Investors Assistance Center
Investors' Assistance Center (IAC), established in January 2005 as a result of the Letter of Intent signed between the authorities of the Voivodship and Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ), is one of sixteen regional partners of the Agency in the country. The key reason behind the creation of IAC is to provide comprehensive services to foreign companies interested in making direct investments in the Region. To this end IAC both cooperates with PAIiIZ in provision of services related to investment projects and offers its services, on its own, to the investors who contact the Center directly.
The tasks conducted by IAC can be divided into three main subject areas:
1) Providing comprehensive advisory service to investors;
2) Promotion of the investment potential of the Region;
3) Improvement of the investment offer of the Voivodship.
The tasks conducted by IAC can be divided into three main subject areas:
1) Providing comprehensive advisory service to investors;
2) Promotion of the investment potential of the Region;
3) Improvement of the investment offer of the Voivodship.
Within the framework of individual subject areas and in line with the Internal Organisational Regulations of Marshal's Office of the Westpomeranian Region the following activities are carried out:
To item 1)
• Provide the interested businesses with information about the underlying legal and economic conditions of the investment processes, including the investment consultancy, support and advisory services focusing on the process of acquisition of an optimum investment location;
• Cooperate with the investor who has already been attracted to the Region; the cooperation consists in provision of comprehensive advisory assistance within the framework of business activities and extension of investment projects (the so-called “aftercare”).
To item 2)
• Organise, co-organise and participate in promotional events including trade fairs, real property exchange, seminars, conferences etc.;
• Look actively for investors;
• Initiate and support pro-investment activities, in particular by attracting resources to fund such activities;
• Take part in the initiatives and schemes, including those co-financed from the EU funds, aimed at promotion of the investment advantages of the Westpomeranian Region and pro-investment measures taken in West Pomerania;
• Cooperate in pro-investment measures with the interested businesses and organisations, including the diplomatic posts of the Republic of Poland abroad and those of foreign countries in Poland, partner regions and economic self-governments.
To item 3)
• Create, maintain and administer the database of investment offers in West Pomerania;
• Analyse the investment potential, including the ongoing analysis of the competitive position and investment attractiveness of the Westpomeranian Region;
• Provide advisory services and organise training in the support systems and available financial instruments addressed to investors and local governments in terms of: the benefits of investing in Special Economic Zones, Technological Parks or Free Zones, the benefits offered by local governments (in Communities and Poviats), namely tax exemptions, tax relieves, co-financing from Poviat Employment Offices etc., possible participation in the schemes financed from the EU funds;
• Take part in development of Regional Operational Programme.
In their work the staff of Investors' Assistance Center follow the standards defined by PAIiIZ; they have been trained and given certificates of the completion of an internship in the Agency. Moreover, they are offered continuous technical support from the personnel of PAIiIZ.
To item 1)
• Provide the interested businesses with information about the underlying legal and economic conditions of the investment processes, including the investment consultancy, support and advisory services focusing on the process of acquisition of an optimum investment location;
• Cooperate with the investor who has already been attracted to the Region; the cooperation consists in provision of comprehensive advisory assistance within the framework of business activities and extension of investment projects (the so-called “aftercare”).
To item 2)
• Organise, co-organise and participate in promotional events including trade fairs, real property exchange, seminars, conferences etc.;
• Look actively for investors;
• Initiate and support pro-investment activities, in particular by attracting resources to fund such activities;
• Take part in the initiatives and schemes, including those co-financed from the EU funds, aimed at promotion of the investment advantages of the Westpomeranian Region and pro-investment measures taken in West Pomerania;
• Cooperate in pro-investment measures with the interested businesses and organisations, including the diplomatic posts of the Republic of Poland abroad and those of foreign countries in Poland, partner regions and economic self-governments.
To item 3)
• Create, maintain and administer the database of investment offers in West Pomerania;
• Analyse the investment potential, including the ongoing analysis of the competitive position and investment attractiveness of the Westpomeranian Region;
• Provide advisory services and organise training in the support systems and available financial instruments addressed to investors and local governments in terms of: the benefits of investing in Special Economic Zones, Technological Parks or Free Zones, the benefits offered by local governments (in Communities and Poviats), namely tax exemptions, tax relieves, co-financing from Poviat Employment Offices etc., possible participation in the schemes financed from the EU funds;
• Take part in development of Regional Operational Programme.
In their work the staff of Investors' Assistance Center follow the standards defined by PAIiIZ; they have been trained and given certificates of the completion of an internship in the Agency. Moreover, they are offered continuous technical support from the personnel of PAIiIZ.
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