Poznań Knowledge Economy Foundation Developing the Knowledge Economy: How Cities help national programs in the EU Accession Countries and an ECA country. World Bank Competitive Funding Scheme Poznań, May 28 th, 2002 FOURPILLARSFROMPOZNAŃ

KE Poznań Team 4 Tomasz Kayser- Deputy Mayor of Poznań 4 Bohdan Gruhman- Poznań University of Economics 4 Janusz Meissner- Poznań City Hall 4 Małgorzata Felczak - Poznań City Hall 4 Mariusz Żyluk- Poznań City Hall 4 Waldemar Prus- Poznań City Hall 4 Jacek Guliński *- Adam Mickiewicz University * Poznań KE Team Leader

Local economic development Economic situation of the City against the regional and national perspective (overview) 4 geographical position 4 economy of the city 4 academic and research centre 4 financial and trade centre 4 foreign investments 4 development programming based on knowledge FIRST PILLAR

Selected parameters (position of Poznań City against the region and the country)

Main Factors important for local economic development 4 accessibility of the City (transportation and traffic highways, railroads, air connections, city transport) 4 real estate market (office space, residential space, hotels) 4 investment opportunities (long-term investment plan of the city) 4 financial services ( foreign banks, internet banking)

City authorities for local economic development 4 business information (information centres) 4 business - friendly institutions (loan security fund, loan funds) 4 customer friendly City Hall (public communication office, information desk) 4 community impact on the city management (city council election, transparency of management) 4 international co-operation (city-city agreements, European networks and structures) 4 privatisation of municipal services (wastes, energy, water, transportation, municipal housing)

Educated and skilled population 4 children and youth education (languages, computing) 4 higher education (investments, curricula, international experience, entrepreneurial activity) 4 on-going education / dynamic labour market (retraining, up-grading) 4 knowledge and education for everybody (lectures, libraries, events, media) SECOND PILLAR

Information infrastructure 4 telecommunications (stationary and cellular telephony, cable TV) 4 internet (different modes of access, internet cafe) 4 POZMAN - metropolitan internet network (optical fibber connections (200km), up to 622 Mbit/s) –multimedia city guide –polish educational portal –multimedia publications and digital libraries THIRD PILLAR

Environment conducive to innovation 4 co-operation of the city with economic chambers and institutions 4 Poznań International Fair - forum for innovativeness 4 technology transfer institutions (science & technology park) 4 innovation financing FOURTH PILLAR

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