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1 Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area - 1 -

2 Publisher: Business Service Centre Economic Policy Department City Hall of Gdańsk Text: Jarosław Kempa Editors: Iwona Bierut Joanna Stępień Alan Aleksandrowicz Przemysław Rot Błażej Kucharski Remigiusz Kitliński Graphic design and set-up: Art Design Maciej Blachowski Photos: Photo Archives of the Gdańsk City Hall Port of Gdańsk Authority SA Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Gdańsk Development Office Road and Green Management Art Design Maciej Błachowski Pomerania Development Agency SA Jarosław Gojke Jacek Thiel Town Hall of Pruszcz Gdański - 2 -

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4 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. Amber gem of the North Area and population Economic structure of the population Gross Domestic Product in the Metropolis The budget of the Metropolis Metropolis Open to the World Sea transport Air transport Road and railway transport Education Matching the European Standards Schools of higher education Labour Market Unemployment Successful Economy Competitive economy Innovative economy Foreign investments Full Sail High Living Quality Housing Health care Culture and art Sport and recreation Tourism Tourist attractions of the Metropolis and region Priority Investments in the Metropolis The Communes Addresses and Data Sources Bibliography

5 Ladies and Gentlemen, e population of a million, two modern sea ports with four container terminals, more than twenty schools of higher education, several dozen international firms of the hi-tech sector, wide beaches, amber, and millions of tourists is is the picture of the dynamically developing Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. e Metropolis embraces the neighbouring and closely cooperating local communities of the Pomeranian Voivodship, which have volunteered to share the challenge of solving the problems accompanying the dynamic development of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. e need to take action to consolidate cooperation between individual local authorities, pointed to in public and medial debates resulted in the formation of the Council of the Bay of Gdańsk Metropolis in e Council members represent eleven local authorities, and further communities aspire to join in. Perceiving new opportunities arising thanks to integration of the local authorities around the issues of improving the quality of the living conditions, developing the infrastructure, and taking effective actions to attract new investors and jobs, we have created one of the quickest developing regions in Poland. Open to cooperation with other local authorities, the community competes successfully with other similar metropolises in Poland and abroad, and plays an increasingly prominent role in the social and economic development of Poland and the Baltic Sea Region. is is where the young and creative generation for whom internal administrative borders have long ceased to exist, lives, studies, and works. We have built the sense of unity through modernisation and integration of the internal communication system, location of centres of research, and quick urbanisation of the towns and communes comprising the Metropolis. Human capital, high quality of life, and efficient services provided to the residents and investors are but a few of the competitive advantages the Metropolis has to offer today. In addition, the area is worth particular attention because of its rich history, extensive cultural diversity, its unusual location and natural environment which once attracted humans to settle in the area and today add up to the unquestioned tourist values of the Metropolis. Our combined potential pertains to winning over new businesses, and these in turn raise our own and the investors position on the economic map of Poland and the united Europe. e success stories and satisfaction of the international investors speak best of the attractiveness of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area for the investment purposes. In recognition of the role entrusted to the Council of the Bay of Gdańsk Metropolis and in consideration of the social and economic advantages of the costal communes we have decided to present their synthetic picture to you in this Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. Enjoy your reading, Mayor of the City of Gdańsk - 5 -

6 From the Editors Ladies and Gentlemen, We have the pleasure of placing this publication in your hands. e Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area contains the key social and economic indices which portray our reality. When compiling this description of the social and economic phenomena we identified a number of attributes which add up to constitute the competitive edge of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area over other regions in Poland. anks to fluent cooperation with the Poviats and Communes members of the Metropolis we have managed to create an interesting compendium of facts useful to the investors and residents. Let us take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all who provided us with information and the necessary materials without which this first edition of the Atlas could not have been put together. We particularly wish to thank the representatives of all Local Authorities constituents of the Metropolis, and other institutions to name e.g. the Inland Revenue in Gdańsk or Statistical Office. We trust you will find this publication interesting and hope it will contribute to a better understanding of the potential inherent in the cooperation of all local communities making up the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. We will also appreciate your remarks and suggestions. We will incorporate them in subsequent editions of this publication. We trust that the initiated collaboration will pertain to further steady development of and higher standards achieved in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. Editorial team: Iwona Bierut Joanna Stępień Alan Aleksandrowicz Remigiusz Kitliński Błażej Kucharski Przemysław Rot - 6 -

