Local Governments Are Waiting for Investors
A potential foreign investor considering Poland as its next investment venue can take advantage of a variety of support tools provided by the Polish public administration at every stage of the decision making process and subsequently over the course of the entire investment venture. Many are managed or implemented by the government and its agencies, though in practice every investor is bound to engage with local government authorities at one moment or another.
Systemic assistance is provided by specialised central institutions with the Polish Investment & Trade Agency (PAIH) in the lead. Investors can also obtain assistance locally and regionally. Systemically, it is mostly municipalities and voivodeships that are vested with the majority of tasks envisaging assistance to investors. Municipalities, often comprised of a few smaller villages or towns and sometimes made up of a single larger city, hold a special position in the Polish administrative system, and all tasks that are not reserved for other administrative bodies are handled by municipal bodies.
Investor support centres operated in collaboration with the Polish Investment & Trade Agency play a special role in this structure, and they are most frequently managed by voivodeship heads or companies owned by them. A good example of this support is the Invest in Pomerania venture. This is a project initiated years ago by Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, as well as the Pomeranian voivodeship and the local economic zone, with the aim of lifting administrative barriers and promoting the opportunities offered by the Tricity metropolis. Local authorities know that for foreign investors unfamiliar with the Polish political regime or local specifics, the Tricity may appear to be a large conglomeration with barely discernible internal boundaries. Invest in Pomerania is a ‘one-stop-shop’ spot, and it offers a wide range of aid options, from developing an information report, through the selection and identification of incentives and investment grants, to organising meetings with prospective local business partners and local authorities.
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