Environment 4.917,9 - 18.40 % - FESR + FC Transports 5.759,1 - 21,60% - FESR + FC Integrated PO1.553,0 - 5,82 % - FESR Regionals PO 4.659,0 - 17,44 % - FESR The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT TARGET Operative Program mln € - % - UE Fund Prague – Competitiveness 294,9 - 1,10 % - FESR Prague – Adaptability 121,1 - 0,46 % - FSE The Country The CAMIC EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATIONTARGET Structural funds incentives Operative Program mln € - % Transfrontalier Cooperation 351 - 1,32 % Transnational Cooperation 37,5 - 0,14 % Interregional Cooperation n.d. - n.d.
OPERATIVE REGIONAL PLANS Operative Regional Plan mln € - % PO Severozápad (Nordest) 745,91 - 2,79% PO Moravskoslezsko (Moravia-Slesia) 716,09 - 2,68% PO Jihovýchod (Southest) 704,45 - 2,64% PO Severovýchod (Northest) 656,46 - 2,46% PO Střední Morava (Central Moravia) 657,39 - 2,46% PO Jihozápad (Southwest) 619,65 - 2,32% PO Střední Čechy (CentralBoemia) 559,08 - 2,09% The Country the CAMIC Structural funds incentives
TRANSFORNTALIER COOPERATION Operative Program mln € - % • Republic Czech-Baviera 55,04 - 0,21% • Republic Czech-Poland 103,68 - 0,39% • Czech Austria-republic 69,12 - 0,26% • Czech Saxony-republic 67,20 - 0,25% • Czech Slovakia-republic56,55 - 0,21 % The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
PROGRAM– ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION • Responsible corporate body: the industry and Commerce Office www.mpo.cz • Evaluation plans: CzechInvest www.czechinvest.org • Co-financing for 3.041,3 million of Euro • 11,4% of the community funds in the Czech Republic • Co-financed by the European Fund for the Regional Development • 7 priority axles • 15 subroutines The Country La CAMIC Structural funds incentives
OPPI The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
OPPI – SUBROUTINE Start Credit Progress Credit Guarantee Facilitated guarantee Training centers Assistance Cooperation Assistance Eco-energy Assistance ICT and strategic services Assistance The Country La CAMIC Structural funds incentives
OPPI – SUBROUTINE • 8.ICT in the enterprisesSubsidy • 9. Real estate Subsidy • 10. InnovationSubsidy • 11. Marketing Assistance Subsidy • 12. Potential Subsidy • 13. Prosperity Subsidy • 14. Consulting services Subsidy • 15. Development Subsidy The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
ICT Subroutine and support to the enterprise services • Target: development of the information and knowledge society • Support for: • Increase of solutions and applications for the SI • Creation and development of Centers Shared Services • Creation and development of Clients Service Centers • Creation and development of High-tech Assistance Centers The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Requests sent by eAccount: 1.3.2008 – 30.6.2008 The acceptance of the complete requests: 1.5.2008 – 30.9.2008.
ICT and support to enterprises’services. I Announcement. 2.1.2008 The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
ICT Subroutine in the enterprises First announcement closed Second announcement May 2008 The Country Target:expansion or the introduction in the PMI of technologies for the information and the communication (ICT), both hardware and software. To improve the inside and external operations of the firms communication . Beneficiaries: PMI with 2 years of exemption, manufacturing sector Subsidies: up to 20 million CZK The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Financiable costs: Hardware, software and other machineries and equipments that can be considered part of the SI/TICs, but that they don't belongs in the category “Hardware” and “Software” in the bookkeeping writings.
Innovation subroutine Innovative projects -projects that use new and original solutions: purchase modern machineries, equipments, know how and necessary licenses for their improvement. Projects for the protection of the industrial ownership -In this case the program contributes to the protection of untouchable goods like patents, industrial drawings, models and recorded marks. The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives Target :expansion or the introduction in the PMI of technologies for the information and the communication (ICT), both hardware and software. To improve the inside and external operations of the firm communication . Beneficiaries: PMI with 2 years of exemption, manufacturing sector Subsidies: up to 20 million CZK
Integrative Operative Program Target:modernization and optimization of the activities and the trials in the PA area , of the public services and of the territorial development management . Responsible authority: Office for the Regional Development of the Czech Republic. The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives
Italy-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry Matteo Mariani Resp. Information Area e European Counter matteo.mariani@camic.cz tel: 00420 222 015 300 fax: 0040 222 015 301 web: www.camic.cz The Country The CAMIC Structural funds incentives www.camic.cz Thanks for the kind attention