7 The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area Amber gem of the North - 7 -

8 GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AMBER GEM OF THE NORTH The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is the quickest developing urbanised sub-region of Northern Poland and a well-established centre of integration processes in the Baltic region. The Metropolis aspires to the role of the key link in the chain of the transport routes leading from the countries of Northern Europe to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and other countries on the Mediterranean Sea. Favourable location, many young, well educated and highly qualified inhabitants, a robust academic base, a wealth of sites of historic significance, and the highly inviting and pollution-free natural environment attract new inhabitants and investors to the Metropolis. Geographically, the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area covers 11 local administrative areas members of the Council of the Bay of Gdańsk Metropolis, including three cities enjoying the status of the poviat, i.e. Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot, eight municipalities, one municipal/rural commune, and two rural communes. The thus structured Metropolis noticeably undergoes many dynamic integration processes, which bring fruit fostering steady social and economic development achieved consistent with the sustained development principle. Baltic Sea Table 1. The status of the local communities comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. Bay of Gdańsk Commune Status Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Rumia Reda Wejherowo town Wejherowo commune Pruszcz Gdański Żukowo Kolbudy Kosakowo municipality municipality municipality municipality municipality municipality municipality municipality municipal/rural commune municipality municipality - 8 -

9 GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AMBER GEM OF THE NORTH AREA AND POPULATION Graph 2. Population of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area Gdańsk The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area stretches over 1007 sq.km and has inhabitants. The three centrally located cities group 80% of the population, out of which Gdańsk accounts for almost 49%, Gdynia for ca. 27%, and Sopot for ca. 4%. The average density of the population in the Metropolis is 939 people per square kilometre, which is as much as eight times the average of the whole Pomeranian region, Poland, and European Union. Gdynia Sopot Rumia Reda Wejherowo town Wejherowo commune Pruszcz Gdański Żukowo Graph 1. Density of the population (inhabitants per 1 sq.km) Kolbudy Kosakowo Source: own study based on CSO data, as at 31 Dec Metropolis Pomeranian Voivodship Poland EU-25 Source: own study based on CSO data and the Regional Operational Programme for the Pomeranian Voivodship for Graph 3. Area of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (in sq.km) Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Rumia 30 Reda 29 Wejherowo town 26 Wejherowo commune 194 Pruszcz Gdański 16 Żukowo 164 Kolbudy 83 Kosakowo Source: own study based on The Metropolis Atlas 2006, Union of the Polish Metropolises, and BDR CSO, August

10 GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AMBER GEM OF THE NORTH ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION A characteristic feature of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is the favourable age structure of its population which enhances the developmental potential of the whole Pomeranian region. Graph 4. The economic structure of the population % 17,1 65,7 17,2 Centre of the Metropolis (Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot) 21,8 64,3 Pomeranian Voivodship 13,9 Poland EU-25 Pre-production age Production age Post-production age Source: own study based on CSO data and the Regional Operational Programme for the Pomeranian Voivodship for ,2 63,5 67,1 15,3 16,4 16,5 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IN THE METROPOLIS The structure of the generated Gross Added Value indicates that in these times of economic transformation the structural processes taking place in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, particularly its central part, are following the world trends. Agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishery have a marginal share in the Gross Added Value. The share of the industry and building is also diminishing giving way to the sector of broadly understood services. Table 2. The Gross Added Value in the centre of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia, and Sopot), by lines of activity in Years Agriculture, hunting forestry and fishery Industry and building Services ,5 35,1 64, ,5 31,8 67, ,3 31,7 68, ,3 31,4 68, ,2 30,4 69, ,3 29,3 70, ,3 27,4 72, ,2 24,9 74, ,2 24,5 75, ,2 25,8 74,1 Source: own study based on CSO data, GDP Regional Accounts 2004, Katowice 2006, p In terms of the Gross Domestic Product the centre of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area ranks fourth in Poland. This high position among other highly urbanised Polish areas is, among others, the effect of the high potential inherent in the local economy and the growing entrepreneurship among the inhabitants of the Metropolis

11 GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AMBER GEM OF THE NORTH Graph 5. Gross Domestic Product per head, by sub-regions in 2004 (%) Warszawa 281,8 THE BUDGET OF THE METROPOLIS Poznań Kraków Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Wrocław Central Silesia Łódź Szczeciński 97,7 155,0 143,6 142,1 120,8 120,4 203,2 national average = 100% The aggregate budget income of the communities comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in 2005 added up to PLN 2.53 billion. The budget expenditure figure was PLN 2.44 billion. The debt of the local authorities totalled PLN million. The budget revenue per head ranged from close to PLN 4.2 thousand in Sopot to more than PLN 1.9 thousand in Reda. The budget expenditure per head, on the other hand, ranged from almost PLN 3.6 thousand in Sopot to nearly PLN 1.9 thousand in Reda. The highest debt per head was noted for the Kosakowo commune PLN 1057, and the lowest for Wejherowo-rural commune PLN 44. Bydgoski Olsztyński 95,3 87,8 Graph 6. Income per head of the communes comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (PLN) Opolski 86,0 Toruńsko-włocławski Białostocko-suwalski 83,9 78,2 Reszowsko-tarnobrzeski 77,8 Świętokrzyski 77,4 Lubelski 77,1 GDP per head Source: own study based on CSO data, GDP regional accounts 2004, Katowice 2006, pp The Gross Added Value recorded for the centre of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area was PLN 23.3 billion. The Gross Domestic Product for the central sub-region of the Metropolis reached PLN versus the national average of PLN Source: own study based on The Metropolis Atlas 2006, Union of the Polish Metropolises, CSO data, August

