WAIPA Annual Report 2011

PAIiIZ Study Tour, Warsaw/Wroclaw, Poland
August 28 – September 2, 2011
In cooperation with WAIPA, the Polish
Information and Foreign Investment
Agency (PAIiIZ) organized a study
tour which started with PAIiIZ,
in Warsaw, sharing its general
experience. This WAIPA Study Tour
hosted participants from Moldova,
Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Armenia,
Tatarstan and Tadjikstan, who got
acquainted with the Polish system of
attracting investments in the field of
Business Process Outsourcing.
In Warsaw, the study tour included a
meeting at the Poland’s Ministry of
Economy, where the Undersecretary
of State, H.E. Grażna Henclewska
welcomed participants and presented
trends concerning the Polish relations
with CIS countries.
During their stay in Poland, the
group also visited Wrocław, where
the Wrocław Agglomeration
Development Agency (ARAW)
organized meetings with Polish
companies potentially investing
abroad. Local champion firms such
as Selena, Clarena, Impel, Rec
Global, Hasco-Lek, TelForceOne
and Toya ranked among the most
successful companies now investing
overseas. WAIPA-PAIiIZ guest
IPAs also visited the Wroclaw
Research Center EIT+, the largest
R&D facility in Poland.
In Wrocław participants also
had a chance to take part in a
seminar, spearheaded by WAIPA,
where the IPAs learned the BPO
sector fundamentals. Tholons,
a consultancy firm specialized
in services outsourcing made a
presentation to participants. After
the visit to Wrocław, the group
returned to Warsaw, where they
met with representatives from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
Gospodarstwa Krajowego Bank. Most
participants extended their travel on
to Switzerland, Geneva, to join other
IPAs attending the XVI WAIPA World
Investment Conference 2011.
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