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Wrocław Business Opportunities Agenda
Accessibility & Infrastructure
Knowledge & Sectors of growth
Culture of leisure & high quality of life
At a glance
Source: Statistical office, data as of March 2011
• 638.000 inhabitants in Wrocław
• 1,000,000 inhabitants in the agglomeration
• 3,000,000 inhabitants in the region of Lower Silesia (borders with the Czech Republic and Germany)
• 65% in working age
• > 12% GDP growth: faster than China!
• About 47 million people in the catchment area.
Wrocław International Airport
• available 28 direct flight connections
• major European transfer hubs: Warsaw, Munich and Frankfurt
• Wrocław’s new terminal: the capacity of the airport will double by 2015 to 7 millions passengers a year
Polish vibrant academic center
• 27 higher education institutions
• 146,000 university students
• 30,000 MSc. graduates p.a.
• 300-year academic tradition (Breslau, Lwów, Wrocław)
• 10 Nobel Prize winners
• World-renowned Polish School of Applied Mathematics
• Great number of computer science graduates
• Great number of economists and engineers
Sectors of growth
SERVICE SECTOR
Credit Suisse, Volvo Finance, HP, Google, McKinsey, UPS, Mellon
Bank of New York, Ernst & Young
SECOND BIGGEST FINANCIAL CENTRE IN POLAND
BZ WBK (Santander Group), Credit Agricole (Lukas Bank, EFL), Getin
Holding, Societe General (Eurobank), Santander Consumer Bank
ON THE FOREFRONT OF POLISH IT
Nokia Siemens Networks, Volvo IT, Tieto, Opera Software, Microsoft,
IBM, Siemens, Teta, Winuel, Capgemini
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Volvo, Toyota, Bosch, Wabco, Autoliv
WHITEGOODS INDUSTRY
Electrolux, Whirlpool, Fagor, LG Electronics
HI-TECH ELECTRONICS
LG Display, LG Electronics, Toshiba, MSI, Iiyama, ETO Magnetic
LIFESCIENCE INDUSTRY
3M, Hasco-Lek, MacoPharma, US Pharmacia, Herbapol
Wrocław Research Centre
200 million euro in innovation-related programs:• 140 million euro in infrastructure• 30 million euro in biotech programs• 30 million euro in nanotech programs
Wrocław Research Centre EIT+ is a unique undertaking in Poland
Pracze Campus – the most significant polish R&D investment in recent years
Wrocław - The City of Entertainment
Wrocław as Canditate for European Capital of Culture 2016 aims at attracting people not only to beaches in exotic countries but to cultural places at home as well
A number of cultural events animate the city throughout the whole year and other exciting opportunities make the living in Wrocław thriving and delightful
Culture, art and the ability to benefit from them considerably contribute to the development of the city social capital
Let’s Create a CityAnswering the needs of international community
• Four International Schools
• Five Bilingual Middle Schools
• Five Bilingual High Schools
• Active International Friends of Wrocław
Club (more than 150 families)
In recent years the size of the expat community in Wrocław has grown significantly. The message of the city to newcomers is simple: you are not alone
Quality of lifeInvestments worth 2,5 bln EUR
Apart from signing up to one of Wrocław’s Universities further reasons for flocking to Wrocław are the increasingly large number of initiatives improving quality of life
This has been possible, among others, thanks to Wrocław boasting the fastest pace of economic progress in Poland between 2006 and 2010
Investments in the public transportation, sport venues and cultural facilities are meant to radically change the city in the very close future
Wrocław: towards the first low-emission city in Central Europe
“Wrocław for Climate”: atmosphere protection project carried out by the municipality of Wrocław, in cooperation with the Wrocław Research Centre EIT Plus
The first city to introduce a similar climate protection programme was New York in 2007. The example was followed by Stockholm and Copenhagen
It is high time Wrocław joined these state-of-the-art metropolises