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1. “As a Response to Ukrainian Crisis: New Opportunity for Foreign
Investors at the Market of Backoffice Services for IT Businesses.”

3. ITO services in Poland
• Typically, when you think of IT Outsourcing you think, India. However,
India is not everyone’s holy grail. Many emerging countries might have
better conditions. Poland is a prime example of such pearls in IT.
• Poland is rapidly becoming the preferred location for financial firms
based in the UK and continental Europe wishing to undertake IT
development using a nearshore model. Key factors which make
Poland such an attractive destination include; a highly-skilled,
multilingual and affordable workforce, proximity with major
European financial centers, attractive tax incentives and an extensive
pool of IT graduates.
• Poland’s stable economy has attracted numerous multi-national
corporations such as Google, Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline.
• Poland’s viability as a nearshore destination for complex IT projects is
partly thanks to a sustained investment in education, especially
technology. Each year Poland produces more than 40,000 graduates
compared with Bulgaria for example, which only produces 3,500. In
addition to investment in education, the country’s successful
development strategy may be attributed to continued social progress,
political and economic stability and the promotion of an economy
based on specialist knowledge.

4. Key facts:
1. Poland is the 6th biggest state among European Union members with its population bordering on 38 million citizens.
2. Poland is a well-respected member of European Union, NATO, OECD, WTO, and as of late a member of European Space Agency (ESA).
3. Poland is considered by Ernst & Young the first for outsourcing your software development in Europe and the second most attractive
European destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).
4. Gartner Reports states that the global ITO giants have their R&D centers in Poland, thus employing 10.000 highly professional English- and
German-speaking developers and IT specialists well-versed in latest technologies.
5. Overall there are 50.000 Polish ITO companies, with mobile application development companies taking the largest percentage.
6. Truffle 100 included Asseco Poland and Comarch, two ITO companies to its list of TOP 100 software companies in Europe.
7. There are more than 360 of SSC/BPO outsourcing centers in Poland that employ 50.000 specialists and 140.000 of IT professionals. The Polish
are considered to be a nation of “young people” where 50% of the citizens is under 35. Poles make over 10% of all EU university graduates, with
40.000 of ITO specialists graduate each year.
8. Five video games of the TOP list were produced by Polish programmers, the same goes for numerous mobile games.
9. Polish IT professionals every year get the highest ranks in international programming contests, such as Microsoft Imagine Cup, Google Code
Jam, TopCoder, the Central European Programming Contest (CEPC).
10. A total of 36 Polish IT companies made it into the 13th issue of “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” that publishes the list of the fastest growing
and most prominent companies providing the innovative IT solutions in Central Europe.

5. Poland – outsourcing leader in CEE region
Poland in CEE
10 out of 23
No. of biggest offshoring
destinations in CEE which
are located in Poland
400 out of 1,000
No. of BPO/ITO, SSC
and R&D centres in CEE
which are located in Poland

6. Estimated Growth in Poland

7. Business climate
• Poland is an increasingly attractive prospect for foreign
companies as it provides a stable environment for trade, aided by
a business culture which is open to foreign partners, aligning
particularly well with the UK thanks to the high volume of skilled
English speakers. Whilst Poland enjoys all of the economic
benefits of European Union membership, it has crucially retained
its own currency
• The Polish IT labour pool is recognized internationally as
being highly-skilled, efficient, and cost-effective, with a work
ethic that is compatible with the multi-national banks and IT
companies for whom many of them deliver services. Excellent
communication skills and the ability to work well in
multidisciplinary teams are two of the key skills commonly
associated with Polish workers.
• A worker’s salary is never the only cost incurred by an employer,
they must also consider social insurance (retirement, disability,
accident insurance), labour fund and guaranteed employment
benefit fund. The average total contribution obliged to be made
by a Polish employer is among the lowest in central and eastern
Europe, which is a key consideration for prospective foreign
investors.

8. IT Outsourcing in Poland

9. IT Outsourcing in Czech Republic

10. 3K+
3 K+
3K+
2K+
2K+
In Ukraine over 75k Software Engineers
Ukraine
800+

11. BPO in Poland
Over the last few years Poland has become the undisputed leader in CEE as regards modern advanced
offshore business services; and one of the major centers for such services anywhere in the world. Poland is
able to supply a wide array of benefits to new investors, including an abundance of experienced BPO/SSC
staff, a large number of students speaking 1-3 foreign languages, relatively low labour costs, and infrastructure
already in place. Around a dozen of the country’s towns and cities serve as locations for BPO and SSC centers,
and the rail and road network grows with each passing year.

12. SBT Systems Services in Ukraine
Procurement
Legal, Finance&Accounting
HR&Recruitment
Marketing
Additional Services (visa
support and more)
 TOP-5 IT cities in Ukraine
 100+ employees
 7+ years of experience
 PE support throughout all territory of
Ukraine
 10+ recruiting team from TOP-3 IT
players

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