Poland and Georgia - time to intensify economic cooperation.
More development projects, growth in exports and exchange of experience in the field of economy - on May 10th, 2011 Poles and Georgians discussed ways of intensifying economic cooperation between the countries.
The seminar Polish-Georgian economic cooperation was opened by Grażyna Henclewska, Undersecretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Economy and Archil Kekelia, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development in Georgia. During the meeting which was chaired by the President of PAIiIZ, Sławomir Majman, representatives of the Polish and Georgian delegation discussed investment climate in both countries.
Details of Polish ways and methods of attracting foreign investors to Poland were presented by Iwona Chojnowska-Haponik, Head of the Foreign Investment Department at PAIiIZ. Business opportunities and activities undertaken by special economic zones in Poland were exemplified by the zone in Łódź and presented by Piotr Mazurkiewicz from the Łódź City Council. Information about Financial Instruments for Export Support in Poland was provided by Rafał Wasak, Head of the Unit for Foreign Trade Financing at Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland's only state-owned bank.
During the Q&A session representatives of Polish business were interested mainly in the political climate in Georgia in the context of foreign investment and in opportunities for automotive projects and IT systems.
The seminar is organised in connection with the visit of an official delegation from Georgia and the second session of the Georgian-Polish intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation.
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