Transcript Slajd 1 - Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza

Improving the Business Environment
Polish Chamber of Commerce
Warsaw, September2013
What is the role of the Chambers
- How to improve the Business Environment
POLISH EXAMPLE
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• Reaching back to Middle Ages:
Craftsmen Fraternities and Trade Guilds
• I. Republic - Trade Councils – first organizations representing
entrepreneurs, established in 1809 in the Warsaw Princedom
• II. Republic – 10 chambers of industry and commerce
established on the basis of the Regulation of the President of
Poland of July 15th, 1927Public Law Status
• Situation after the WW II
The chambers re-activated for a short time. Liquidation of
chambers of industry and commerce in 1950. The Polish
Chamber of Foreign Trade established (decree of 1949) – a
body thought rather to steer / regulate than to represent the
companies’ interest.
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• Established 1990, legal successor of Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade
• Private Law Chamber
• Member of Eurochambres, Brussels
• Member of International Chamber of Commerce, Paris
• Cooperation agreements with the Chambers from more than 100
countries
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Regional and local chambers
- 53
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Industry oriented associations
- 71
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Bi - and multilateral chambers
- 18
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Other organizations
- 10
CURRENTLY: 152 MEMBERS
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEMBERS
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAIN ACTIVITIES
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Creation and evaluation of economic policy in Poland (committees)
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Foreign relations and promotion
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Conferences, forums, seminars
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Trade arbitration
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Services, for example: documents legislations, training courses,
publications
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Special projects
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EU funded projects
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Networking
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
O R G A N I S AT I O N A L
CHART
Statutory bodies
General Secretary
Economic Policy
Innovative
Economy
Administration,
Membership
issues
Trainings
projects
Foreign affairs
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
How to influence?
• Legal system
• Policies
• Institutions
• Tools / actions / best practices
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ECONOMIC POLICY
The Channels of influence:
• EU – level
• through Eurochambres
• through Polish Government
• through MEP
• Country – level
• Through government, parliament, President’s office
• Through mass-media
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ECONOMIC POLICY / LEGAL SYSTEM
How to develop opinions and position papers?
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Committeess of Polish Chamber of Commerce
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the KIGNET Project / internet platform
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Institute for Private Enterprise and Democracy (think tank)
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Members (industry oriented & regional)
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Working groups (occasional)
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External experts
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Cooperation with other business organisations (employers, handicraft, …)
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Cooperation with think tanks
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ECONOMIC POLICY
Committees:
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Committee of Agriculture and Food Industry
Committee of Commerce
Committee of Environmental protection
Committee of Health
Committee of Infrastructure
Committee of Construction
Committee of E-economy
Committee of Quality and Standarisation
Committee of Climate Policy
Committee of Turism
Committee of Municipal development
Committee of Education
Committee of Ethics and CSR
Committee of Science
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ECONOMIC POLICY
The form of expression:
• Evaluation of business environment - position papers
• Opinions
• Indexes
• Best practices
• Parliamentary barometer
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TOOLS / ACTIONS
Projects:
• EU funded
• Others
Examples:
- Career Developement For Women
- Innovative economy
- the KIGNET Project
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SERVICES
• Consultancy & advisory services including:
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Polish and international tax law
economic and financial services
accountancy
public relations and marketing comunications (conferences, seminars)
export development activities (economic missions and trades)
information protection services
• Pro-innovative advisory services:
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energy and technological audit
quality management system (QMS)
advisory services for clusters startup
certifications,
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POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Best practices
• Polish Quality Award System (in frame of EFQM)
• Business Fair Play Competition
• Code of Business Ethics
• Anticorruption procedures
• Business friendly local administration
• Business friendly procedures in legalisation of documents
• SME’s friendly bank – competition
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M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N
Thank you very much for your attention.
For more information please visit
our Website at
www.en.kig.pl
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