INVESTMENTS Left: Mayor of the City of Poznań, Jacek Jaśkowiak talking to Mayor of the City of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko.
in their operation in Poznań and which are The Investor Relations Department are worthy of being distinguished in the of the City of Poznań is cooperating first place include: the Honorary Consulate with commercial chambers acting as of the Czech Republic, the Honorary intermediaries in international contacts Consulate of Great Britain, the Honorary including with the British-Polish Chamber Consulate of the Federal Republic of of Commerce BPCC, the NetherlandsGermany, the Honorary Consulate of the Polish Chamber of Commerce NPCC, French Republic, the Honorary Consulate Polish-German Economic Circle DWK, the of Ireland, the Honorary Consulate of the Polish-German Chamber of Commerce United Mexican States, the Honorary and Industry AHK, Scandinavian-Polish Consulate of Ukraine or the Honorary Chamber of Commerce, Belgian Business Consulate of the Russian Federation. Chamber and the French-Polish Chamber of Commerce. Each of those institutions The consuls become involved in handles the organisation of valuable ceremonies of a historical and patriotic events for business representatives from nature, as well as in other events, which all over the country, local government are being organised by the authorities authorities and business environment of Poznań. What is more, the consuls institutions. Events organised by the also directly promote the culture and chambers are a platform for exchanging history of countries they represent, and experience and contacts and a place for initiate and organise for this purpose networking as well. numerous events of a cultural and scientific nature. For example, there are Commercial chambers in Poznań are cyclical Days of Brittany or celebrations of operating effectively, associate their members and allow them to get to the St. Patrick’s day. know each other better. Members of International cooperation also involve such chambers have admitted that those regular visits of the Ambassadors, membership in the initial stage of their who are guests of the city authorities. activity provides them with support, and Only last month a few of such visits took mutual contacts generate vast knowplace, among others the Ambassador of how base. Sweden or the Ambassador of Vietnam. One of the most frequently chosen form ENHANCING PATHS FOR BUSINESS of meetings of economic chambers are International business contacts between visits in the headquarter of the given Poznań and abroad are supported by the company, during which such a company presence of bilateral economic chambers. has the occasion to present its operation Outsourcing&More | July – August 2017
and the adopted solutions. On the other hand, for the City of Poznań such meetings provide an occasion to become acquainted with needs presented by the investors and to talk about finding solutions to problems encountered by them. – The project called “It is worth learning Poznań may be German in Poznań”, during which we proud of having convince pupils and teachers of the the largest number of honorary consulates importance of knowing that language in in Poland. There are further professional career, takes place in currently as many cooperation with persons from the Polish- as 32 of them in the German chambers. We have implemented capital city of the Wielkopolska Region, this project in response to the demand for one of which is employees speaking German reported by a General Consulate investors. Within the project we visit schools (Russian Federation). and promote German during educational Eight other cities fairs. In these actions we always gain are comprised by Poznań by assistance of persons involved in Polish- its jurisdiction. German chambers or associations – says Marcin Przyłębski, Head of the Investor Relations Department of the City of Poznań. Cooperation of the City Hall with chambers is also being implemented by participation in study visits and economic missions. In such way in the past few years representatives of the municipal authorities were able to promote the investment potential of the Wielkopolska Region in such distant countries, as India or China, which nevertheless offer great perspectives in the context of economic cooperation. •
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