12 GDAŃSK METROPOLITAN AREA AMBER GEM OF THE NORTH Graph 7. Expenditure per head of the communes comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (in PLN) Graph 8. Indebtedness per head of the communities comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (in PLN) Kosakowo Gdynia Gdańsk Kolbudy Rumia Sopot Żukowo Pruszcz Gdański Wejherowo town Reda Wejherowo commune Source: own study based on The Metropolis Atlas 2006, Union of the Polish Metropolises, CSO data, August Source: own study based on the Metropolis Atlas 2006, Union of the Polish Metropolises, CSO data, August The indebtedness of the local authorities comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area represents a mere 26.4% of the income while the law-permissible level of debt is defined as no higher than 60% of the annual income. The figures prove best that the local authorities follow a carefully constructed financial policy taking proper advantage of the good economic conditions. In recent years the expenditure of the local authorities has to a growing extent been allocated to infrastructural investments co-financed from the EU funds

13 Metropolis Open to the World

14 METROPOLIS OPEN TO THE WORLD The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is the main transport node in Northern Poland. The node components are: two modern seaports (Gdańsk and Gdynia), the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa international airport, the system of four international routes running across the area, plus provincial roads of importance for the regional and national development, an expanded railway node with four crossing railway routes subjects of the AGC international agreements. Thanks to the investments financed from the state budget and local funds, the projects co-financed by the European Union and private investors, accessibility of the Metropolis to transport is improving in both national and European scales. Improving too is the internal transport coherence. SEA TRANSPORT The attractiveness of the Metropolis seaports is the function of the modern reloading terminals suited to service line and tramp vessels, and the multitude of established transport lines. The ports of the Metropolis offer regular lines to approximately 90 seaports in over 40 countries world-wide. Destinations of the sea transport lines serviced from the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area Graph 9. The volume of the cargo reloaded in the seaports of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area Source: CSO data, Maritime economy in the Pomeranian Voivodship in

15 METROPOLIS OPEN TO THE WORLD The seaports of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area have many modern reloading terminals suited to service all cargo groups. The major installations include three ferry terminals, two ro-ro terminals, four container terminals (one in construction), fruit handling terminals, specialist bases fit for handling bulk cargo such as corn, fertilisers, sulphur, crude oil, and gas, and terminals servicing car carriers. Both ports can also take cruisers. Thanks to the investments in modern reloading terminals the ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia can handle any sort of cargo in import, export, and international transit. Graph 10. Volumes of cargo handled in the seaports of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, by cargo groups in 2006 (in tones TH) Coal and coke Ores Corn Timber Crude oil and oil products Other bulk cargo General cargo Source: CSO data, Maritime economy in the Pomeranian Voivodship in Graph 11. Containers handled in the seaports of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in (TEU) Source: own study based on the data obtained from the Port of Gdańsk Authority S.A. and Port of Gdynia Authority S.A

16 METROPOLIS OPEN TO THE WORLD AIR TRANSPORT The Gdańsk airport is the second Polish airport after Okęcie in Warsaw, which holds all certificates necessary to receive the largest passenger and cargo craft. The Lech Wałęsa Airport located within the borders of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area ranks among the most important and quickest developing airports in Poland. National carriers, low-cost liners, and charter carriers offer flights to about 30 domestic and international destinations. Table 3. Direct air lines served from the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport in the summer season of 2007 CITY NO. OF FLIGHTS PER WEEK AIR LINE CORK (ORK) 3 WIZZ AIR DORTMUND (DTM) 7 WIZZ AIR DUBLIN (DUB) 3 CENTRALWINGS EDYNBURG (EDI) 3 CENTRALWINGS FRANKFURT (FRA) 14 LOT FRANKFURT HAHN (HHN) 4 RYANAIR GLASGOW PRESTWICK (PIK) 3 WIZZAIR HAMBURG (HAM) 7 LOT HAMBURG-LUBEKA (LBL) 4 WIZZAIR KOLONIA/BONN (CGN) 3 WIZZAIR KOPENHAGA (CPH) 19 SAS LIVERPOOL (LPL) 3 WIZZAIR LONDYN LUTON (LTN) 11 WIZZ AIR LONDYN STANSTED (STN) 7 RYANAIR MONACHIUM (MUC) 20 LOT/LUFTHANSA OSLO (OSL) 3 NORWEGIAN SHANNON (SNN) 2 CENTRALWINGS SZTOKHOLM-SKAVSTA (NYO) 3 WIZZ AIR WARSZAWA (WAW) 51 LOT RZYM (CIA) 2 CENTRALWINGS HELSINKI (HEL) 4 FINNAIR DUBLIN (DUB) 2 RYANAIR DONCASTER-SHEFFIELD (DSA) 4 WIZZAIR MALME-STURUP (MMX) 3 WIZZAIR Source: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport

