Poland is viewed as a good place for foreign investors. In Doing Business Ranking prepared by World Bank Group for 2016, Poland has been ranked at 24 (compared to 2011 with its rank at 70).
Market stability guaranteed by the legal system of the EU and competitive operating costs in relation to other EU Member States
10 years in the EU and 25 years of free market economy pose the following favourable investment conditions in relation to the markets of Western Europe:
1) low labour costs and low operating costs of the investment;
2) considerable human potential;
3) economic stability;
4) relatively good logistics infrastructure supported by a number of investments from EU funds;
5) availability of alternative forms of investment financing – Poland will be a major beneficiary of EU funds in the financial perspective for the years 2014 – 2020 (EUR 82.5 billion). Export in Poland has increased more or less twentyfold since 1995. It shows, that the main point of development and the biggest potential are young and well-educated people. According to Mastermind Translations, polish student population constitutes 10% of all European students and most of them are capable of working in foreign languages. It results in Poland’s GDP rising, which is three times faster than the average in Europe.
Poland is viewed as a good place for foreign investors. In Doing Business Ranking prepared by World Bank Group for 2016, Poland has been ranked at 24 (compared to 2011 with its rank at 70).
Operation of the Garage LifeScience
In the second part of the programme, dr. Piotr Warchoł (also co-founder of Complexity Garage) introduced operation of the Garage. There are three categories of membership:
– regular
– academic
– commercial
The regular membership will gather mostly people unrelated with univerisites, but related with the DIY culture, that would create Open Space projects. To use the Garage they will have to pay a small fee.
The academic membership is free and is designed for scientific circles, researchers, which, from various reasons will not be able to carry out research at the University and also for students participating in competitions.
Information about event (Bio.Hacker.Space)
On the 3rd of November, the official opening of the Garage LifeScience took place in Cracow. Garage was created by Foundation Klaster LifeScience and Garage of Complexity in association with Jagiellonian Center of Innovation. The patronage of the project is the city of Cracow.
Garage? What is it? Bio.Hacker.Space in Cracow
This is the first Bio.Hacker.Space project in Poland. It is the place, where creators and aficionados of Do it yourself (DIY) idea can materialize their ideas, despite the fact of having no resources needed to implement it. The role models for Garage’s founders are similar projects from whole world, especially BioCurious – the first laboratory space, established in 2010.
Development of biotechnology in Cracow
Garage will be a place, where creators from different fields will help one another. And then, maybe this cooperation will provide a new invention. Biotechnology will be the most emphasized field of science in the Garage.
