Pomerania is a coastal region in northern Poland that is focused on attracting investment and talent. It has a strong business services sector centered around IT, with growing clusters in areas like finance and logistics. The region has a large, skilled talent pool from its universities and education institutions. It also offers a high quality of life and coastal location that makes it an attractive place to live and work. The document provides information on Pomerania's assets to support investment and recruitment.

1. Pomerania
explore the sea of possibilities

2. COASTAL LOCATION
BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN TRI-CITY
IT ECOSYSTEM
ATTRACTIVE PLACE DO LIVE
OUR SUPPORT

3. COASTAL LOCATION

4. BERLIN
Pomerania – The Gateway
•PARIS
GDANSK
GDYNIASŁUPSK
CHOJNICE
TCZEWKOSCIERZYNA
A1
S6
SOPOT
WARSAW
•ROME
•STOCKHOLM
•OSLO
•VILNIUS
•KIEV
•BUCHAREST
•BUDAPEST
•HELSINKI
•MOSCOV
•MINSK
•ATHENS

5. Pomerania – general information
Population: 2 319 735
Area: 18 300 km2
The biggest Academic Center in Northern Poland;
Lech Walesa international Airport
Number of enterprises: in total: 282 129 / with foreign capital: 1 430
Two international seaports in Gdansk and Gdynia
Source: Central Statistical Office
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6. Gdynia
Sopot
Gdańsk
Baltic Sea
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TRI-CITY
Tri-City (Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot) – general information
The biggest agglomeration north of
Warsaw
Summer capital of Poland
Gdansk – capital city of the region
1,5M residents in Tri-City
Thriving economy centre
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7. Direct Flight Connections to All Major European Airports
Lech Walesa International Airport serves
connections with the most important
European cities;
3rd largest airport in Poland;
5 mln passengers in 2019.
Over 60 connections
Gdansk –– Paris – 2h 15 min
Gdansk – London – 2h
Gdansk – Copenhagen – 1h
Gdansk – Frankfurt –1h 40 min

8. Gdansk – Warsaw – 3h 35m*
Gdansk – Krakow– 6h 25m*
* A1 Motorway
Gdansk – Warsaw – 2 h 45m*
Gdansk – Krakow– 5h 13 m*
* Pendolino train
GDANSK
WARSAW
Olsztyn
Slupsk
Bialystok
Torun
Poznan
Szczecin
S6
A2
A1
A1
A2
A2
S7
S22
S7
5
Main roads
Roads under construction
--- Railway network
Borders of voivodships
Developed road & railway network

9. BUSINESS SERVICES
SECTOR
IN TRI-CITY

10. Growing presence of
BSS in Tri-City
1999
2005
2011
2017
2020
5 investors
152 investors

11. 2018

12. Overview of the Business Servicess Sector in Tricity [4Q 2019]
28%
44%
11%
16%
1%
SSC/Global Business Servces
(GBS)
IT
BPO
R&D
Hybrid/other model
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Employment growth
Average Headcount
172 FTE’s

13. OFFICE STOCK IN POMERANIAN REGION (SQ M)
EXISTING
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
843,000 158,000
Source : CBRE Tricity, POLAND Overview
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In recent years Poland has undergone investment boom due
to EU Funds;
Polish roads, ports and airports are of European standards;
Investments in infrastructure improved both internal and
external accesibility of the region.
Source: Olivia Business Centre
Source: 3T
Source: Torus sp. z o.o.
Poland – largest office market in CEE
VACANCY RATES
5,1%
RENT EUR
SQ M/MONTH
12-15,5

14. IT ECOSYSTEM

15. IT Talent Pool
Tri-City Metropolitan Area Catchment Area
Developers 25 000 15 000
IT Studens 4650 8900
Graduates 1000 2000+
Private Education 600+ -

16. University of Gdansk
Source: Dominik Werner / KFP
Gdansk University of Technology
Source: K. Krzempek/ PG
Gdynia Maritime University
Source: K.Okońska/ AMG
University of Gdansk
Source: Dominik Werner / KFP
The biggest Academic Center in Northern Poland;
26 higher education institutions
Approx. 91 000 students
Approx. 23 000 graduates of higher education institutions
Education in Pomerania
Number of
Students
Number of
Graduates
Number of
Faculties
26 300 7 181 75
21 200 5 500 45
5 200 1 124 21
5 300 1 131 8
Main tertiary
education schools

17. Innovation Nests
2 Science and Technology Parks
Business Incubators
International Acceleration Programs
Startup Zones
Design Centers
Laboratories
Prototyping Areas
Social innovation Centers
Patenet information Offices
Conference Centers

18. Community

19. Examples of IT operations in Tricity
ITO
Product
Development
Part of SSC

20. Focus Areas

21. BEST PLACE TO LIVE

22. Highest quality of life in Pomerania is the perfect relocation magnet.
Pomerania offers all that makes the best place to live:
4th place among the Best-Performing Cities in Europe Milken Institute (2017);
Gdansk and Gdynia received the Smart City Certificate ISO 37120 (2017);
1st place in Europe in the TripAdvisor “Top Destinations on the Rise” (2017);
Winner European Entrepreneurial Region Award 2020

23. Come and feel it
Gdansk Old Town
The Sopot pier
The Makbork Castle Museum
The European Solidarity Centre
Tri-City least polluted agglomeration in Poland, high quality
of tap water;
316 km of seashore
3 000 km of canoe trails
2 000 km of cycling path
Pomerania inhabitants rank among the most satisfied ones with
their place of living in Poland (Source: Social Diagnosis);

24. Live more. Pomerania
MAIN PURPOSE
Attracting new employees to companies that are already
based in the region and to potential investors interested
in carrying out projects in Pomerania.
HOW?
Providing comprehensive and reliable information about
the region to raise its attractivness.
It’s a project whose aim is to share all the best there is
in Pomerania with the residents from other provinces
of Poland, Europe and even world.
www www.livemorepomerania.com
/LiveMorePomerania
/company/live-more-pomerania
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25. Profile led recruitment portal

26. OUR SUPPORT

28. Bartosz Wojtasiak
mobile: +48 601446560
e-mail: bartosz.wojtasiak@investinpomerania.pl