The Pomorskie Voivodeship

The Pomorskie Voivodeship
The Hanseatic Parliament
8-9th November, 2007
General information
Population 2,200,000
GDP per capita EUR 6,900
Foreign capital companies 3,500
SMEs 226 thousand
Nearly 100 thousand students
The Gdansk Metropolitan Area
accounts for more than 60%
of the region’s potential
Strategic location
The main criterion for investors
to choose the Gdansk Metropolitan
Area is its favourable geographic
location
KPMG Report, 2007
About 30 minutes from the city centre to the Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport
Connections to 25 European cities: e.g. London – (3-4 times a day)
Ferry connections to Sweden – Stockholm, Karlskrona
Two key ports – Gdansk, Gdynia – important distribution and logistic centres
Situated at the intersection of 3 international roads key to the Polish economy
Railroad system
6th European transport corridor
Impact area of the 6th European transport corridor and the transport
connections in Poland
Close cultural affinity with European tradition
If you are considering the best possible place in the world for
locating your business, choose cultural affinity of the Gdansk
Metropolitan Area – the European Centre of Solidarity.
It is a great place for living, where every second young person
is a student, people are not afraid of hard work and the society,
as well as authorities respect investors and appreciate their
efforts, which bring fruit in the form of creation of new
workplaces.
Lech Wałęsa
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Higher education and research institutes
In the 2006/2007 academic year nearly 100,000 students
The University of Gdansk
Over 30,000 students
Gdansk University of Technology
Over 18,000 students
The Gdansk Medical Academy
Over 4,000 students
Gdynia Maritime University
Over 2,000 students
Human capital
Every second young citizen between the age of 20-24 is a student
Selected fields
Students (in thousand)
Management
9.6
Finance, banking, accountancy
4.3
Medicine
4.2
Economy
5.3
Law and administration
6.6
Information technology, econometrics
4.0
Electronics, telecommunications
2.1
Biology, chemistry, physics
1.8
Biotechnology
0.8
Technology, industry, construction
14.2
Foreign languages
90% of pupils at secondary school learn English
3 schools with International Baccalaureate
Programme
150 language schools
4 Polish schools for foreigners
EU funds at disposal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
2004-2006 – 900 million euro contracted
European Regional Development Fund
900 million euro allocation (2007-2013)
Priority Axes
Development and innovation in SMEs sector
21 %
7%
Knowledge society
Urban and metropolitan functions
12 %
Regional transport system
23 %
The environment and environment friendly energy
7%
Tourism and cultural heritage
5%
Health care and rescue system
4%
14 %
Basic local infrastructure
Local social infrastructure and civil initiatives
4%
Technical assistance
3%
100 %
TOTAL
2007-2013 – all EU funds – 6 billion euro
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Jan Kozłowski, Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship
e-mail: marshal@woj-pomorskie.pl
Włodzimierz Szordykowski – Director of the Department of Econonomic Development
Office of the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship
tel. + 48 (58) 32 68 300, e-mail drg@woj-pomorskie.pl