17 METROPOLIS OPEN TO THE WORLD Graph 12. Passenger traffic at the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport in Source: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport The airport s location in the heart of the Metropolis and its accessibility pertain to steady growth of the cargo transport. Cargo is taken by passenger liners, and dealt with by domestic and international operators, including: LOT Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, British Airways, SAS, DHL, and TNT. The arrangements allow for swift forwarding of cargo and valuable mail to any place in the world. ROAD AND RAILWAY TRANSPORT The area of the Metropolis lies on two international transport corridors of key importance to road transit: Corridor IA (Helsinki-Tallinn-Riga-Kaliningrad-Gdańsk), which is a branch of Corridor I (Helsinki-Tallinn-Riga-Kaunas-Warsaw), Corridor VI (Gdańsk-Katowice-Żylina) linking Scandinavia to Central and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean countries. A network of international and national roads links the region to Southern Europe via Slovakia (E-75, E-77), Eastern Europe via Kaliningrad (E-22), and Western Europe via Germany (E-28). The A-1 motorway, currently in construction, is of strategic importance for the development of the Metropolis. The A-1, being a section of the VI European Transport Corridor, will link the region to southern Poland and Europe. Alongside the motorway, two double-carriageway projects are now being considered: the S5 road to link the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area to Poznań and Wrocław, and an express road to connect the cities lying on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, from Hamburg to Tallinn. Graph 13.Air cargo handled at the Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport in (in kg) Source: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport The investors value the availability of the air cargo services and choose the airport vicinities to locate their new production facilities and service centres, particularly those connected with high-tech and goods carrying a high added value

18 METROPOLIS OPEN TO THE WORLD Map of transit roads running through the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area Map of transit railway lines running through the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area The Metropolis is the point where 4 major international railway lines, all integrally included in pan-european transport corridors, cross: via Szczecin to the German border, via Warsaw and Kraków to the Czech and Slovak borders, via Bydgoszcz, Łódź, and Katowice to the western and southern borders, via Olsztyn to Kaliningrad, or via Białystok to Belarus. The configuration of the railway network in the Metropolis ensures direct access to the reloading terminals of the port, major plants, and many attractive investment sites

19 Education Matching the European Standards

20 EDUCATION MATCHING THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS With the view of ensuring the proper level of education and vocational qualifications, the Metropolis supports an extensive system of public and non-public secondary schools. Their task is to prepare graduates of junior high-schools [gymnasiums] to continue studies at schools of university level, and equip them with practical skills in the broad array of the vocations in demand in the Metropolis and region. Table 4. Students and graduates of high schools in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area No. of schools No. of students No. of graduates Basic vocational schools Profiled secondary schools Secondary schools of general education Technical secondary schools Technical secondary schools TOTAL Source: own study based on CSO data, Schooling and education in the Pomeranian Voivodship in the school year of 2006/2007. SCHOOLS OF HIGHER EDUCATION The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area is home to many public and non-public schools of higher education which, together with academic and research institutes, exert a significant formative impact on the developmental potential of the entire Northern Poland. The largest public schools of higher education are: the University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk University of Technology, Medical University, Maritime University, and the Academy of Physical Education and Sport. The major non-public schools include: the Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities, Higher School of Management in Gdańsk, Higher School of Finance and Accountancy in Sopot, Higher School of Banking in Gdańsk, and Higher School of Administration and Business in Gdynia. The number of higher school graduates of various fields in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year of 2006/2007 reached 16.3 thousand. The population of students continuing their education in the same period was 88.3 thousand, with the academic staff composed of 5.1 thousand teachers. Graph 14. Number of students per field at schools of university level in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (academic year 2006/2007) Management, marketing Law, administration Economics Medicine (including pharmacy) Information technology, econometrics Finance, banking, accounting Mechanics, machine building Electronics, telecommunications Services (environment protection) Sociology Biology, chemistry, physics Oceanology, ocean technology Architecture, urban planning Biotechnology Source: own study based on CSO data, Schooling and education in the Pomeranian Voivodship in the school year of 2006/

