Aviation Valley

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Aviation Valley Mobilising regional potential
for technology development and economic
renewal Andrzej Rybka, 2 April 2009
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Aviation Valley Region
WARSZAWA
Rzeszów
Opracowanie wlasne RARR SA
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Location

• South East Poland
• Far East of European Union
• Almost equal distance from the Baltic,
  Black and Adriatic Sea.

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Dilemma
agriculture region or high tech
center?
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SWOT

• Strong points
• Beautiful and clean environment
• Concentration of aerospace industry
• Universities
• Airport and motorway

• Weak points
• Underdeveloped infrastructure
• Peripheral localization
• Archaic agriculture
• Paradigms

• Treats
• Lack of vision
• Inability to create collective and well
  coordinated action
• Apathy

• Opportunities
• Competitiveness of aerospace industry
• EU funding
• Recreation attractiveness
• Eco-agriculture

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AVIO - ECO
The regional strategy will be based on 2 natural
and logical opportunities aerospace and eco -
agriculture / tourism
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Aviation Valley cluster development
2003 Now Members 18 72 Employment 9 000 22
000
www.aviationvalley.pl
To transform south-eastern Poland into one of
Europes leading aerospace regions
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Objectives

• Support regional aerospace industry
• Develop low cost supply chain
• Attract new investors
• Influence education system
• Build relationships with academia
• Influence government policy to support
  aerospace growth
• Develop relationship with other European
  centers of the aerospace industry

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Structure
1000gt
King Fowler
200500
lt200
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Education, Science, Innovation
High schools / CEKSO CNC operators Training Center
Universities Aeronet Aviation Valley
Material Laboratory
Children university
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International network
Central Europe Conference
Ukraine conference
Clustering clusters
Interreg Finland, Ireland, Poland
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Promotion
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New investments
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Opportunities

• Low cost supply chain
• Good place for investment
• Big companies
• SMEs
• Risk and revenue partner
• RD partner
• Growing local market