Poland is in the top ten most attractive countries for foreign investment in the world according to the recent Ernst&Young “European Attractiveness Survey 2007”.
The ranking opens China followed by the US, India, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation. Poland with its seventh position is an unquestionable leader of the Central Europe.
The survey examined more than 800 decision makers from companies representing all the regions of the world, industries and business models as well as database tracking foreign investment projects that result in new facilities and creation of new jobs.
Perfect base for production
Poland is perceived as the second best destination after China for foreign investment in production sector due to its convenient geographical location in the heart of Europe and competitive labour costs.
– Poland has aroused great interest amongst foreign investors, and our main challenge now is to draw high technology investments – said Mr Paweł Wojciechowski, President of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ).
The Ernst&Young report states that the significance of Poland in the field of call centres is also growing. Although the world leader India still outpaces the rest of the competitors in the number of new projects, Poland has managed to advance from seventh position last year to fifth.
New jobs
The number of new workplaces created in 2006 by foreign investments in Poland exceeded 31.000 making this country for the second consecutive year the largest creator of foreign direct investment jobs in Europe.
According to Mr Wojciechowski, creating even more new jobs by foreign investments is the big challenge for the forthcoming years. President of PAIiIZ says that Poland needs to be even more active on the labour market supporting mobility and rise of qualifications of its workforce.
In the opinion of Agnieszka Tałasiewicz, from Ernst&Young, it is time for Poland to be more innovative, which does not only mean using the most advanced technologies but also making ground for investing in research and development centres where this technologies would be developed.
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