On 23 May 2019 the 21st General Meeting of the members of the Polish-Swiss Chamber of Commerce took place. The host of the meeting wasABB.
We would like to thank ABB for hosting us in the building. We would also like to thank our Guest of Honour, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Poland Jürg Burri and Paweł Łojszczyk, CEO, ABB for their presence and welcome speech.
The activity of Chamber from the year 2018 was presented at the Annual General Meeting. It was the 20th anniversary year of the Chamber. We encourage you to read our Annual Report.
The General Meeting enacted the activity programme and budget for 2019.
The participants voted on the Management Board’s request to raise the membership fees starting from 2020 due to the growing operating costs and activities of the Chamber. The resolution was passed with no objections and the new fee level will come into effect on 1st January 2020.
Membership satisfaction survey was also conducted at the Annual General Meeting. It was supplemented by a list of new initiatives for the upcoming year.
A conference presenting the results of the 14th survey on investment climate in Poland took place at PAP in Warsaw on 11th April.
Please, click here to see the results and the press release.
A conference presenting the results of the 14th survey on investment climate in Poland took place at PAP in Warsaw on 11th April.
Please, click here to see the results and the press release.
On 4th April in Jasin near Poznan took place the Speed Business Meeting of Wielkopolska. The host of the meeting was the company WPIP, which is the general contractor for industrial sites and in their projects takes into consideration ecological aspects.
Traditionally, the event was organised in cooperation with other bilateral chambers: British, French, Netherlands and Scandinavian.
In the first part of the evening the President of WPIP, Mr. Dariusz Stasik presented the ideology of his company. Later on, he moderated a discussion panel on “Mega-trends in business environment” in which took part:
– Filip Fludra, Exact Poland
– Michał Jarczyński, Arctic Paper SA
– Marcin Wołoszka, CBRE
The participants had an opportunity to make new, interesting contacts during the conversations at the tables and continue networking at the cocktail.
We would like to thank WPIP for co-organising the event!
On 4th April in Jasin near Poznan took place the Speed Business Meeting of Wielkopolska. The host of the meeting was the company WPIP, which is the general contractor for industrial sites and in their projects takes into consideration ecological aspects.
Traditionally, the event was organised in cooperation with other bilateral chambers: British, French, Netherlands and Scandinavian.
In the first part of the evening the President of WPIP, Mr. Dariusz Stasik presented the ideology of his company. Later on, he moderated a discussion panel on “Mega-trends in business environment” in which took part:
– Filip Fludra, Exact Poland
– Michał Jarczyński, Arctic Paper SA
– Marcin Wołoszka, CBRE
The participants had an opportunity to make new, interesting contacts during the conversations at the tables and continue networking at the cocktail.
We would like to thank WPIP for co-organising the event!
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity has been playing for 27 years now. This year for the first time it took place in Switzerland, collecting money for medical equipment for children’s hospitals in Poland.
In order to support Jurek Owsiak’s foundation, two Polish organisations joined forces: Polish Executives Switzerland and Polish Professionals Switzerland.
Thanks to generous sponsors it was possible to organise such a wonderful finale with music shows, Polish food, auctions and attractions for children.
1700 people participated in the event throughout the whole day. It wouldn’t have been possible without sponsors: VS Consulting, PolishShop, MyHealth, Ricola, Frey, VisionApartments and JobsToday.World.
During the grand finale over 27 000 CHF have been collected but the counting is not over yet. Special thanks to the Polish Immigrant Community in Switzerland for their remarkable participation and support.
The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity has been playing for 27 years now. This year for the first time it took place in Switzerland, collecting money for medical equipment for children’s hospitals in Poland.
In order to support Jurek Owsiak’s foundation, two Polish organisations joined forces: Polish Executives Switzerland and Polish Professionals Switzerland.
Thanks to generous sponsors it was possible to organise such a wonderful finale with music shows, Polish food, auctions and attractions for children.
1700 people participated in the event throughout the whole day. It wouldn’t have been possible without sponsors: VS Consulting, PolishShop, MyHealth, Ricola, Frey, VisionApartments and JobsToday.World.
During the grand finale over 27 000 CHF have been collected but the counting is not over yet. Special thanks to the Polish Immigrant Community in Switzerland for their remarkable participation and support.
The New Year’s Meeting for the affiliated companies and friends of the Chamber was held at a merchant house Mysia3 on 10th January. A welcome speech by the guest of honour, the Ambassador Jürg Burri and the President of the Chamber Marek Szymański, commenced the ceremony.
After an official reception of the guests, we had the opportunity to learn about the new air link Gdańsk-Zurich during the speech of the Country Manager of the Lufthansa Group, Frank Wagner, and to learn from Marcin Piotrowski, the General Manager of the CBP Group, about the pros of using the voyya.com platform, which helps its users manage business travels with 100% VAT return.
Traditionally, during the New Year’s Meeting, the award winners of the 5th edition of the competition “Swissstandards.pl. From theory to practice” were given certificates.
Subsequently, the guests indulged themselves in long conversations by the glass of wine and snacks.
We would like to thank the partners of the event, Swiss International Air Lines and Business Saving Club, and the guests for their numerous attendance.
The New Year’s Meeting for the affiliated companies and friends of the Chamber was held at a merchant house Mysia3 on 10th January. A welcome speech by the guest of honour, the Ambassador Jürg Burri and the President of the Chamber Marek Szymański, commenced the ceremony.
After an official reception of the guests, we had the opportunity to learn about the new air link Gdańsk-Zurich during the speech of the Country Manager of the Lufthansa Group, Frank Wagner, and to learn from Marcin Piotrowski, the General Manager of the CBP Group, about the pros of using the voyya.com platform, which helps its users manage business travels with 100% VAT return.
Traditionally, during the New Year’s Meeting, the award winners of the 5th edition of the competition “Swissstandards.pl. From theory to practice” were given certificates.
Subsequently, the guests indulged themselves in long conversations by the glass of wine and snacks.
We would like to thank the partners of the event, Swiss International Air Lines and Business Saving Club, and the guests for their numerous attendance.
On 27 November 2018 the next edition of Economic Outlook 2019 took place. Traditionally, the event was organised with Advantage Austria.
The conference was opened by Mr Bernd Weidensteiner from Commerzbank with his macroeconomic presentation.
The keynote was followed by a panel discussion with experts from different lines of business.
The following experts took part in the discussion: Krystyna Boczkowska (Robert Bosch), Marcin Diakonowicz (Deloitte), Marek Kondrat (Mettler Toledo) and Zbigniew Płaza (Boyden). During the discussion we were talking about trends that will dominate the Polish market in the next year and the employee market.
After the panel discussion we organised a networking cocktail.
We would like to thank all experts for participation and interesting discussion. Special thanks go to partners of the conference: Boyden, Deloitte and mBank as well as to guests of the meeting.