This year, Poland is represented in almost every category of the Financial Times fDi’s Magazine report. It shows a strong and constantly growing position of Polish Special Economic Zones in the world. The biggest number of awards went to Katowice Special Economic Zone that was also described by the authors of Global Free Zones of the Year 2015 as the highly recommended global runner-up and highly recommended future winner, after the global leader – DMCC Free Zone in UAE.
This impressive position of Katowice Special Economic Zone is due to the fact that has been named as the best zone in Europe. It also took the first prize as regional leader of Central Eastern Europe and was one of the best European location for large tenants and SME. In terms of the best environment for small and medium-sized companies Łódź Special Economic Zone occurred to be the number one in Europe. Łódź Special Economic Zone was also awarded for developing cooperation with China.
Also for Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone 2015 occurred to be a year of successes as it became a vice-lead of Special Economic Zone in Europe and was commended for facilities upgrades.
The authors of the report also awarded Starachowice Special Economic Zone for the development of vocational training within the zone and creating an Education Cluster there. The same prize went to Katowice Special Economic Zone.