Attractive Gdynia

Already for the fifth time businessmen and politicians from Poland and abroad have met in Gdynia to promote Poland as an attractive business partner. Why Gdynia? What is the source of the city's attractiveness? Undoubtedly it is Gdynia's quality mark, and her exceptionally favourable location at the cross-roads of two Pan-European transportation corridors.

Undoubtedly, it is also the city's economic potential, well-educated people, modern infrastructure as well as a wide range of offered services and good recreational facilities. There is an extra bonus - in Gdynia you will find the best schools, a highly qualified workforce, and an absorptive market.

Gdynia's dynamism is reflected in almost every field of activity. The residents' entrepreneurial spirit and the steady and uninterrupted development of the city attract like a magnet. Gdynia was the first city in Poland to launch, on the international scale, a promotional campaign dating back as far as the year 2001. The September 2005 summit was already the fifth one. For two days between 22-23 September during the International Economic Forum over five hundred representatives of Polish and foreign economic and political circles discussed crucial development issues. The Forum is a successor of Gdynia's Investment Forums - Thinking of investing - think Gdynia. The four international investment forums previously held in Gdynia had been attended by representatives of international consultancies, the largest developers and major companies from the region.

The International Economic Forum Gdynia 2005 brought together representatives of major Polish and regional companies, banks and financial institutions, local and regional authorities, diplomats and experts, as well as Chinese businessmen who want to do business in Poland. The significance of the Forum went beyond our continent. The themes of the Forum were aimed at bringing to the attention of our companies the importance and opportunities offered by the Far East markets especially in the fields of maritime economy, finance and tourism. After the first day's plenary session three panels were held. The first one focused on new markets, including the Far East and China in particular, in the context of broadly understood maritime economy; the second one covered finance for small and medium sized enterprises, and the third one tourism - especially in the Baltic Sea Region.

Our challenge was to advertise Gdynia's qualities abroad and to attract foreign businesses.