MAŁOPOLSKAShanghai, 24th May 2010

Marek Sowa

Member of the Board of the Malopolska Region

Polish Section EXPO 2010

BALTIC REGION

CENTRAL EUROPE

POLAND

MAŁOPOLSKA

15 190 km2

3.3 mln inhabitants

over 8 000 monuments

8 UNESCO sites

6 National Parks

80 Nature Reserves

BASIC DATA

REGION’S ASSETS

• Very good transportation accessibility

• Highly educated human resources

• Developed entrepreneurship

• Foreign investors recognition

• Innovation

• Well prepared economic infrastructure

• Special Economic Zones

• Clusters

• Professional investor’s and exporter’s service (Centre Business in Małopolska)

TRANSPORTACCESIBILLITY

EDUCATED HUMAN

RESOURCES

34 universities and colleges

among the others:

Jagiellonian University

University of Science and Technology

Krakow Polytechnics

University of Economy

• over 11 000 scientists• over 200 000 students• over 34 000 graduates

MAIN ECONOMY SECTORS

• IT• BPO & SSC• Logistics • High – Tech• Biotechnology• Car industry• Chemical industry• Metallurgy• Polygraphy• Food industry

PRIORITY SECTORS

MAŁOPOLSKAREGION OF 4 ELEMENTS

BIOTECHNOLOGY CLEAN ENEGY

IT TOURISM

WATER

EARTH

FIRE AIR

THE BIGGEST COMPANIES

IN THE REGION

INVESTORSLOKAL COMPANIES

EXPORT & IMPORTVALUE

PRODUCTS

• Wires and isolated cables• Cars• Cars and engines parts and accessories• Aluminium and aluminium products• Electric equipment to engines and vehicles

EXPORT

COUNTRIES - PARTNERS

GermanyCzech RepublicFranceRussiaGreat Britain

PRODUCTS

• Refined crude oil products • Aluminium and aluminium products• Cast iron, still and ferro-alloys• Cars and engines parts and accessories• Cars

IMPORT

COUNTRIES - PARTNERS

GermanySlovak RepublicChinaItalyFrance

VISITMAŁOPOLSKA

Thank you!

Contact person:Mr Dariusz KowalczykE-mail: dariusz.kowalczyk@umwm.plTel. +48 12 630 35 15

Marshal’s Office of the Malopolska Regionul. Basztowa 22, Kraków, Poland