21 EDUCATION MATCHING THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS Tabela 5. Schools of higher education in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year of 2006/2007 School Faculties Institutes Chairs Students Graduates Academic staff University of Gdańsk Gdańsk University of Technology Higher School of Administration and Business in Gdynia Higher School of Tourism and Hotel Industry in Gdańsk Higher School of Banking in Gdańsk Medical University of Gdańsk Gdynia Maritime University Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk Academy of Music in Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk Higher School of International Economic and Political Relations in Gdynia Gdańsk Higher School of Humanities Higher School of Management in Gdańsk Higher School of Finance and Accountancy in Sopot Social-Economic Higher School in Gdańsk Higher School of Finance and Administration in Gdańsk Pomeranian Higher School of Humanities in Gdynia European School of Hotel Management, Tourism, and Enterprise School of Higher Education in Sopot Gdańsk Higher School of Administration Higher School of Social Communication in Gdynia Kaszubian-Pomeranian School of Higher Education in Wejherowo ATENEUM Higher School in Gdańsk OGÓŁEM Source: own study based on CSO data, Schooling and education in the Pomeranian Voivodship in the school year of 2006/2007 Graph 15. Graduates of selected fields - schools of higher education of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in the academic year of 2006/2007 Management, marketing Services (recreation, tourism) Law, administration Economics Medicine (including pharmacy) Finance, banking, accounting Information technology, econometrics Mechanics, machine building Biology, chemistry, physics Services (environment protection) Sociology Electronics, telecommunications Oceanology, ocean technology Biotechnology Architecture, urban planning Source: own study based on CSO data, Schooling and education in the Pomeranian Voivodship in the school year of 2006/2007 Tabela 6. Number of students per 10 thousand inhabitants Territorial unit Students per 10 TH inhabitants Metropolis 993 Pomeranian Voivodship 456 Poland 508 EU (figure for 2004) Source: own study based on CSO data and the Regional Operational Programme for the Pomeranian Voivodship for

22 EDUCATION MATCHING THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS Public and non-public research institutes also contribute to the academic, research and developmental potential of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. The Metropolis is home to the following institutes: institutes of science and research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering Construction, Institute of Mathematics, Institute of Oceanology. Other state institutes and R&D entities such as: Sea Fishing Institute in Gdynia, Maritime Institute in Gdańsk, Ship Design and Research Centre in Gdańsk, Ship Design and Research Centre, Centre of Maritime Technologies in Gdynia State Institute of Geology Sea Geology Department, Institute of Power Engineering, Gdańsk Division, Electro-technical Institute, Gdańsk Division, Telecommunications Research Institute, Gdańsk Division. Other units, such as: Laser Technology Centre, European Centre for Technology Transfer and Innovation, Ecobaltic Foundation, Institute for Market Economics. Table 7. Centres of Excellence and Centres of Competence in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area BALTDER Centre of Excellence for Baltic Development, Education and Research BioMoBil Centre of Excellence In Bio-Safety And Molecular Biomedicine RECOURSE Research And Education Centre For Urban Socio-Economic Development COCISA Center Of Competence in Internet Security Area CEEAM Centre of Excellence In Environmental Analysis And Monitoring CURE Centre For Urban Construction And Rehabilitation: Technology Transfer, Research And Education CEMET Centre Of Medical Technologies CLEANERPAS Centre for Clean and Safe Technologies in Power Engineering CeSSS Centre For Shelfs Seas Science CEM Centre for Environmental Engineering and Mechanics CEMTAR Competence Centre for Marine Technology Applied Research POLMARF Polish Marine Fisheries Science Centre University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk University of Gdańsk Gdańsk University of Technology Gdańsk University of Technology Gdańsk University of Technology PAN, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Gdańsk PAN, Institute of Oceanology Sopot PAN, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering Construction Gdańsk Ship Design and Research Centre Gdańsk Sea Fishing Institute in Gdynia Source: Memorandum of the Pomerania Metropolis Gdańsk Banking Academy, Gdańsk Higher schools contribute more than valuable and highly qualified personnel to the economy of the Metropolis. Alongside R&D institutions, they are another and precious source of innovative solutions applied in economy. Guided by the intention of finding application for the scientific research studies of the students and staff the schools and R&D institutions have set up Centres of Excellence and Centres of Competence

