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KATOWICE 2014

KATOWICE - GLOBAL RECOGNIZED METRO

Katowice: one of the 200 largest

metropolises in the world

Katowice ranked at the level of

New York, Washington, Paris,

London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Tokyo

EASY ACCESS AND

WELL DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION

ATTRACTIVE LOCATION

Within short distance to main European cities

The Province of Silesia is one of the smallest but

most populated region of Poland

80% of region’s population live in cities and

towns

Every third big city in Poland is in the Province

of Silesia

THE PROVINCE OF SILESIA

SILESIA METROPOLIS Largest in Central Europe

9th largest in Europe

THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND

Well developed road network - the highest road density in Poland

The lowest traffic congestion among Polish biggest cities

3 international airports in a close distance from Katowice

Dense network of telecom infrastructure

THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND

Q Q Domestic flights

THE BEST COMMUNICATION IN POLAND

3 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS IN A CLOSE DISTANCE OF 100 KM

Katowice Airport: ca. 30

European destinations, 30 km

distant, ca. 30 minute car ride

Kraków Airport: ca. 50

European destinations, 67 km

distant, ca. 40 minute car ride

Ostrava Airport: ca. 15

European destinations, 100 km

distant, ca. 1h 20 minute car

ride

Overseas flights European flights

FLIGHT CONNECTIONS: EUROPE

Dense network of telecom

infrastructure

3S (Silesian Optical Fiber

Network) - regional

operator with optical fiber

network over

1500 km long and it is still

increasing its coverage

Other: Orange, Netia,

Exatel, Polnet, UPC

3SF Data Center (in

Katowice) - one of the

biggest data centers in

Poland

Number of smaller

projects both operational

(COIG) and planned

IT INFRASTRUCTURE

FOREIGN INVESTORS IN KATOWICE & SILESIA METROPOLIS

FACTS

56 50 12 15

BUSINESS SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

No. of

BPO,ITO, SSC,

R&D, Contact

Centers

Growth of the

headcount

(01/2012-

10/2013)

in %

No. of

employees in

2013

[thous.]

No. of

employees

(end of 2014)

[thous.]

BUSINESS SERVICES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE

REPORT “Business Services Sector in Katowice and the Silesia Metropolis”

Link to access the report prepared by

the Association of Business Service

Leaders in Poland (ABSL)

Business Services Sector in Katowice

and the Silesia Metropolis”:

http://en.invest.katowice.eu/business/4

2/absl_report_2013.html

BPO/ITO/SSC IN METROPOLIS

MAIN SPECIALIZATIONS IN SILESIA METROPOLIS:

IT services

Customer service

HR

ITO

No. of employees: 500

SSC in audit services

servicing 4 CEE countries, UK

and Germany

SSC operations, Finance, IT, CC, HR,

production

No. of employees: over 700 (267 in

services)

DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICESIN SILESIA METROPOLIS - TESTIMONIALS

BPO (HR, Customer support, F&A, Delivery excellence), ITO

No. of employees: over 1,460

IMPORTANT PLAYERS IN KATOWICE

Customer Service Centre

No. of employees: 260

F&A Centre

No. of employees: 240

IT services

No. of employees: 58

Marketing processes

No. of employees: 200

Data recovery and computer forensics, R&D

No. of employees: 100

ITO

No. of employees: over 30 up to 150

NEW PLAYER IN KATOWICE

Global Services Delivery Center in Katowice

Creating up to 2,000 jobs!

IT services, including server operating systems management;

security and safety systems;

services for end-customers, including maintenance and monitoring of IT hardware

and software systems

fDi MAGAZINE RANKING

According to fDi Magazine Katowice is the best City of Central and Eastern Europe

regarding the foreign direct investment promotion strategy

KATOWICE - winner

awarded in one of 17

categories - Poland

Outsourcing and Shared

Services Awards Gala

WINNER: KATOWICE

„Newcomer City of the year”

Poland Outsourcing & Shared Services Awards

Katowice City won in the category

“Investor-friendly City”

Katowice City won in the category “Investor-

friendly City”: for the actions of local

authorities in the battle for developers and

investors, which change the perception of

Silesia Region as the location dominated by

heavy industry

Katowice winner awarded during Prime Property Prize

2013

Katowice City won in the category

City Outsourcing Star – the biggest

number of outsourcing events

supported by city in 2013

(conferences, workshops, trainings,

fairs, etc.)

