1 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

• GDP:growth 6.1%, 333.49 billion € (2007)

• Inflation: 3.8% (end of 2007)

• Unemployment:11.5% (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 Poland’s 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, R&D 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 Gdańsk

• 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 Poland’s 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 Wrocław, 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: Wrocław

• 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 Poland’s stock of 3650 only 270 trams are younger than 10 years – extensive plans to modernize fleet

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Please contact us at:

wsaw-td@international.gc.ca

Thank you!

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