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Poznan, Poland. The place to invest.
March 2007
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Poznan - city info

• Poznans GDP - 49,1 thousand PLN, the biggest
  increase among Polish Cities in 2004 (by 13,6).

Capital of the Region of Wielkopolska - one of
the most developed regions of Poland.

• Location on the route from Paris to Moscow,
  halfway between Berlin and Warsaw.

Population - 568,000, Poznan Agglomeration - ca.
850 thousand, 100 km radius - ca. 3.0 million.
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Economic situation

• Financial rating (Moodys Investors Service) A3
• No. of business entities 90,600
• No. of business entities with foreign capital
  2,350
• Foreign investments between 1990-2005
• USD 5.0 billion
• USD 8,800 per capita
• Unemployment rate 4,9
• - preliminary figure

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New approach for investors and citys promotion
1. Public Relations

• Building PR
• Business (economic) forums
• Advertising policy in Poland
• Advertising policy in Europe
• Fairs (national and international)

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New approach for investors and citys promotion
2. Investors Assistant (Pilot)

• Direct assistance of projects managers in
  serving investing procedures in Poznan City Hall
  and other necessary institutions, especially in
  preparing the planned investment and providing
  all necessary data.
• The appointment of a projects manager at the
  City Hall, who is an employee with relevant
  experience and professional qualifications and
  enjoying relevant powers, to be responsible for
  contacts between the investor and City Hall, and
  for efficient handling of matters related with
  the investment.
• Providing complex care for investors after
  completion of investments.

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New approach for investors and citys promotion
3. Comprehensive investment offer

• Investment offers of the City of Poznan
• Investment offers of the Poznan Agglomeration

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4. Investment incentives in Poznan
New approach for investors and citys promotion

• Supporting the investors efforts to acquire the
  status of a SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (SEZ) in case
  of an investment which meets the conditions
  required for creating such a zone.
• Real estate tax exemption for new investments
  public aid program de minimis.
• Subsidies for creating new jobs and professional
  training for new employees - offered by District
  Labour Office, the assistance of employment
  agencies and academic career offices in the
  recruitment of applicants.
• Poznan Technology and Industry Park.

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Poznans advantages
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Attractive location halfway from Berlin to
Warsaw, Good transportation infrastructure,
e.g. - connection of A2
highway with the network of city roads and
international airport, -
railway connection Berlin-Poznan-Warsaw,
Absorptive local market Poznan agglomeration
amounts to 850 thousand residents, Very
good technical infrastructure and developed
network of round-business services, High
quality of labour market and favourable
socio-political investment climate.
Particular care to environment protection issues.
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Poznan science and education centre

• Ca. 140,000 students.
• 26 universities and colleges.
• High quality of education - well educated
  prospected workers.
• 44 science research institutes.
• A centre for the Polish Academy of Science.
• The Supercomputing Networking Centre - the
  largest in Poland.
• A venue of symposia and congresses.

Source City Development Department
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Poznan - leading Research Development centre

• 1. Supercomputing and Networking Centre with the
  best bandwidth in Poland (www.man.poznan.pl)
• High Performance Computing Centre
• POZMAN - the metropolitan area optical fibre
  network
• PIONIER Network - the national optical network
  designed for data archiving
• 2. Microsoft Innovation Centre

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Regional Centre for Investment Support - WCWI

• Shared promotional and investing activities
• of Poznan and surrounding communities

• Selected WCWI Activities
• Servicing the process of attracting investors
• Providing business services for investors
• Winning EU funds for infrastructure investments
• Help directed for investors for establishing
  mutual co-operation

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Investment possibilities in Poznan

• Areas of development
• housing,
• new technologies, RD centres,
• outsourcing services and shared service centres,
• recreation and sport,
• transport and logistics.

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Investment offers 2007 - Marcelin

• Marcelin
• Intended use residential buildings, offices and
  hotels, multi-storey car parks, recreation etc.
• Area 6.3ha
• For sale by tender, September 2007

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Investment offers 2007 - Gajowa

• Gajowa
• Intended use residential buildings, hotels,
  multi-storey car parks, retail
• Area 2.8ha
• For sale by tender, September 2007

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Poznan - one of the best developed cities in
Eastern Europe

• European Regional Economic Growth Index by
• Jones Lang LaSalle
• Poznan - 6th place in Eastern Europe, 2nd in
  Poland (after Warsaw).
• Poznan has been highly ranked in the following
  fields growth of the economy, good situation of
  local labour market, stable and very attractive
  perspectives of Poznans development.
• The research conducted by Jones Lang LaSalle took
  place in 278 regions, 27 countries, 91 cities.
  The aim of the research is to indicate cities
  with the best near-future economy development
  especially in residential housing buildings.

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Thank you for your attention! Poznan City
Hall Investment Promotion Department Plac
Kolegiacki 17, 61-841 Poznan, Polandtel. (61)
878 54 28, fax [phone]e-mail
promocja_at_um.poznan.plwww.city.poznan.pl www.youar
ein.poznan.pl
We invite you to Poznan!
March, 2007