KATOWICE „OUTSOURCING STAR”

SUPPORT FOR INVESTORS

KATOWICE CITY HALL ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES

TAX EXEMPTIONSKatowice City Hall offers 2 types of real estate tax exemptions.

First tax exemption is real estate tax exemption constituting regional investment aid.

This tax exemption in Katowice pertains to real estates or parts thereof used for conducting an economic

activity in two fields, i.e. services and manufacturing which are associated with implementation of a new

investment, fulfilling conditions determined in the Decree of the Council of Ministers of 5 August 2008 on

conditions for exemptions from the real estate tax and the tax on means of transport, constituting the

regional investment aid. Concurrently, one should emphasize that the tax exemption cannot be granted in

case of real estates used for conducting commercial activities.

The second type of tax exemption is concerning exemption from real property tax within the framework of

de minimis assistance.

Exemption from real property tax concerning land, as well as buildings and structures or parts thereof used

for the purpose of business activities, is granted to entities undertaking business activities in the city of

Katowice for the first time, on the basis of entries to registry of businesses or the Central Registration and

Information of Business Activities.

KATOWICE CITY HALL ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES

MARKETING SUPPORT – outdoor advertising: billboards, on-line advertising, social

network advertising, press advertising

TRAINING FACILITIES – in early phase of investment to make recruitment process as

smooth as possible Katowice City Hall with District Labor Office offers special facilities

where recruitment team could interview candidates or run intensive trainings

ASSISTANCE IN COOPERATION WITH INSTITUTIONS – universities, Academic Career

Centers, chambers of commerce

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADJUSTMENT - public transport network (bus stops or new

bus lines) can be adjusted to satisfy needs of investor, so that easy, fast and efficient

transport communication for future employees can be secured

POVIAT (LOCAL) LABOUR OFFICEATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT INCENTIVES

INTERNSHIP AT THE EMPLOYER’S SEAT

acquiring practical skills to work by a jobless person through performing a task at the workplace

without establishing an employment relationship with the employer

cannot exceed amount of 120% dole - PLN 988,40 - paid by the Labour Office

SUBSIDIZED JOBS

engaging a jobless person by an employer as a result of a contract concluded by the Labour Office

cannot exceed the amount of a dole i.e. the average amount of PLN 971,84 along with pension, annuity and

accident contributions, and it is paid by the Labour Office

COST REIMBURSEMENT OF FULL/PARTIAL EQUIMPENT OF A WORK STAND

the employer who has incurred costs of full or partial equipment of a work-stand for an appointed jobless person,

can apply for the reimbursement of the incurred costs up to the amount that does not exceed 600% of an average

remuneration - the amount of PLN 21.910,32

INDIVIDUAL TRAININGS

trainings for jobless persons and job - seekers to rise their own vocational and other qualifications, increasing

their chance for gaining or maintaining employment or other gainful employment - the cost of the training per

capita cannot exceed 300% of an average remuneration - PLN 10.955,16

the training scholarship will be set at the level of 120% of a dole i.e. PLN 988,40

KATOWICE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

Single employee one month's labour cost - 7000 PLN, employment: 200 people, 2

years, public aid intensity 40% -> maximum cit tax relief

KSSE maksimum CIT TAX RELIEF: PLN 13 440 000

BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE

Hotels, conference centers, restaurants

HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY

HUMAN RESOURCES AVAILABILITY

2 M people in Silesia Metropolis

4,6 M people in Silesia Province

160,000 students in Silesia Province,

including 115,000 in Silesia Metropolis

9 M people in the range of 100 km Excellent language skills

29 UNIVERSITIES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

HUMAN RESOURCES IN SILESIA METROPOLIS

PROFESSIONALLY SKILLED HUMAN RESOURCES

HIGH adaptivity, flexibility, unique work ethics

UNDERSTANDING the importance of both hard & quality driven work and cooperation as the source of welfare

