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Improving the Business Environment Polish Chamber of Commerce

Improving the Business Environment Polish Chamber of Commerce. Warsaw, September2013. What is the role of the Chambers - How to improve the Business Environment POLISH EXAMPLE. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Reaching back to Middle Ages: Craft s men Fraternities and Trade Guilds

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Improving the Business Environment Polish Chamber of Commerce

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  1. Improving the Business Environment Polish Chamber of Commerce Warsaw, September2013

  2. What is the role of the Chambers • - How to improve the Business Environment • POLISH EXAMPLE

  3. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • Reaching back to Middle Ages: • Craftsmen Fraternities and Trade Guilds • I. Republic- Trade Councils – first organizations representing entrepreneurs, established in 1809 in the Warsaw Princedom • II.Republic– 10 chambers of industry and commerce established on the basis of the Regulation of the President of Poland of July 15th, 1927Public Law Status • Situation after the WW II • The chambers re-activated for a short time.Liquidation of chambers ofindustry and commerce in 1950. The Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade established(decree of 1949) – a body thought rather to steer / regulate than to represent the companies’ interest.

  4. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • Established 1990, legal successor of Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade • Private Law Chamber • Member of Eurochambres, Brussels • Member of International Chamber of Commerce, Paris • Cooperation agreements with the Chambers from more than 100 countries

  5. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • Regional and local chambers - 53 • Industry oriented associations - 71 • Bi - and multilateral chambers - 18 • Other organizations - 10 CURRENTLY: 152 MEMBERS

  6. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCEMEMBERS

  7. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCEMAIN ACTIVITIES • Creation and evaluation of economic policy in Poland (committees) • Foreign relations and promotion • Conferences, forums, seminars • Trade arbitration • Services, for example: documents legislations, training courses, publications • Special projects • EU funded projects • Networking

  8. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCEORGANISATIONAL CHART Statutorybodies General Secretary Economic Policy InnovativeEconomy Administration, Membershipissues Trainings projects Foreign affairs

  9. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT How to influence? • Legal system • Policies • Institutions • Tools / actions / bestpractices

  10. ECONOMIC POLICY • The Channels of influence: • EU – level • through Eurochambres • through Polish Government • through MEP • Country – level • Through government, parliament, President’s office • Through mass-media

  11. ECONOMIC POLICY / LEGAL SYSTEM • How to develop opinions and position papers? • Committeess of Polish Chamber of Commerce • the KIGNET Project / internet platform • Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy (think tank) • Members (industry oriented & regional) • Working groups (occasional) • External experts • Cooperation with other business organisations (employers, handicraft, …) • Cooperation with think tanks

  12. ECONOMIC POLICY • Committees: • Committee of Agriculture and Food Industry • Committee of Commerce • Committee of Environmental protection • Committee of Health • Committee of Infrastructure • Committee of Construction • Committee of E-economy • Committee of Quality and Standarisation • Committee of Climate Policy • Committee of Turism • Committee of Municipal development • Committee of Education • Committee of Ethics and CSR • Committee of Science

  13. ECONOMIC POLICY • The form of expression: • Evaluation of business environment - position papers • Opinions • Indexes • Best practices • Parliamentary barometer

  14. TOOLS / ACTIONS • Projects: • EU funded • Others • Examples: • Career Developement For Women • Innovative economy • the KIGNET Project

  15. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SERVICES • Consultancy & advisory services including: • Polish and international tax law • economic and financial services • accountancy • public relations and marketing comunications (conferences, seminars) • export development activities (economic missions and trades) • information protection services • Pro-innovative advisory services: • energy and technological audit • quality management system (QMS) • advisory services for clusters startup • certifications,

  16. POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCEBest practices • Polish Quality Award System (in frame of EFQM) • Business Fair Play Competition • Code of Business Ethics • Anticorruption procedures • Business friendly local administration • Business friendly procedures in legalisation of documents • SME’s friendly bank – competition

  17. MORE INFORMATION Thank you very much for your attention. For more information please visit our Website at www.en.kig.pl

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