Opportunities for Canadian Businesses in EU Funded Projects in Poland

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Opportunities for Canadian Businessesin EU
Funded Projects in Poland
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The Environment

• Population 38.17million
• GDPgrowth 6.1, 333.49 billion (2007)
• Inflation 3.8 (end of 2007)
• Unemployment11.5 (March 2007)

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The Environment

• Strong Polish currency PLN strong Polish buying
  power and price competitiveness of Canadian
  products
• Strong interest from foreign investors (11
  billion in 2006)
• E.U. Structural Funds for Poland in 2007-2013
  67.3 billion ( 85.5 billion including national
  funds)

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Facts and Assumptions

• Planned investments of 85.5 billion will be
  highest in Polands history
• Limited timeline for implementation 2007-2013
• Canadian firms can have access to EU funded
  projects

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Priority Sectors - Infrastructure

• Transport Infrastructure
• (roads, highways, bridges)
• Euro 2012 Infrastructure
• (stadiums and hotels)
• Residential Commercial
• (universities, RD centres, shopping malls,
  public buildings)

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• Poland Ukraine joint hosts of Euro 2012 but...
  infrastructure is lacking
• 6 major cities hosting Euro 2012 games
• 5 existing stadiums to be modernized and extended
  to double capacity
• 3 new stadiums to be built including Baltic Arena
  in Gdansk
• 600 km of highway, 1,500 km of rail track
  modernization, airport hotel infrastructure
  extension

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Roads are the single largest area of EU funds
support

• 1145 km of motorways
• 2817 km of expressways
• 62 ring-roads
• 1990 km of roads modernized
• Projects to be implemented by 2015!

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Priority Sectors Environment Protection

• Municipal Wastewater Management
• Municipal Solid Waste Management
• Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
• Post Industrial land Rehabilitation
• Flood Protection

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Priority Sectors Environment Protection

• Municipal Wastewater Management
• Budget of over 3.27
• Opportunities exist for technologies in
  wastewater treatment and water purification

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Priority Sectors Environment Protection

• Municipal Solid Waste Management
• Budget of over 1.43 billion
• Opportunities exist for recycling technologies
  and thermal processing of solid waster
• Project value varies from 10 M to over 100 M

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Priority Sectors Environment Protection

• Renewable Energy
• Biomass, biogas and biofuels
• Wind, solar, small hydro
• Clean coal research and development

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Agriculture

• Structure large number of small farms
• Automation level of Polish agriculture lower than
  in Western Europe
• Majority of current stock needs to be replaced
  because it is at the end of its useful life
• EU recognizes technological gap and supports
  purchase of new machinery

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Support for Agriculture 17.8 billion

• Support to young farmers
• Farm modernization
• Environmental protection at farm level
• Support to farming in difficult areas (e.g.
  mountains)
• Diversification of production
• IT increasing production efficiency

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Priority Sectors IT

• 29 of Poles are on-line
• (dial-up, copper lines, fibre connections, WAP,
  GSM, satellite and radio)
• Booming mobile telephone market over 20 mln
  subscribers
• (95 of Polands territory has GSM 900 DCS
  coverage, 3rd generation (UTMS) phones launched)

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Priority Sectors IT

• EU support of 9.7 billion to support creation of
  information society in Poland
• Opportunities in
• e-government (e-health, e-schools)
• E-business
• Environmental monitoring disaster prevention
• Security applications (sea ports, ITS, Euro 2012)

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Priority Sectors IT

• Modernization of telecommunications networks
  (opportunity for optical fibre lines and
  broadband Internet)
• Euro2012 alone will require approx. 0.5 million
  of investment in telecommunications

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Target Clients

• Decentralization of Authorities
• Municipalities/Provinces
• Developed network of contacts among project
  decision makers
• Receptiveness to Canadian products and services

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What we can do for you?

• Key contact search
• Advise on strategy
• Organize group presentation / promotional events

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What we need from you?

• If interested, send e-mail to our colleagues in
  Warsaw / Central Eastern Europe Region
• (Market Prospect)
• Competitive Advantage
• Commitment to visit

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Canada Trade Day in Wroclaw, Poland

• June 2008 (TBC)
• Regional participation Czech Republic, Slovakia,
  Hungary
• Focus on 2-3 sectors (TBD)
• Targeting EU funded projects

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Innovation Days

• In cooperation with KGHM Polish Copper
• Location Wroclaw
• September 15-17, 2008
• Coal Gasification
• Underground Mining

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PPP Seminar

• Public/Private Sector Speakers
• Venue in Warsaw, Poland (TBC)
• Timing to be determined

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Case Study

• Canadian SME company VAC Aero, supplier of heat
  processing technology for the aviation industry
• Investment in the Polish town of Kalisz
• Prospect of applying for EU funds to support
  production expansion and new technology
  introductions
• Other companies, as well as new entrants can
  count on EU support

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• Bombardier winning tenders in major cities in
  Poland for supply of new tramways
• City of Krakow recently ordered 24 at value of
  45.5 M
• Cost of purchase financed by EBRD, EU funds and
  own funds
• Of Polands stock of 3650 only 270 trams are
  younger than 10 years extensive plans to
  modernize fleet

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Please contact us atwsaw-td_at_international.gc.ca
Thank you!
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