1. Renovation Post-industral Area – Nowe Gliwice 2003/004-379/05.33 Phare 2003 ESC Formerly – Industry, Currently - Knowledge

2. Agenda  Objectives of the Project  Location  Financing of the project  Scope of works  Investment process parties  Pre-investment phase  Investment phase  Problems  Results

3. Objectives of the project  Trasformation of a former coal mine plant into a zone of education and entrepreneurship  Establishing of a business incubator and investment zone for creating favourable conditions for SME development  Creation of a higher education infrastructure (campus) – for the Gliwice High School of Entrepreneurship

4. Location of the project South-eastern part of Gliwice (Trynek district) Bojkowska, Pszczynska and Kopaniana street. The land of total area of 25,2ha was donated to the Municipality of Gliwice by the Voivode of Silesia 15,86 ha – total investment area

5. Project financing  European Union Pre-accession Programme Phare 2003 Economic and Social Cohesion: 9,51 mEUR  Municipal Budget of Gliwice: ca. 4,2 mEUR

6. Object no. 1 Transformation of a former villa into the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and guest rooms

7. Office space for professors Tutorial rooms Canteen for employees Object no. 2 Conversion of a former administration building to didactic purposes

8. Object no. 3 Adaptation of a former briefing building for educational purposes Lecture and tutorial rooms Computer Labs Library Reading room Bistro

9. Object no. 4 Adaptation of a former machinery building to purposes of a business incubator  Office space for rent (on commercial conditions and for start-ups)  Laboratories and storage rooms  Conference rooms  Auditorium  Exhibition hall  Buffet

10. Brief history of the project  June 2003 – signing of the Financing Memorandum  23.11.2004 – singing of an agreement with the Contract Engineer  28.12.2004 – commencement of a public procurement procedure for selecting the Contractor  19.05.2005 – signing of the contract with the Contractor  31.05.2005 – transferring of the site to the Contractor  01.06.2005 – commencement of works

11. Project management structure Local Development Agency Ltd. Project Implementation Unit Representative of the Contracting Authority Municipality of Gliwice Contracting Authority Consortium of SAFEGE Societe Anonyme And Inwest-Complex Ltd. Contract Engineer J&P – AVAX S.A. Contractor

12. Expected results of the project  15,86 ha of reclaimed land:  5,75 ha entreprenueurship and education zone  10,11 ha inestment zone  4 structures adapted to their new functions of net area totalling to 20 983m 2 (business incubator: 9 164m 2, university 11 819 m 2 )  20 – 50 SMEs in the investment zone in 2 years after completion of the project  1510 – 1750 new employment places  2350 students using educational infrastructure in 2 years after completion of the project

13. Thank you for your attention Andrzej Szymborski CEO a.szymborski@arl.pl Local Development Agency, Ltd. PL 44-100 Gliwice, ul. W. Pola 16 www.arl.pl arlinfo@arl.pl