The 2014 edition of Warsaw Business Journal Group’s Investing in Poland project has been launched. The project involves an annual publication scheduled to be launched at a conference on September 17, as well as an Investment of the Year competition and a gala which will be held in October.
The project is organized by Warsaw Business Journal Group in cooperation with the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ), PwC, Bank Pekao and CBRE as well as eight chambers of commerce: the British, German, Spanish, French, Belgian, Dutch, Chinese and Indian.
The initiative marks the second time Warsaw Business Journal, along with major chambers of commerce in Poland will hand out the Investment of the Year award. However, this year the competition has been expanded: there will be three awards instead of one: Small Investment of the Year, Medium-Sized Investment of the Year and Large Investment of the Year.
The contest is a part of the Investing in Poland project which comprises:
1. The Investing in Poland 2014 publication – Investing in Poland is an annual investment guide published since 2009. The fifth edition of theInvesting in Poland publication will come out in September 2013. It is prepared by the staff of Warsaw Business Journal in cooperation with The Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ), PwC and bilateral chambers active in Poland. The publication consists of two parts – the first contains vital information on Poland’s regions and major cities as well as their economic potential, the second one, Trendbook, provides an analysis of the most important investment trends in Poland. It is published in English, Chinese and Spanish.
2. Conference – WBJ will hold a conference in late September marking the launch of the publication. It will feature discussion panels which will examine investment conditions and incentives. One of the panels will focus on outsourcing as the current major investment trend in Poland. Each year the conference attracts around 150 guests, including city and regional authorities, major investors in Poland and experts on business and business activity in Poland.
3. Competition and Gala – This portion of the project was first launched in 2012 in cooperation with major chambers of commerce and industry. The competition will award the Investment of the Year in three categories – small, medium-sized and large investment. Each investment will be assessed based on: the amount invested, innovativeness and local impact. The winners will be selected by a jury, comprising one member from each chamber, as well as high-ranking decision makers in Poland’s economy and government. The winners will be awarded at the Gala.
Stages of the Investing in Poland 2014 project:
September 2 – the launch of the Investing in Poland 2014 publication at the Economic Forum in Krynica
September 17 – Investing in Poland 2014 Conference
October 10 – jury deliberations on the Investment of the Year awards
Second half of October – Final Gala, awarding the three winners of the Investment of the Year competition. Number of guests: 150.
More details:
The main aim of the Investing in Poland project is to distinguish the most important foreign investments in Poland as well as show Poland’s potential for investors. It is a particularly important goal this year, while Polish economy muddles through its most difficult year since 2009, with GDP forecast to come in around 1 percent.
Warsaw Business Journal Group will be awarding the best foreign investment in Poland for the second time this year but, instead of one Investment of the Year award, three statuettes will be given to top investors: for a small investment, which is one involving up to 10 new jobs being created, medium-sized investments, which resulted in 11-99 new workplaces and large investments, which are those creating 100 jobs or more.
Each chamber will select up to three top investments, one per category, carried out by companies from their countries. The investment projects must have been completed between September 2012 and August 2013. The nominees will be presented at the conference in September.
Regions, cities and trends
The conference will feature the official launch of the Investing in Poland annual publication, as well as two panel discussions. The first will focus on investing in Poland, in particular on what cities and regions are doing to attract investors, and the other on outsourcing as an investment trend.
In the weeks following the conference WBJ will present the profiles of each nominee and finally the top investment in each category will be selected by a jury. The three top investments, assessed on the amount invested, number of jobs created, innovativeness and sustainability will be awarded at the October gala.
Last year’s Investment of the Year award went to AstraZeneca Pharma Poland for its Research & Development HUB. The center, which runs clinical trials of pharmaceuticals in Poland, was nominated by the British Polish Chamber of Commerce. The other nominees included Spanish Estudio Lamela’s design of the Lublin City Stadium, Finnish Itella’s financial center in Toruń, American Pittsburgh Glass Works’ windshield production facility in Środa Śląska and French Servier’s manufacturing plant and clinical trial center in Warsaw.
Investing in Poland 2014 is the fifth edition of the publication. It presents all regions of Poland as well as major Polish cities and their potential for investors. It also provides information on all the special economic zones in Poland. Since 2011 the publication includes a special Trendbook section portraying the most prominent and interesting trends in the Polish economy.
In addition to the English version, the publication will be translated into Chinese and Spanish, two of the top three most-spoken languages in the world. Altogether, 18,000 copies of the printed publication and 6,000 on CDs will be distributed by Polish embassies and consulates all over the world, the Network of Investors and Exporters Service Centers (COIE), 24 Polish Institutes around the world, as well as at 76 business events, including MIPIM, MAPIC, Expo Real and AIM in Dubai. The PDF version of the publication will also be available for download on WBJ.pl and various other websites.
Courtesy of Warsaw Business Journal
