From the beginning of 2021 until the end of November, 470 investment decisions with a total value of 20 billion PLN have already been issued within the Polish Investment Zone with a simultaneous declaration to create 10,519 new jobs.

The OECD raised Poland's GDP growth forecast for 2021 to 5.3% and for 2022 to 5.2%. The organisation's previous estimates from May this year were 3.7% and 4.7% respectively. The economic revival in Poland will be driven by investments, and thanks to the good situation on the labour market, consumption will also increase - according to the latest OECD forecast.

The EU digital services package (DMA and DSA) and the debate on the implementation of the recovery plan for Europe were the main points of today's COMPET Council meeting, which was attended by Minister Piotr Nowak. In Brussels, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology also met with EC Vice-President Margarete Vestager and Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton.

Deepening of the Polish-Korean economic relations and talks with potential and existing investors from South Korea, who implement their investment projects in the Polish Investment Zone - these are the main topics of the visit of Deputy Minister Grzegorz Piechowiak to Seoul.

Poland was admitted to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 22 November 1996. This was a milestone on the road to systemic and structural changes in the Polish economy after our country regained its sovereignty. Today, exactly a quarter of a century after accession, the Warsaw Stock Exchange hosted a conference devoted to the balance of the 25th anniversary of Poland's presence in the OECD and the Organisation's role in the new post-pandemic reality. The event was attended by the Minister of Development and Technology Piotr Nowak, OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann and the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Technology Marek Niedużak.

Minister of Economic Development and Technology Piotr Nowak met today with Ambassador of Kuwait Khalid Yateem Al-Fadhli and Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Eman Ahmed Al-Salami. The talks focused on the possibility of intensifying mutual economic cooperation and took place on the eve of the upcoming Polish-Arab Economic Forum to be held in Dubai on December 6, 2021. It will be one of the most important economic events organised by Poland during the EXPO 2020 World Exhibition.

- Warmia and Mazury is a place created for enterprising people, ready to develop new technologies in harmony with nature, which is the greatest pride of the region - said Deputy Minister Olga Semeniuk during the Congress of the Future, which took place in Olsztyn.

Thanks to the Act on Guaranteed Housing Loan prepared in the Ministry of Development and Technology, people who are creditworthy and can afford to repay a mortgage, but do not have savings for the so-called own contribution, will finally be able to obtain a mortgage to build a house or buy a flat. This is one of ten key regulations included in the government's Polish Deal programme.

The reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), transatlantic economic relations between the EU and the USA, as well as the assessment of the implementation of free trade agreements concluded by the EU were the main topics of the November meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on trade issues, in which Poland was represented for the first time by Minister Piotr Nowak.

A meeting with representatives of the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), a visit to the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, as well as numerous talks with Polish entrepreneurs - these are the highlights of Deputy Minister for Development and Technology Grzegorz Piechowiak's stay in the United Arab Emirates.