23 Labour Market

24 LABOUR MARKET UNEMPLOYMENT Domestic and foreign investments, combined with highly pro-active stance of the inhabitants, have for years kept unemployment in the Metropolis much below the average for the region and country. Graph 16. Unemployment in the poviats comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (as at the close of 1. quarter of 2007) ,6 % Kartuski 13,4 % 10,0 % 5,6 % 5,4 % 4,6 % Wejherowski Gdański Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Source: own study based on the Monthly Labour Market Briefing, Pomeranian Voivodship, March 2007, Voivodship Labour Office in Gdańsk. Graph 17. The unemployed in the poviats comprising the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area (as at the close of 1. quarter of 2007) Gdańsk Wejherowski 5983 Sopot 771 Gdański 2228 Kartuski 4373 Gdynia 5271 Source: own study based on the Monthly Labour Market Briefing, Pomeranian Voivodship, March 2007, Voivodship Labour Office in Gdańsk. Table 8. Unemployment structure, by age and education Commune/ Poviat Total Age Education 24 and below and above higher high basic vocational, junior high, primary, incomplete primary Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Wejherowski Gdański In aggregate % 100% 17.1% 29.1% 19.7% 26.6% 7.4% 9.4% 33.3% 57.3% Source: own study based on data from the Statistical Office in Gdańsk, The Pomeranian Voivodship 2006, subregions, poviats, communes. Table 9. Monthly gross remuneration in the centre of the Metropolis (Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot) vs. other Polish metropolises in 2005 Sub-region Total Public Private sector Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishery Industry building market services nonmarket services Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot 2 924, , , , , , ,96 Łódź 2 401, , , , , , ,72 Poznań 2 734, , , , , , ,74 Wrocław 2 649, , , , , , ,56 Kraków 2 579, , , , , , ,01 Warszawa 3 613, , , , , , ,12 toruńsko-włocławski 2 127, , , , , , ,18 bydgoski 2 177, , , , , , ,58 lubelski 2 290, , , , , , ,18 opolski 2 471, , , , , , ,46 rzeszowsko-tarnobrzeski 2 155, , , , , , ,32 białostocko-suwalski 2 220, , , , , , ,67 centralny śląski 2 712, , , , , , ,74 świętokrzyski 2 173, , , , , , ,79 olsztyński 2 258, , , , , , ,26 szczeciński 2 414, , , , , , ,48 Source: own study based on CSO data,

25 LABOUR MARKET Compared to other metropolitan areas in Poland the pays in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area rank among the highest country-wide. In this respect, the Metropolis comes second just after Warsaw. The key contributor to the size of the salaries is the private sector, particularly market services. Table 10. Budget income from personal tax (PIT) in the communes of the Metropolis CITY/ COMMUNE GDAŃSK SOPOT GDYNIA PRUSZCZ GDAŃSKI RUMIA REDA WEJHERO- WO ŻUKOWO COMMUNE KOLBUDY COMMUNE KOSAKOWO COMMUNE tier No. of tax-payers 2003 r r r. Amount No. of tax-payers Amount No. of tax-payers Amount Below , , , , , ,59 Above , , ,80 Below , , , , , ,18 Above , , ,26 Below , , , , , ,81 Above , , ,98 Below , , , , , ,26 Above , , ,06 Below , , , , , ,22 Above , , ,16 Below , , , , , ,33 Above , , ,42 Below , , , , , ,29 Above , , ,25 Below , , , , , ,33 Above , , ,44 Below , , , , , ,78 Above , , ,23 Below , , , , , ,90 Above , , ,80 High remuneration increases the size of the personal income tax, which in turn translates to the quickly increasing share of the Metropolis population in tax tiers II and III of the valid tax scale. Graph 18. Income from personal income tax per head in the communes of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area in Gdańsk Sopot Gdynia Pruszcz Gdański Rumia Reda Wejherowo Żukowo commune Kolbudy commune Kosakowo commune 841,3 868,9 1048,7 1035,3 1236,4 1304,7 1442,6 1503,7 1449,5 2150, Source: data of the Inland Revenue in Gdańsk, April Source: data of the Inland Revenue in Gdańsk, April

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27 Successful Economy

28 SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY COMPETITIVE ECONOMY The last ten-or-so years have witnessed huge transformation in the economy of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. The major changes have occurred in its structure, now dominated by the private sector. Privately owned businesses represent an absolute majority, especially in building and services, and employ over 80 percent of the people working in the Metropolis enterprise sector. The local industry is still dominated by traditional trades, i.e. ship-building, and petrochemical, chemical, and food industries. The role of amber-working, a highly specific trade, in the economy of the Metropolis is also far from marginal. The share of knowledge-based sectors such as electronics, tele-informatics, or cosmetic and pharmaceutical production is on a steady increase too. The Metropolis is steadily gaining in status as the location of technologically advanced services, i.e. information technology, accounting, and finance. The well developed business environment pertains to the growth of the Metropolis economy. Representatives of small, medium size, and large businesses can choose from hundreds of firms offering advisory and accounting services, real property administration, and a whole range of legal, financial, and insurance services. Graph 19. Entities of national economy in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, recorded in the REGON register Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Rumia Reda Wejherowo Pruszcz Gd. town Wejherowo commune Żukowo Kolbudy Kosakowo Source: own study based on CSO data. Graph 20. Number of businesses in the communes, per 1000 inhabitants Gdańsk 128,4 Gdynia 124,2 Sopot 188,1 Rumia 99,5 Reda 104,0 Wejherowo 42,5 Pruszcz Gd. town 188,0 Wejherowo commune 61,1 Żukowo 28,5 Kolbudy 90,8 Kosakowo 106,7 Source: own study based on CSO data

