PRESS RELEASE

IT Skills 4U is launched – a joint training program for Ukrainian citizens implemented by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP)

The launch of the IT Skills 4U – a new, free workforce-development program to help Ukrainian citizens acquire new skills and start a career in the IT & cloud industry – was announced at a press conference in Warsaw on Wednesday. The organizers of the project are the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

POSITION

ZPP position on the bill on employment of foreigners (RCL work list no.: 400)

Regulations on the employment of foreigners have long been controversial. The regulations were not very clear and the procedures were complicated. This created numerous difficulties for foreigners wishing to take up employment in our country. However, Poland has made significant progress in this regard for some time…

PRESS RELEASE

Cooperation with Poland and Polish business is a significant opportunity for post-war Ukraine – conclusions of the conference “Europe-Poland-Ukraine. Rebuild Together”

More than 900 people – including entrepreneurs from Poland and Ukraine, local government representatives, experts, parliamentarians and politicians, led by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki – took part in the international conference “Europe – Poland – Ukraine. Rebuild Together” organised by the ZPP and WEI…

OPINION

Opinion of the Chief Economist of ZPP on the importance of demography for the reconstruction of Ukraine

Ukraine’s military success, the probability of which is as high as never before (although this is only probability, not certainty, and the war still continues), will result in the recovery of some (more likely) or all of the territories lost to Russia after 2014. Those territories are largely depopulated as a result of internal resettlement caused by hostilities, refugeeism, forced relocations deep into Russia and, finally, losses caused by the warfare…

POSITION

Position of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) on the revision of the Union Customs Code

The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to make customs regulations better adapted to the challenges of digital transformation and the pro-climate agenda of the European Union…

COMMENTARY

Commentary of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP) on the economic activity of Ukrainians in Poland – 2022, an absolutely record year

Certainly, the beginning of the year was not successful for Polish entrepreneurs. In February, almost 5,000 fewer new businesses got registered than a month earlier. However, in March, Ukrainians arrived “to help” and they felt so confident in Poland that they greatly contributed to exceeding the January’s threshold. By 2021, in Poland, there were 7,117 registered businesses managed by Ukrainian citizens.  In 2022 alone, and only until September, Ukrainian citizens submitted 9,374 applications to set up a business…