Prognosis for the situation in the Podkarpackie and Lubelskie regions in second quarter of 2006. Situation in first quarter 2006.

Macroeconomic conditions: A dynamic growth in exports, coupled with domestic demand in Poland most likely played a significant role in the growth seen in the
Podkarpackie and Lubelskie Provinces in the first quarter of 2006 and contributed to lowered unemployment and more jobs, although this growth was on a slightly lower scale than that noted across the country. In light of the positive trends observed in the business sector across Poland and the optimistic prognosis for economic growth in 2006-2007, we foresee that these
positive conditions will be maintained in the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie Provinces as well. In the Lubelskie region conditions for producers of food products and machine equipment are expected to be particularly favorable.

Between 15 and 16 June 2006, in Joensuu (Finland) a meeting of the working group Strategic Planning Tools was held. The working group is a part of the International Partnership Pent@point. Poland was represented by the Chancellor of the College of Management and Public Administration (WSZiA) in Zamość dr Bogusław Klimczuk (who is responsible for the activities of the Polish partner working group) and enterprises’ counselor and the working group member Grzegorz Wieczerniak. There were also present two representatives of Czech: Tomas Prchal from the Chamber of Commerce from Jihlava and Michal Swagerka from the Chamber of Commerce from Hodonin as well as the representatives of Finland: the coordinator of the working group Strategic Planning Tools Teemu Purmonen. The representatives of Spain and Germany were not present.

There were also representatives of a Finnish external institution which is Pent@point partnership evaluator.

Second meeting of Pent@point transnational partnership took place in Joensuu (Finland) between 16 - 19th March 2006. The aim of the seminar was to exchange experiences, present national partnerships and to devise methods of communication and working procedures in five created working groups:

• E-business WG
• E-barometer WG
• Strategic Planning Tools WG
• E-learning WG
• Information Refinery WG

Participants of the meeting were representatives from the following national Development Partnerships:

• Benchlearning grenzenlos - beteiligungsorientierte Lernstätten in KMU
  DP Managing organization: IHK-Projektgesellschaft mbH (Germany)
• JOB POINTS
  DP Managing organization: Obchodní a hospodářská komora (Czech Republic)
• Multiplic@
  DP Managing organization: PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS (Spain)
• SME Power Added (Virtaa firmaan - voimaa verkostoista)
  DP Managing organization: Employment and Economic Development Centre for North Karelia (Finland)
• System przeciwdziałania powstawaniu bezrobocia na terenach słabo zurbanizowanych
  DP Managing organization: Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Administracji w Zamościu (Poland)

   

Between 17- 18th October 2005 the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of Lithuania in cooperation with the European Commission held an international seminar. The main recipients of the forum were representatives from the European Commission and the government institutions in charge of implementation of operation programmes with funding from ESF. The aim of the seminar was to exchange experiences, present models and efficient toolkit for sound planning process which are funded by the EU. Particular emphasis was laid on the performance of the Partnerships involved in EQUAL Initiative who were the first to apply PCM methodology and logical matrix at the programme level, which appear to be all-purpose tools for planning, monitoring and evaluating.