29 SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY Table 11. Entities of national economy in the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, recorded in the REGON register, by selected register sections Commune Agriculture, hunting & forestry Industry Building Trade and repairs Hotels and restaurants Transport, storage & comunication Financial mediation Real property and busines services Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Rumia Reda Wejherowo Pruszcz Gdański town Wejherowo commune Żukowo Kolbudy Kosakowo Total Source: own study based on data from the Statistical Office in Gdańsk, The Pomeranian Voivodship 2006, sub-regions, poviats, communes. Table 12. Ten top companies of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area, generating the highest revenue Company name home city Revenue (in PLN TH) Description Grupa Lotos S.A. Gdańsk second in Poland fuel concern Energa Koncern Energetyczny S.A. Gdańsk largest power distributor in Poland Grupa Prokom Software S.A. Gdynia largest IT firm in Poland GE Money Bank S.A. Gdańsk one of the largest banks in Poland Stocznia Gdynia S.A. Gdynia largest European ship-building yard in terms of production volume Grupa Stocznia Remontowa S.A. Gdańsk largest Polish repair yard, one of five largest in the world STU Ergo Hestia S.A. Sopot one of the largest insurers in Poland LPP S.A. Gdańsk one of the largest firms of light industry in Poland Elnord S.A. Gdańsk an intermediary in power trade and participant in the German EEX commodity market Elektrociepłownia Wybrzeże S.A. Gdańsk Electricity and heat generator. Largest power provider in Pomerania Source: own study based on the Top 500 ranking, Rzeczpospolita of 26 April 2006, and Memorandum of the Pomeranian Metropolis, Gdańsk Banking Academy, Gdańsk

30 SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY Table 13. Corporate tax-payers and the size of the tax paid, by communes of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area CITY/COMMUNE No. of tax-payers 2003 r r r. Amount No. of tax-payers Amount No. of tax-payers Gdańsk , , ,79 Sopot , , ,77 Gdynia , , ,68 Pruszcz Gdański , , ,00 Rumia , , ,00 Reda , , ,85 Wejherowo , , ,44 Żukowo , , ,00 Kolbudy , , ,00 Kosakowo , , ,00 Source: data of the Inland Revenue in Gdańsk, April Amount

31 SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY INNOVATIVE ECONOMY Together with the Pomeranian region the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area ranks among the top Polish regions in terms of the number of the locally-based high-tech businesses: high-tech industries: LCD TV set manufacturing, RTV set manufacturing No. 1 in Poland pharmaceutical production No. 2 in Poland. Knowledge-based and high-tech services: database building (IT) No. 1 in Poland, technical examinations and analyses No. 2 in Poland, other financial mediation No. 3 in Poland. The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area comes second in Poland in terms of the number of hightech businesses per 1 million inhabitants (49 enterprises). The dynamic development of the high-tech sector is achieved through the inflow of investments from international concerns, Polish firms transferring their own know-how, and the existence of university schools which educate highly specialist professionals. Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Al. Zwycięstwa 96/98, Gdynia Tel.: (+48 58) /41, fax: (+48 58) ppnt@ppnt.gdynia.pl, The Pomeranian Science and Technology Park [PPNT] in Gdynia was called into being in 2001 on joint initiative of the Pomeranian Technology Centre and the authorities of the City of Gdynia. PPNT is now managed by the City s budgetary unit: Gdynia Innovation Centre. The mission of the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park is to develop the Pomeranian region by creating the forum and conditions for partnership cooperation between science and industry and lead to the setting up and development of technology and knowledge-based ventures. Since 2004 the Centre has run the Pomeranian Incubator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship grouping new businesses. Today, about 60 innovation firms are operating within the PPNT. In 2005 the Park set up the Biotechnology and Environmental Preservation Laboratory. The task defined for PPNT is to create favourable conditions for the pursuance of pro- jects based on highly advanced technologies in the spheres of: biotechnology, environment protection, information technology, industrial design. The project of the Gdynia Innovation Centre, Biotechnology and Environmental Preservation Laboratory of the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park, plays a special role in the cooperation between science and business Source: information materials of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, Gdańsk Science and Technology Park (GPN-T) ul. Trzy Lipy 3, Gdańsk tel./fax: (+48 58) GPN-T is a joint project run by the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone Sp. z o.o., the local authorities of the Pomeranian Voivodship, the City of Gdańsk, and the Gdańsk University of Technology. On its target premises, now in full-scale overhaul, GPN-T will play the function of: an incubator for academic firms, Centre for Technology Transfer, Centre for Advanced Technologies, a conference and training centre, the head office of the Pomeranian Special Economic Zone, Sp. z o.o., a small hotel for researchers and PhD. students GPN-T addresses its offer primarily to the emerging advanced technology businesses and R&D laboratories operating primarily in the following fields: information and telecommunication technologies, functional materials and nanotechnologies, biotechnology, chemistry of food products and pharmaceuticals, environment protection. The site of the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park has obtained the status of a special economic zone, and the first firm which has launched its operations is the German Johann A. Krause company of the ThyssenKrupp group. Source: Pomeranian Special Economic Zone,

