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Economy - overview:
Poland has steadfastly pursued a policy of economic liberalization throughout the 1990s and today stands out as a success story among transition economies. Even so, much remains to be done, especially in bringing down the unemployment rate-currently the highest in the EU. The privatization of small and medium-sized state-owned companies and a liberal law on establishing new firms has encouraged the development of the private business sector, but legal and bureaucratic obstacles alongside persistent corruption are hampering its further development. Poland's agricultural sector remains handicapped by surplus labor, inefficient small farms, and lack of investment. Restructuring and privatization of "sensitive sectors" (e.g., coal, steel, railroads, and energy), while recently initiated, have stalled. Reforms in health care, education, the pension system, and state administration have resulted in larger-than-expected fiscal pressures. Further progress in public finance depends mainly on reducing losses in Polish state enterprises, restraining entitlements, and overhauling the tax code to incorporate the growing gray economy and farmers, most of whom pay no tax. The previous Socialist-led government introduced a package of social and administrative spending cuts to reduce public spending by about $17 billion through 2007, but full implementation of the plan was trumped by election-year politics in 2005. The right-wing Law and Justice party won parliamentary elections in September, and Lech KACZYNSKI won the presidential election in October, running on a state-interventionist fiscal and monetary platform. Poland joined the EU in May 2004, and surging exports to the EU contributed to Poland's strong growth in 2004, though its competitiveness could be threatened by the zloty's appreciation. GDP per capita roughly equals that of the three Baltic states. Poland stands to benefit from nearly $23.2 billion in EU funds, available through 2006. Farmers have already begun to reap the rewards of membership via booming exports, higher food prices, and EU agricultural subsidies. |
Trade Fairs,
Exhibitions, Conferences: |
Centrum Targowe Chemobudowa-Kraków S.A.
Trade Fair Centre Chemobudowa-Kraków S.A. was founded in 1993 on the own areas of the company with the purpose to organize the trade fairs and economic exhibitions. It's a member of Polish Trade Corporation and is the biggest organizer of trade fairs and economic exhibitions in Małopolska.
Interservis Ltd.
One of leading fair and congress organizers in Poland since 1991.
Kamien
International Fair of Stone and Machinery
Wroclaw once a year focuses the attention of Polish natural stone industry. It happens so because of the International Fair of Stone and Stone Processing Machinery. Autumn edition KAMIEN are the largest natural stone annual exhibitions in Poland. This year's edition will take place in days 08-11 November 2007. The scope of the fair embraces all aspects of processing and applying of natural stone.
Kielce Trade Fairs
Kielce Trade Fairs enjoys the position of vice-leader of the market, being second only to the Poznań International Fair. The current share of the Company in the Polish exhibition market amounts to circa 17%. In 2005 the Kielce trade fair centre hosted 31 exhibitions, with the total exhibition space - including special display areas and accompanying events - amounting to more than 140,000 sqm.
LOOK
Hairdressing and Cosmetics Forum
Trade fair for body care and hair care cosmetics, colour cosmetics, scents, hair ornaments, jewellery and specialist equipment for hairdressing studios, cosmetic studios, solaria and beauty studios.
Venue: Poznan International Fair
Poznań Fashion Days
Fair of Clothing and Fabrics
Venue: Poznan International Fair
Poznan International Fair
Poznań International Fair (PIF) is the leader among trade fair organizers operating in Poland and one of the most important trade fair centres in Central and Eastern Europe.
Poznań, a robust industrial and commercial centre, has built the foundations of its economic development also through the organization of fairs. The fairs were organized here as early as in 1921. Thus, PIF is one of the European trade fair organizers with the longest history. The commercial tradition of the city goes back to the 13th century when in 1254 Przemysł the First issued a privilege, the oldest among the original preserved documents on the history of trade in Poznań. The events of those and later times obviously were not the trade fairs as we know them today. However, those traditions together with the activities of later generations strengthened the position of Poznań as the centre for international economic exhibitions. Modern trade shows in Poland of today are the successors and continuators of those traditions. At the same time, they are a natural market product of an economic and political transformation of the nineties. The return of market economy in Poland entailed an increased demand for using the tools typical of such an economy. Trade fairs are just one of those tools. |
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