WORK as an integral part of existence, a high level of understanding of the family in the case of shift work

WORK COMMITMENT: lower market saturation in SSC/BPO/ITO/R&D causes a limited labour turnover opportunity

RAPIDLY GROWING PROPERTY MARKET

EXISTING & UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OFFICE BUILDINGS

The major office hub in Silesia Metropolis

300,000 sqm of modern office space

PRIORITY PROJECTS

THE CITY OF FUTURE - YOUR CITY

NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN

KATOWICE

International Congress Centre

National Polish Radio

Symphony Orchestra

New seat of Silesian Museum

Roundabout-Marketsquare

Railway station

redevelopment

Scientific Information Centre

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ROUNDABOUT-MARKET SQUARE AREA

CONSTRUCTION COST – EUR 68 M

CULTURAL ZONE

CURRENTLY

Post-industrial areas of former

Katowice coal mine

Seat of the most famous

spectators’ hall in Poland „the

Saucer”

IN THE NEAR FUTURE

International Congress Centre

Seat of the Symphonic Orchestra

New Silesian Museum

Modernization of the Sport and Entertainment Hall SPODEK

Investment value ca. PLN 160 M

CITY CENTRE TRANSFORMATION Old coal mine sites

DAY & NIGHT

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CENTRE

Project value: ca. PLN 306 M, including:

European Regional Development Fund ca. PLN 152,8 M

Contribution of Katowice City (including funds from European Investment Bank ca. PLN 151,7 M)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION OPENING: 1Q 2015

SEAT OF THE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

The Symphonic Orchestra seat: project value amounts to PLN 265 M, including PLN 122 M from

the Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment

UNDER CONSTRUCTION GRAND OPENING: October 2014

NEW SEAT OF SILESIAN MUSEUM

Investment of Marshall of Silesian Voivodship

on the list of the priority investments of Silesian Voivodship

value: PLN 360 M - 85% covered by the EU

UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WORKS ALREADY FINISHED

RAILWAY STATION, UNDERGOROUND BUS STATION,

SHOPPING CENTRE GALERIA KATOWICKA

OPENED

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HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE

QUALITY OF LIFE

„...THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CULTURE”

„...THE BEST CITY IN POLAND TO LIVE IN”

THE CITY OF GREAT EVENTS GREEN CITY

45%

QUALITY OF LIFE – RANKING OF POLISH CITIES 2013

Source: „Social Diagnosis 2013” – Council for Social Monitoring in cooperation with Central Statistical Office.

"Polish cities were analyzed in terms of quality of life, the level of salary, the availability of education

And what about their cities think their inhabitants?

Answer to this question can be found in the recent Social Diagnosis”

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

International school

Nursery

Primary school

Lower-secondary school

Secondary school

High quality health care and research facilities

specializing in heart surgery, oncology and burn

treatment

Developed network of private healthcare

institutions

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TENNIS TOURNAMENT APRIL 2014

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS

2016 EHF EUROPEAN MEN'S HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

WHY SILESIA? WHY KATOWICE?

The centre of the largest Polish Metropolis –

2 M inhabitants (Silesia: 4,6 M inhabitants)

Convenient and easy access via air, roads and rail

Well developed telecommunication network

Presence of foreign investors

Healthy economy & growing market – Fitch Rating „A-”

for liabilities in foreign currency

Support from helpful local and regional authorities

Professionally skilled human resources and unique work

ethics – 160,000 students in Silesia

Strong academic centre – 45 institutions of higher

education

Good place to live – 45% of green areas

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Developed infrastructure

SUMMARY

Highly skilled human potential

Global acknowledgement

Quality of life

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Contact for investors

Mateusz Skowroński

Mayor’s Plenipotentiary for Strategic Investors

Katowice City Hall

4 Warszawska Street, room 237

40-006 Katowice

Tel. +48 32 25 93 823

fax +48 32 259 78 12

e-mail: mateusz.skowronski@katowice.eu

www.invest.katowice.eu

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