32 SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY FOREIGN INVESTMENTS The coastal Metropolis is an exceptionally attractive location to run a business. Good transport links, qualified personnel, attractive land fit for investments (also in special economic zones), and proximity of higher schools start the list of the main factors which incline domestic and foreign investors to engage their capital in this very pocket of the country. The Gdańsk Metropolitan Area and the whole Pomeranian region rank among the five Polish regions the foreign investors find most attractive. The Pomeranian Voivodship has more than 3.5 thousand businesses with foreign equity participation. The region captures about 13% of the foreign investments coming to Poland. Table 14. Foreign investments in selected economy sectors in the Metropolis and region Company Home town Corporation and its origin MARITIME ECONOMY AND LOGISTICS BALTIC CONTAINER TERMINAL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA ICTS, PHILIPINES GDYNIA CONTAINER TERMINAL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA HUTCHISON PORT HOLDINGS, HONG KONG DEEPWATER CONTAINER TERMINAL GDANSK S.A. GDAŃSK UNITED KINGDOM BALTIC AUTO CENTER SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA JAPAN STENA LINE POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA STENA LINE, SWEDEN DAMEN SHIPYARDS GDYNIA S.A. GDYNIA DAMEN SHIPYARDS GROUP, HOLLAND SMT SHIPMANAGMENT&TRANSPORT GDYNIA LTD SOPOT CYPRUS FINANCE STU ERGO HESTIA S.A. SOPOT MUNICH RE, GERMANY GE MONEY BANK S.A. GDAŃSK GE, USA Company Home town Corporation and its origin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY PHILIPS CEI SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* PHILIPS, HOLLAND FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL POLAND SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* FLEXTRONICS, USA JABIL CIRCUIT POLAND SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* JABIL CIRCUIT, USA INTEL TECHNOLOGY POLAND SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK INTEL, USA LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS POLAND SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK LUFTHANSA, GERMANY GEMPLUS POLOGNE SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* GEMPLUS, FRANCE MOELLER ELECTRIC SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK MOELLER, GERMANY HUBNER+SUHNER SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* HUBNER+SUHNER, SWITZERLAND MOLEX PREMISE NETWORKS SP. Z O.O. ROKITKI* MOLEX PREMISE NETWORKS, USA ALL TECH SP. Z O.O. KARTOSZYNO* ALL TECH, USA COMPUWARE SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK COMPUWARE, USA ZENSAR GDAŃSK ZENSAR NORDEA BANK POLSKA S.A. GDYNIA NORDEA AB, SWEDEN FUTURA LEASING S.A., PRIME CAR MANAGEMENT S.A. GDAŃSK GMAC, USA REUTERS CENTRUM ANALIZ MAKROEKONOMICZNYCH, GDYNIA/GDAŃSK REUTERS, USA INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL PAPER KWIDZYN S.A. KWIDZYN INTERNATIONAL PAPER, USA JOHANN KRAUSE POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK THYSSENKRUPP, GERMANY SURUGA POLSKA SP. Z O.O. GDAŃSK SURUGA SEIKI, JAPAN AMHIL EUROPA SP. Z O.O. KARTOSZYNO* AMHIL ENTERPRISES, CANADA FABRYKA PLASTIKÓW POMERANIA SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* PLASTIVALOIRE, FRANCE LEMAHIEU POLSKA SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* LEMAHIEU, BELGIUM FEDERAL-MOGUL BIMET S.A. GDAŃSK FEDERAL-MOGUL, USA FRANKE GASTOPOL SP. Z O.O. GDYNIA FRANKE FOODSERVICE SYSTEMS, GERMANY KNAUF PACK SP. Z O.O. KWIDZYN* KNAUF SNC, FRANCE NEFAB PACKAGING SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* NEFAB, SWEDEN TAPFLO SP. Z O.O. TCZEW* TAPFLO, SWEDEN