Opole Voivodeship is the smallest province in Poland.

Opole Region in figures:Total population – 1,088 thousandArea – 9,412 square km (3 % of Poland territory)Poviats (Districts) – 12Gminas (Communes) – 71

The history of the Polish-Czech-German borderland has influenced the current image of the region. Presently, Opole Silesia (Śląsk Opolski) is a multi-cultural region. The region has been inhabited by generations of people, who express their strong ties with their own traditions and still cooperate in harmony for the development of their small homeland. Cultural diversity results in the wealth of experiences of the inhabitants, their tolerance and openness to the world, which together with their diligence and mobility, are the best assets for every employer.

The Opole Land stands out nationally due its large economic and investment potential. Industry is characterized by a uniform distribution across the Voivodeship and by a diversified structure. At the end of 2004, there were more than ninety thousand businesses operating here, among them some eighty thousand private ones.

Industry:- building and construction industry,- electric machine and metal industry, - chemical industry, fuel and energy industry,- fertilizer industry, - furniture industry, light and food industry are predominant

industries,- coke, cement, lime, nitrogen fertilizers, alimentary fats

and oils, trucks, tractors and machine tools for metal plastic working account for a dominant share of the country's production and employment.

Opole Voivodeship offers a variety of education opportunities and specialties.

Opole University

of Technolog

y

State Higher Vocational School in

Nysa

State Higher Medical

School in Opole

Opole Universit

y

Higher School of

Banking in Opole

The Academy of Management

and Administration

in Opole

The Bogdan Jański

Akademy in Opole

The Foundation in Suppport of Local Democracy (FSLD) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, independent and non-profit

organisation.

FSLD's mission is to promote the idea of civil self-governance as the fundamental form of democracy. To fulfill its mission, the Foundation support the activity of local authorities and non-governmental organizations, thus contributing to the development and reinforcement of the civil society in the region.

It was established in 1989 and over the years FSLD has grown to incorporate a network of 16 Regional Training Centres and three Colleges of Public Administration. We are one of the oldest and largest organizations of this kind in Central and Eastern Europe, and the largest employer among NGOs in Poland.

Opole Center of Local Democracy

The mission of the Opole Center of Local Democracy is to conduct educational activities and advisory services to local governments and opinion leaders to strengthen local democracy and building civil society.

Projekt współfinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

w ramach Programu Operacyjnego KAPITAŁ LUDZKI na lata 2007-2013

Project „TCP Local Animator of Project „TCP Local Animator of Entrepremeurship” Entrepremeurship”

The project ia a transnational The project ia a transnational partnership with Matej Bel partnership with Matej Bel

UniversityUniversity

Operational Programme Human Capital,

Prioryty VIII Regional human resources for the economy, Measure 8.2 Transfer of

knowledge, Sub-measure 8.2.1 Support to cooperation of scientific environemt and enterprises.

Projekt współfinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

w ramach Programu Operacyjnego KAPITAŁ LUDZKI na lata 2007-2013

Project „TCP Local Animator of Project „TCP Local Animator of Entrepremeurship” Entrepremeurship”

Timeframe of the project

1.04.2012 – 30.06.2013

The project is aimed at researchers and scientific staff - teaching of the regional universities, who

will complete their internships in companies located in foreign incubators and science-

technology park.

The main objective

of the project:

strengthening of cooperation

between institutions in the

business environment to stimulate the

development of innovative

enterprises.

Projekt współfinansowany ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

w ramach Programu Operacyjnego KAPITAŁ LUDZKI na lata 2007-2013

Thank you for your attention

Opole Center of Local DemocracyKrakowska Street 51

45 0 018 Opole – PolandPhone number: +48 77 454 48 29

E – mail: biuro@opole.frdl.pl