Smart V4 Strategies

South Poland Cleantech Cluster participates in a newly started Visegrad project together with partners – Czech Smart City Cluster, Slovak Smart City Cluster and Digitalis Jolet nonprofit from Hungary. The project “Smart V4 Strategies” was awarded financing support from the Visegrad Fund.

The aim of the project is to connect relevant partners in the given area of SMART strategies and prepare procedures for classification of SMART strategies in V4 countries into one complex database portal. The project offers V4 partners international cooperation in unifying SMART strategies to GreenDeal/SDG rules. The vision is to strengthen the unity and effectiveness in implementation of SMART strategies in all V4 countries.
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South Poland Cleantech Cluster

is the initiator of the krk UrbanHub project - a sustainable CEE (Central- and Eastern European) urbanization hub
krakowurbanhub is a partner in the urbanhub europe consortium of European cities consisting of BLOXHUB in Copenhagen, KIRAHub in Helsinki, Munich Urban Colab, FACTORY Hammerbrooklyn Hamburg, FAKTORY Berlin, Urban Resilience Hub Barcelona
krk UrbanHub is a national and international meeting place that engages people in architecture, design and sustainable urban development. This is done through exhibitions, debates, events, business development and new partnerships.
krk UrbaHhub is an ecosystem for creating cities of the future, and at the same time a space to share ideas, skills and strategies for designing buildings and urban development based on a people-centered approach and high standards of sustainable development, and a membership-based community combining urban development, architecture, design, design, construction, circular economy and digitization.
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South Poland Cleantech Cluster

SPCleantech is co-founder of European Alliance for Cross- Industrial Circular Economy Investments (ICEI Alliance) consisting of European clusters and universities. During 2020-2021 there have been held meetings to prepare the establishment of the European Alliance for Cross- Industrial Circular Economy Investments, hosted by the Circular Economy Centre at Digipolis, Kemi, Finland.

The ICEI Alliance has for ambition to make Europe the global industrial circular economy platform to accelerate the deployment of world-class circular economy solutions to industry. It acts as a pipeline of business-led circular economy investment projects. Alliance members support businesses with the structuring of their investment cases as well as with accessing funding and financing streams.
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Podkarpacie region is located in the south-eastern part of Poland and it covers approximately 18,000 sq. km which constitutes 5.7 % of total area of Poland. The area is inhabited by 2,103,500 people (5.5 % of the country population).

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The southern and eastern border of the Region is also a border of Poland on the section of 370 km. The Podkarpackie borders with the Ukraine and Slovak Republic. Close proximity to eastern markets creates favourable conditions for economic co-operation and widely understood cross-border co-operation.

Podkarpackie Region is divided into 160 communities, 21 counties and 4 cities that are treated as separate counties (Rzeszów, Krosno, Tarnobrzeg, Przemyśl).

Rzeszów is the seat of local government of the region. The city is economic, academic and cultural centre of the region. The city of Rzeszów with 180,000 inhabitants is the capital of the region.

At the end of May 2012 there were 151,100 business entities registered in the region i.e. ~4% of all business entities registered in Poland. Number of commercial companies establishing by foreign entrepreneurs increases constantly – and now there are 1065 foreign capital companies in Podkarpackie Region. The avarege monthly gross salary in enterprise sector is – 2960,81PLN

Why is it worth to invest in Podkarpackie? 

High-efficient branches

The most preferred areas of business within the Voivodship which are worth investing in are as follows: aviation, automotive industry, electronics, electromechanical, light industry, food and farm product industry, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and tourism.

New Possibilities, new challenges 

The fact that Poland is a member of the European Union creates a whole range of opportunities for the Podkarpackie Region. The region is situated on the easternmost border of the EU, close to the new and developing markets. For south east Poland, the Region is an important communication junction and two major Trans European Routes are planned to pass through Rzeszów offering unparalleled access to new markets for local companies as well as investors.

Podkarpackie virtues 

The region possesses a well developed infrastructure of secondary and further education, well trained employees and relatively low labour costs that encourage investment efficiency from one side and maintain a reasonable level of operational cost from the other side. The competitive price of land for investment further increases the potential for new initiatives. The local communications network is well developed with air, railway and road links that connect the region quickly and efficiently with the rest of the world. Finally the unpolluted environment, beautiful landscapes, recreation areas and cultural attractions create opportunities for relaxation and enjoyment after the working day.

A good climate for investment 

The incentives for companies investing in Podkarpackie include duty free import of equipment for new factories, job creation grants, reimbursement of the cost of employee training. The region has preferential access to EU funds.