PROJECT „IMAGING GROWTH” Partner’s Meeting in Biella 24-25.06.2010 Polish Chamber of Commerce.

PROJECT „IMAGING GROWTH”

Partner’s Meeting in Biella24-25.06.2010

Polish Chamber of Commerce

PRESENTATION CONTENT

• Polish Chamber of Commerce (PCC) – basic information

• Women’s enterpreneurship – PCC experience

• Women’s enterpreneurship in Poland

• „Imaging growth” - results of initial research in Poland


30 May, 1989 Act on Chambers of Commerce

Article 2

„The chamber of commerce is an organization of business self-

governance representing the economic interests of its affiliate

entities within the scope of their manufacturing, commercial,

construction or service activities, notably

in their relations with the State autorities”


Regional and local chambers - 48

Branch chambers - 61

Bi - and multilateral chambers - 10

Other organizations - 20

CURRENTLY: 139 MEMBERS

Polish Chamber of CommerceMEMBERS

Creation and evaluation of economic policy in Poland (18 committees) Foreign relations and promotion Conferences, forums, seminars Arbitration court Services, for example: legalisation of documents, training courses,

publications Special projects EU funded projects

Polish Chamber of CommerceMAIN ACTIVITIES

Polish Chamber of CommerceSPECIAL PROJECTS

World Exhibition EXPO 2000 Hannover

European Economic Summit

(Warsaw, 28-30 April 2004)

World Exhibition EXPO 2005 Aichi

Polish Chamber of CommerceWOMEN’S ENTERPRISE ORIENTED PROJECTS

„NEW QUALIFICATIONS,

WORK, ENTREPRENEURSHIP

FOR UNEMPLOYED WOMEN” (NQW)

PROJECT NQW

PROJECT LEADERS

POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMY

PROJECT NQW

PROJECT FINANCING

EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND

MINISTRY OF LABOUR

POLISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

PROJECT BUGDET

12 MLN EUROS

PROJECT DURATION

1.11.2006 – 31.08.2008

PROJECT NQW

AIM OF THE PROJECTSupport women into employment across all of

Poland (16 voievodships):• Trainings for 6500 women• 2000 grants for starting business activity• Consultancy services start ups

PROJECT NQW

PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROJECT:

WOMEN • over 30 years old• level of education minimum secondary

school• unemoployed

PROJECT NQW

STAGES OF THE PROJECT

• 12 - days trainings

• grant competition

• Consulatancy services (3 months from starting business activity)

PROJECT NQW

TRAINING PROGRAMME (12 days)1. Marketing 2. Market research 3. Sales techniques 4. Customer service 5. Tax system 6. Social security system 7. Labour law 8. Banking system 9. Business plan 10. Workshops from psychology

PROJECT NQW

GRANTS:

• maximum 3000 EUROS

• to be spent during 3 months from signing agreement with PCC

• payment only by bank transfer

PROJECT NQW

GRANTS – qualified expenses:

• computers, software, furniture, machinery and technical equipment

• materials for production

• servives: building, marketing, promotion, accountancy

PROJECT NQW

CONSULTANCY SERVICES :

• duration – 3 months from starting business activity

• one consultant for 20 women’s enterprises

• forms of consultancy: direct, electronic (email) and phone communication

PROJECT NQW

PROJECT NQW IN NUMBERS:

• 262 trainings (12 days each)

• 6500 trained women (certificated)

• 2000 new company established

• Total amount of grants - 6 mln euros

WOMEN’S ENTERPRISES IN POLAND

According to European Law Poland has to ensure equality of rights between women and men.

That is why there is no special treatment of women’s enterprises in Poland – all kind of support activities of government, public institutions and NGOs are available for all business community on the basis of common rules.


In year 2008 Polish Government established Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government for Equal Treatment. The main responsibilityof the office is coordination of all governmental and public institutions activities to ensure equal treatment of all group in society in all fields of social activities and to avoid discrimination of any social group in Poland (also in the area of enterpreneurship).


Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (state agency) is planning to make special research (years 2010-2011) dedicated women’s enterpreneurship in Poland.

The main aim of the research is to desribe conditions which will allow women in Poland run business activity in harmony with their family duties, barriers for development of women’s enterprises in Poland (both on the start up stage and during running business activities). Thanks to results of those reserach new legislation solutions and and new state activities will be proposed to government to increase level of women’s eneterpreneurship in Poland and to increase number of successful women’s enetrprises.


In Poland is registered about 4 mln SME eneterprises. Only half of them can be treated as active one, so it can be said that in Poland about 2 mln enterprises is active on the domestic market.

Approximately 25-30% of SME in Poland is run by women, so we can say that about 500 000 active companies in Poland represents women’s enterpreneurship.


According to the PCC knowledge and experiece it can be said that after one year of running business activity about 50% of the companies survive, after 3 years 25-30% (source: results of eveluation of the project “New qualification New qualifications, employment and entrepreneurship for unemployed women” ).


20 000 to 30 000 women’s companies starting their business activities every year.

Nearly the same number have to finish activity (mainly because of financial problems).

Majority of women’s enterprises are micro companies.


Women – owners of the companies:

• Over 45 years old (over 50%)

• high school education and university degree (over 55%)

• trade and services (over 50%)

RESULTS OF RESEARCH (FOCUS GROUP)

FOCUS GROUP• 40 WOMEN• 2 GROUP MEETING (10 women each) – 2

regions (Warsaw, Lublin)• 20 INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS – INTERVIEWS

(4 regions - 5 women each): Katowice, Poznań, Białystok, Kielce)


ENTERPRENEUR OR EMPLOYEE?• It is better to run business activity (over 50%)• Younger women prefer to be enterprenuer (between 25

- 40 years old – nearly 70%)• Women with minimum high school education level

prefer to be enterpreneur ( over 60%)• Unemployed women are more active to start business

activity


WHY COMPANY (BUSINESS ACTIVITY)?

• Independence (financial and professional) – over 60%

• Higher income (nearly 30%)

• Development of individual professional skills (15%)

• Negative experience from being employee (10%)

• Prestige, helping family (helping other people) (lower than 5%)


WHY NOT COMPANY?• Problems, responsibilty, stress (over 40%)• Lack of education, qualification, experience, idea for

business (16%)

• Risk of bankruptcy (13%)• Psychological barriers (lack of leadership skills) (12%)• Lack of capital (money) to start and to develop

company (9%)

IT IS EASIER TO START BUSINESS ACTIVITY BY:

• WOMEN – 5%• MEN – 40%• NO DIFFERENCE (THE SAME PROBLEMS) – 55%


MAIN PROBLEMS IN RUNNING BUSINESS ACTIVITY

• Lack of capital for development of the company (50%) or to keep market position (banking system not friendly to SME)

• Fear of risk (34%)

• Bureaucracy (25%)

• High taxes and company financial duties (15%)

• lack of information about market economy, lack of knowledge and experience how to run company (10%)

• lack of consultancy services dedicated to women’s enterprises (10%)

• many changes in private life (8%)


NEEDED SUPPORT (trainings and consultancy)Tax system b) Social security system c) Labour law d)

Business plan e) Market research f) Market research g) Marketing h) Sales techniques i) Customer service j) Negotiations k) Computer skills l) European funds m) Banking system n) Languauge skills (foreign languages) o) International cooperation p) Public relations

LACK OF INSTITUTIONS OFFERING SUPPORT DEDICATED TO WOMEN’S ENTERPRISES

PROJECT IMAGING GROWTH”

Jacek Prześlakowski

Project Department


te.l. (4822) 6309687

email: [email protected]

PROJECT „IMAGING GROWTH” Partner’s Meeting in Biella 24-25.06.2010 Polish Chamber of Commerce.

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