ENLoCC meeting with local authorities and business support organizations

 

The first ENLoCC (European Network of Logistic Competence Centers) regional meeting organized jointly by the Marshal Office of Wielkopolska Province and the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing took place on 5th of July. The meeting was dedicated to the subject of „Regional logistics development in Wielkopolska” as well as to the issues of Public-Private Partnership.
Almost 40 representatives of local authorities and business support organizations gathered in the Conference Center on the premises of the Institute.
Marshall of Wielkopolska Province Mr. Kazimierz Kościelny and Director of the Institute made welcome speeches.
The first point of the program of the seminar was a presentation of “Regional development strategy in Wielkopolska up to 2020” made by Mr. Grzegorz Potrzebowski from Regional Development Department of the Marshall Office.
The guest from Germany – Mr. Hans-Herman Enders (Head of a Competence Centre from Stuttgart region) presented the example of best practice in stimulation of regional development – “Network of innovation and competence centers in Stuttgart region” (see attached presentation).
Public Private Partnership was the subject of the next two presentations. The first one presented by Dr. Ireneusz Fechner from the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing was dedicated to possibilities of using PPP model in investment
projects in Wielkopolska region. The second one was the example of benefits of the PPP model in collaborative projects in Germany. The idea of this kind of PPP was presented by Mr. Hans Herman Enders on the basis of experiences of Competence Center KLOK (see attached presentation).

During the next presentation, participants had possibility to familiarize themselves with ENLoCC project. Mr. Maciej Tumasz, Head of the Market Operations Department of the Institute explained the idea of the European Network of Logistic Competence Centers. Mr. Nowak (also a representative of the Institute) presented the Logistic Competence Center (LOCC) at the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing – its objectives, tasks and specific measures as well as the plan of events organized by LOCC in the nearest future. Last point of the meeting was presentation of representative of Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Mrs Eleonora Sołtysiak about “More cooperation” project. Last point of the meeting was presentation of representative of Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Mrs Eleonora Sołtysiak about “More cooperation”
project.

Participants of the meeting were invited to join the network established by Logistic Competence Center. The website www.polloco.pl, newsletters and periodic meetings are the main means of communication between members of the network and LOCC.
The next meeting is planned for the 30th of September. Until the end of July, members of LOCC network are invited to make suggestions of the main subject of the next meeting. By the end of August, the detailed program of the next meeting will be prepared.

Remark: Only 2 presentations (attached below) are available in English.
Language of the meeting was Polish that is why all presentations are available in
Polish version.